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The daily independent., 1937-07-27
:Scotsboro Boys Ciren
Bic OratiOn In NelU York
Crowd of 5000 at Train
As Freed Negroes Arrive
With Their Lawyer

New York. July 26.-U,1-Four
"Scottsboro boyo" - grlnnlng'
Negro youths who have lived Tor
six years in the shadow OF death
stepped off a train at PennSyl-
vania station toCay INTO a crowd
of 5000 cheering celebrantS.
The four were accompanied by
Samuel Leibowitz. their attorney,
who defended them against char
ges of asSaulting two white girl
hoboCs" in Alabama. They were
convicted twice and sentenced to
death.
The quartet-Eugene Williams.
21: Roy Wright, 20: Olen Mont
gomery. "a: and Willie Robertson,
21-was released when the state
withdrew it's charges. Three other
defendants in the famous case
which tiwce has gone to the Su-
preme court of the United States.
will start prison terms this week.
Charles WeemS was sentenced
to serve IS years, Ozzie Powell IS
under a 20-year sentence FOR
slashing a guards throat in an
escape attempt. and Clarence Nor
ris is in jail. under i death sent
Cnce which probably will be COM
muted.
The eighth defendant. Haywood
Patterson. was sentenced last
year to serve IS years in prison.
Leibowitz declined to discuss
reports that he and the four
youths were forced to detour at
Chattanooga. Tenn, to avoid a
lynch mob.
I'd rather not talk about that.
he said. My only statement IS
that these boys are going to get
a chance to reSwreCt their lives.
No transforming. no theatrical
engagements. nothing OF that
sort.
They are free now to live their
own lives, and I'm going to put
them in charge Of some reSpon-
sible agency to see that they get
that chance"
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
Agricultural AssO.
Is Organized

Plymouth. July 90 Perfection
of the organization of the Wash
ington county Agricultural Asso-
citation to cooperate with the Fed
eral government and state in the
soil conservation program for the
coming year was announced today
by w. V. Hays, farm agent.
Officers are L. E. HaSsell' Ro-
per. president; J. C. Swain, Skin
nersville. vice president; H. c.
Spruill. additional officer: w. D.
Phelps, alternate; w. V. Hays, sec
retary; Miss Nellie Frances BeaS-
ley. treasurer. Directors for town.
ships are: w. D. Phelps. Scupper-
nong: ]. c. Swain. Skinnersville;
L. E. HasSell, Lees Mills; H. c.
Spruill Plymouth.
Township officers follow: Lees
Mills. L. E HaSsell, chairman: j.
E. Davenport, vice chairman; H.
R. CheSSon, additional member; j.
T. McAllister, alternate; SINNERS
vile: J. c. Swain, chairman; c.
L. Everette, vice chairman: H. D.
Chesson. additional member; j. H.
Pritchette. alternate.
Plymouth: H. c. Spruill, chair
man; j. T. Browning vice chair
man: J. F. Allen, alternate; j. D.
Kinard, additional member; Soup
pernong: w. D. Phelps, chairman;
James E. Davenport, vice chair
man; H. A. Norman, alternate.
Compliance supervisors named
are as follows: Plymouth: Elmer
H. Browning and Benton Liver
man: Lees Mills, j. D. Kinard, Ned
Swain. r. B. Forbes: SkinnerSville,
Hilton CheSSon and Hubert Dav-
export; Scuppernong, j. Dewitt
LtvenpOrt Dewey Phelps, Roy
Litchfield.
The organization members will
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
RECORDERS COURT

Clifton LaSSiter of Edenton,
charged with drunken and reck-
les. driving, was fine $50 in court
yesterday morning.
Richard King. Bank street
Negro, was held under a finding
of probable cause under a charge
of Storebreaking.
Irving Price and Raymond Sim
mons paid fines of 81 each for
riding bicycles without lights.
George Skinner was acquitted
of a charge of assault upon Lean
der johnson.
The case of Leroy Duncan,
charged with an assault upon w.
B. Copeland, was continued un-
til this morning.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
NeW Health Officer
Takes Up Duties

Plymouth, July 90 DR.. S. Y
Lewis, district health physician Tor
Washington, Hyde and Tyre!
counties, is here now ana has D.
gun his duties with headqua!ic!S
in the Washington county home
His time will be divided among
the three counties accorGln2 70
population in a schedule that VII.
be worked out later.
Personnel for the organlza'.oa
follows: DR.. Lewis. district pl!y4'
clan; Nozelle Hendrix. district ST.
pervisor of nurses; J. A. fe!"
district sanitary officer: WaS!l"'
ton county, Dean Gaiyo!G. h~.
and Bessie Spruill, clerk I}I..'
Mamie L. Walker. nurse ano NJ
Miss McLamb, clerk; Hyce' LII.
Lowe, nurse with no clerk haI''
as yet.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
Charlie Chan Has
Done a Great Deal
For Warner GLAND
Fifteen Pictures Have Been
Made and There Are
y More 10 Come
By WARNER GLAND

HollywCod. July 26.-lUR)-I had
no idea six years ago what sing
inc contract to play Charlie
Chan on the screen was going to
do to me. how it was going TO
shape my life.
Twentieth Century-FOX and l
both thought it was going TO DE
lust an0th-r picture. Instead, II
has turn-d into career.
l have Just finished my fifteenth
Chan picture and have signed 10
do nine more. three year Tor
the next three years.
I've played Charlie Chan SO
much that many people think l
am actually Chinese, although
this isn't so. Ny friend Rob
Gagner once wrote in his maga-
zine. Script. that he thought some
of my SWGdc ancestors must once
have sailed too Far East, mean
ing that there might be some
Chinese blood in the GLAND veins.
Some time ago Al Jol5On was
+on.;na ohou+ re-making his pic
ture. The Jazz Singer and was
,rondor;ng how many members of
tI,o o,.;o mol cast could be gotten
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haa,.on. wa couIdnt use him
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The daily independent., 1937-07-27
TammanyLeader
Dies On Eve O
Mayoralty Race
Was the Mainstay OF Cope
lands Campaign for
the Office

New York, July 26.-U.R)-The
affair; of Tammany Hall, IN
grave disorder since the Demo-
Gratis were ousted from political
power by Mayor Fiorello H. La
Guardia, were muddled further to-
night by the death of James ).
Dooling, it's dynamic leader.
Cooling, youngest man ever to
head the historic Manhattan De-
mocratic organization, died thlS
morning of heart attack. He was
"A.
The death of Tammany's lead
er weakened the position or Sen
Royal S. Copeland, D., N. y
whom Doo:ing had named Clndl-
date for the Democratic nomlna-
ton for mayor in September S
New Deal" election in opposition
of the candidacy Of Grover A.
Wha,en.
Among the five. Democratic
county leaders Dooling alone
sponsored Copeiand's candidacy
Whalen has the backing OF the
other four leaders.
William Kenneally, chairman OF
the Tammany Hall executive COM
mittee. becomes temporary leader
to replace Dooling. He is a Whal-
en- supporter.
Some politicians believed that
former Gov. Alfred E. Smith,
Dooling'S chief adviser in promot-
ing the candidacy of Copeland,
might unofficially take over con-
troll Of Tammany. 1t appeared un-
likely. however, that a new chief
tain would be elected before the
mayoralty election because OF dis
sension within the hall.
Weakness of the leadership IN
the municipality campaign likely
will be favorable to the reelection
of LaGuardia.
The Republican party also was
affected by Dooiing'S death. They
have been trying to decide Wheth-
er to remove their backing Of La
Guardia and support Copeland
LaGuardia. elected as a fuSioniSt
candidate, was reported to have
asserted he does not want tht
backing of the Republicans.
1t was believed the confused
Tammany affairs will be directed
by ! steering committee repre-
senting various groups. Forces op.
posing Copeland would be repre-
sented on the committee, thus
having an adverse effect on his
candidacy.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
Funeral Services On
Monday Afternoon
For Mrs. SeymOre

Funeral services for Mrs. Susan
MCKINNEY Seymore were con-
Quoted from the ziegler funeral
home at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon, with the Rev. E. H. Potts,
pastor of First Baptist church Of
ficiating. assisted by the Rev. E. D.
Weathers, pastor of City Road
Methodist church.
The following acted as pail
bearers. Claude Bailey, Dr.. j. d.
Hathaway. Jr.. Jack Gard. Oscar
Owen. Charles Hopkins and w.
Ken Davis.
Burial followed in Hollywood
cemetery.
Mrs. Seymore. who died at her
home on Glade street Sunday
morning, was the widow of the
late Oscar F. Seymore for long a
member of the Elizabeth City
police force. She was rs years old
and a native of Camden county.
Surviving are six sons: N. D..
G.. M. and E. M. Seymoure, OF
of Norfolk and C. L.. G. D. and
N. M. Seymoure, of this city; five
daughters. Mrs. Linwood Riddick
and Misses Courtney and Louise
Seymore, of Elizabeth City; Mrs.
Eugene Esleeck, Of Portsmouth
and Mrs. George Ward Of Norfolk;
a sister. Mrs. Luther Pritchard, of
Norfolk and 20 grandchildren.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
Congress
Today and
Yesterday
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
SENATE
Considers wages and hours
bill.
HOUSE
Takes up Government Re-
organization bill.
CONGRESS YESTERDAY:
SENATE
Passed McCarran 10 car
freight train bill; defeated at
tempt to attach anti-lynching
bill as a rider
Heard demands for carly ad-
joufnment.
Heard Ashurst announce low
or court reorganization bill
nearing completion.
Mining committee reported
favorab!y resolution granting
consent Of Congress to interstate
oil compact.
Agriculture committee ap-
poin.cd subcommittee to hold
hearings this summer of farm
legislation.
HOUSE
Passed bill providing for ad-
ministration of Bonneville Dam
project.
Completed Congressional ac-
ton on Interior Department ap-
preparation bill.
Completed Congressional ac-
ton On bill regulating COM
mcrcc IN Marihuana.
Heard Crawford urge action
toward res rict:nS exports of
scrap iron.
Heard Dicks.ein urge investi-
in U. S. Heard demands for
carly adjournment.
ApprOpria ions committee ap-
proved resolution appropriation
S4,5O0,000 for U. S. participa-
ton in New York and San
Francisco cxpositions.
Rivers and Harbors COmmittc
heard further oppOsi ion to reg
ional conversational bill.
Naval affairs committee
heard Assistant Secretary Eai-
SON favor experimental diriglible
building program, and oppposi-
ton from Rear Admiral Lcahy.
Elections subcommittee
agreed to start hearings on dis
putcd cleo ion of Rep. Arthur B.
jerks, r. n. H.
Judiciary sub-c Ommittee
prepared to open hearings to-
morrow into five Kansas recei-
vership cases.
Tax avoidance investigating
committee considered measures
to close income tax law loop
holes.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
More School Liberty Urged

Stanford University, Cal. U.R)-
Sharpening lead pencils under
certain conditions is a step to-
ward democracy. But Dr. Harold
C. Hand, Stanford professor, in
sists schools which still require
pupils to ask permission to go to
the library or shapen a pencil are
not training them to live in a
democracy.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
HAS NARROW ESCAPE

COLUMBIA, N. c., July 25-
Ike Bateman, local boy, narrow
ly escaped drowning while SWIM
ming in the Scuppernong river on
Saturday afternoon. Bateman and
two friends Jack Cahoon, and
Elmouth Kraus, were swimming
and playing when Bateman, who
had been ducked by Kraus, be-
came strangled and swallowed a
considerable quantity of water. He
was pulled from the water by Ca
hoon and was soon revived.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27

help Mr.. Hays pass on matters of
soil conservation program as they
effect this county in the soil con-
servation program while the COM
pliance supervisors will measure
the land and report information
for applications.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27

London U,E)- Lord Ernest
Hamilton has given his collection
of more than 1000 British colonial
stamps to be sold on behalf of
Battersea General hospital. The
greatest rarities in the collection
are those of st. Vincent, 1869.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
Man Catches Animal Disease

Bath, England -lU.H- w. c.
Rich. %, an auctioneer's assistant,
has just returned to work at Chip
penham after recovering from
what is said to have been hoof-
and mouth disease, for which he
was treated by a veterinary sur
geon.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27

Nude bathing at NiXon's Point
across the river is proving quite
popular among several of Hert-
ford's younger ladies. I'VE can
swim faster without the suits"
they say. It's this writer's obser-
vation that the modern swim suit
makes little difference in the
speed with which one moves
through the water. There's GER
tainly nothing about the modern
misses bathing attire to offer a
great deal of wind or water re-
sistance. Let's call it throWback
to the swimmin' hole days when
bathing suits seen anywhere eX-
cept at the most ultra beaches
were an oddity.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
Cattle C0lorS

In Holstein- -Friesian cattle, colors
always are separate and distinct,
while in shorthorns and Jerseys, the
various colors will blend into grays.
roanS. etc.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27

In The Ne1Us
By UNITED PRESS

New York, July 26-U.P-Pollce
today accused Nicholas Rizzo, 80,
Brooklyn, of virtualy y stealing a
salon. Rizzo gave Tin'othy Hac-
rington a check for $4,000 for half
payment en- his bar and grill last
MAY. He also gave him two other
checks for the Sl49 in in cash IN
the register. Is soon as Harring-
ton left. police said, Rizzo took
the cash and a large supply OF
liquor and disappeared.
st. Joseph. Mo-, July 26.-U.R)-
Bailey and the girl he planned to
marry reached the justice Of the
peace after a trip to the record
ers office-and Bailey was fined
SIS. Recorder Frank Harrington
at Savannah. Mo, said that the
couple and two friends became
noisy while he was filing out the
license started a fight when he
asked them to be quiet, then fled,
leaving an empty liquor bottle.
Justice j. p. Burns. who was to
have married the couple, heard
the disturbance OF the peace case.
PunxSutawney, Pa. July 26. -
UP)-Townspeople turned Steeple-
Jacks today when the Methodist
church steeple was fired by light
ming. Armed with axes. they seal
ed the building and cut down the
steeplc. saving the lower part OF
the church from destruction.
Sharon, Pa. July 26. -IUR)-
John Bell will spend more time
with his sister. Fannie, than he
thought when he set out from
Denver to visit her in a hospital.
The first day in Sharon he was in
iured in an automobile accident
and was taken to the same hos
pital with back injuries.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
TIDES
Tuesday, July 27
Wednesday, July %

Sunrise sos Sunset 7:16
Ore. Inlet 1920 1O:48 4:37 5:21
Cape Hat. $50 1918 4:O7 4:51
The daily independent., 1937-07-27

No end to Spec Harris tough
luck. Just as he was beginning to
get around after a ten-WeekS lay
up with a busted hip received in
an auto accident last January,
car jolted against him and in
iured the other leg. He got over
that mishap in good shape how
ever and now goes back to bed
with malaria. His condition is
rapidly improving.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
CHEWING
THE RAG
with
Lucius Blanchard, Jr.

Hartfo!d. July 26-Caro.yn
Riddick tells me that her father,
r. M. Riddick. is Strlining every
nerve and muscle in efforts to bet
ter little Nancy Zachary'S l5-
pound catch entered in j. G. Rob-
erson's fish derby. If the Rober-
son sweepstakes included Oregon
Inlet drum. Mr. Riddick would
have a better chance to come in
first. AS it is. anything not caught
in this county is declared inelig-
ible and Nancy's catch. the big
weight so far. is a river carp hook
ed from the pier back Of Herbert
NiXon'S house on Church street.
Speaking again of rivers and
water and such. Miss Elizabeth
Popiin. who comes to Hertford
from upstate Rockingham to head
the vacation Bible School never
did swim until she came to Hert-
ford. Following the example of
nearly every stranger who stays
here for few days she was soon
swimming the several yards from
Sha low water to the municipal
diving pier and now handles her
se,f in the water like an old-timer.
It's an odd thing about this river
maybe it's just the sheer beauty
Of it.-anyWay. every year people
come here who declare, I'll nev-
er be able to swim. In no time at
all they take to the river because
everybody else does. In another
day or two they have to swim out
to the pier tbecauLe everybody
else does and in another week
they forget they never knew how
to swim and even begin to indulge
in the different swim styles.
These people have visited more
elaborate beaches time and again
yet never learned to swim. What
is it that makes them swim here?
For one thing it's most amazing,
and I would Say-a compliment to
Hertford. the local swimmers who
have a knack for teaching, and
the river.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-20

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paper devoted to the welfare of the town
1t represents and the State of which 1t
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Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-20

Home Economics Department of
the Dover School and Laura Ruth
erford, New Castle County Club
Agent This will be held at HOO.
In answering the roll call, the clubs
give an original stunt, playlet,
song or skit. The award for this
feature is a scholarship to the
Junior Short Course at Newark,
June 10th to 10th for the club
placing first. The judges for this
event are: Mrs. AID. Cobb of New
ark, Anne B. Moore, Sussex Coun-
ty Club Agent, and Russell E. Will
son, Kent County Agricultural
Agent. Soft ball contests will fea-
ture the recreation program with
w. B. Simpson, Vocational Agri-
culture teacher, Caesar Rodney
and Ed. G. McCauley, State Boys
Club Agent acting as referees. A.
D. Cobb, Assistant Director of Ex-
tension, University of Delaware,
known to the Delaware A-H club
members as dad" will greet the
club members and later in the pro-
gram award to them the achieve
ment pins which they have earned.
In case of unfavorable weather, the
Rally will be held in the Dover
School gymnasium.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-20
BUSINESS WOMEN'S GROUP
Organize a Club at Dover With
Mrs. Kathryn Trent, President

A number of business and pro-
fessional women of Kent County,
at a dinner meeting in Dover Fri
day, organized the Kent County
Business and Professional Women's
Club, and voted to affiliate with
the National Federation. Officers
elected were: Mrs. Kathryn Trent,
president; Miss Margaret Hartnett,
vice-president; Miss Frances Ev-
ans, secretary, and Miss Effie Dav-
idson, treasurer. About twenty
signed as charter members of the
club. It was decided to leave the
charter open until the next meet
ing June 4. Constitution and by
laws were adopted, dues decided
upon, and the first Friday evening
of each month selected as the reg
ular meeting date. The present
list of charter members includes:
Mrs. Kathryn Trent, Mrs. Adele
Conner, Margaret Hartnett, rFanc-
es Evans, Effie Davidson, Mary G.
Sheppard, Ruth Hall, Elsie Lee
Spring, Elizabeth Lewis, Ruth Tor
bert, Margaretta Gooden, Isabelle
Elliott, Marie Durr, Emma E. Bax-
ter, Ruth Watson, Montrealia Hud-
son, Dorothy Roberts, Margaret
Jeffreys, Ruth oJnes, Pearl Mac
Donald, Margaret Creadick, Mrs.
A1thea Durr, Violet Tebo.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-20
All CLUBS TO ASSEMBLE
Annual Rally To Take Place in
Dover Next Saturday

All Club members enrolled in
thirty-five clubs in Kent County
are planning for a fine time at
their annual Rally on the Murphey
Home grounds. Dover, next Satur-
day. The speaker of the day will
be Judge Earle D. Wiley, who will
address the gathering at 2 o'clock.
Registration of club members will
begin at 1920 with Mrs. Ellen
Kichline In charge. Two features
of the program will be continued
this year, the style show and the
response to roll call. Participants
IN the style show will be clothing
club members who have planned
and made their costumes. Judges
for this win be Annette Butler Of
Camden, Alma f. seeley OF the
Smyrna times., 1937-05-20
DOG OWNERS NEED CAUTION
Outbreak of Rabies Up State the
Cause For Strict Vigilan ,e


Delaware dog owners are eau
toned to continue exercising strict
vigilance against rabies, in a joint
statement issued last Friday by
the executive heads of the State
Board of Agriculture, the Game
and Fish Commission, and the
State Board of Health. Since a
Wilmington dog was discovered
suffering from rabies, last March,
successive cases have been picked
up every week or two; to date the
southermost point of incidence has
been slightly above st. Georges.
The disease is of a nature that may
lie dormant for periods varying
from ten days to a year, and then
suddenly recur, without warning,
in all it's virulence; it is because of
this, that State authorities are
urging dog owners and others to
in no wit slacken their caution.
Since the transfer of the disease
from dog to dog is easily possible
through bites or injuries, owners
should make every effort to see
that their dogs are protected from
contact with stray animals. 1t is
considered definitely unwise either
to take animals into the infected
area, or to accept any which may
have been exposed to infection
therein. These authorities have
repeatedly advised owners to con-
suit veterinarians about the pro-
tective results to be expected from
incubation, but if this treatment
is used, not to gain over-confdence
and a feeling that it is the only
preventive measure that need be
put into effect. A dog suspected
of having rabies should not be kill
ed. If possible, lock him in a Sc
cure place from which he may not
escape and do any harm, and give
him normal amounts of food and
water; not all dogs that an am
ateur diagnosticiau states have
rabies are so afflicted, and the an
imal may recover. If he actually
has rabies, he will die within a few
days, probably within seven, by
progressive paralysis. If person
has been bitten by dog even sus-
pected to have rabies, he should
Immediately consult a physician
and arrange for treatment, for,
warns a State Board of Health
publication, "only by being treated
can one be sure that adequate
safeguards have been taken"