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The daily independent., 1937-06-03
New Gulf Station at
HcrtfOrd Started

Hertford, June g. Workmen
this morning began hauling in
material for the new Gulf service
station to be erected shortly on
the corner Of Church and Dobb
streets on U. S. highway II, and
actual construction will begin at
once.
Specifications for the building
and surroundings have not been
made public but it is understood
that the service center will be on
the general order of several other
Gulf oil stations in this section of
the .tate.
The location is at a strategic
point on the Elizabeth City Eden
ton highway where Church street,
newly widened to handle heavy
traffic, is interseCted by Dobb
street. also recently paved and
widened.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

Pardon me for bothering you,
writes a reader in q brief, bitter
letter. Il read your little article
in the paper on happiness, but ii
left our one plain, hard fact OF
life.
There can never be any hap
piness for one who has done
wrong. no matter how bitterly
they have repented. What has
been done cannot be undone; II
can never be altered or erased"
If my reader is right, not one
of us may ever hope to be happy,
at least not after our early, STAIN
less days. For who has not done
wrong, in some degree, not once
but many times?
Life would be unbearable if il
were not for the fact Of forgive
ness, which is the heart of re-
ligion and the secret Of sanity
Without it, despair would be the
lot of mankind.
Of course, a great wrong casts
a long shadow over us, and it is
often easier to forgive others than
to forgive ourselves. But we must
learn to forgive ourselves, too.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Daily Vacation Bible
School Under Way

Williamson, June 2.-The un-
ion Daily Vacation Bible school
sponsored by the churches OF
Williamson, opened Monday
morning for a tWo-weekS program
of recreation, handicraft and in
structjon of the Bible.
Rev. John l.. Golf, of the Chris
tian church. led the worship SER
vice in the initial session. Follow
ing the brief devotional, the STU
dents were enrolled in their sew
eral departments, making total
of 131 for the school smaller in
number by five than last years
figures.
A number of teachers and work.
er5 solicited were unable to serve,
and so leaders in the school were
obligd to enlist Xtra assistance af-
ter the opening session.
Rev. Mr.. Golf will direct the
junior and intermediate hoyS in
their recreational activities, and
Misses Josephine Grant and Jane
Parker will be in charge of the
junior and intermediate girls dur
ing their work periods. Mrs. Dal-
las Frank, Mrs. j. H. Harrell,
Mis- Ruth Manning, Miss Frances
Bowen and Miss Eva Peele were
the teachers present at the OPEN
ing.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
&neA4da4 Goin9
NO HAPPINESS?
By Joseph Fort Newton
t,opy,rht. I"3T, by United Feature syndicate. Inc

Otherwise we add wrOng 4
wrong by morbidly brooding o'c
our past wrong. until We bigI
our lives and mortgage Our Who.
future. No one has a right TO cen
demn himself to futillty.
The best atOncmcnt one ca
make for wrong-doing is to be
come incapable Of repca,ng j
and to make the memory OF II 10
better things.
Our lives are no entirely 0u
own. We have no right TO lie dow
under the disability OF a won
that cannot be undone. II is wron
to shackle a living soul TO dca
blunder.
Even if the results of or M
deed have bcShadOWcd other ljyc
we are still b~und TO make iN
best Of them. and not SurrcMdc
to a bitter. hopeless. uniOrgIiN
memory.
The past lives in the prcsrn
and we can tYanSnutc its Cy!l in.
good. even when We cannot Wa
it. Not cnly in spite of our error
but by means OF them, We ca
mount upward.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
THE ONCE OVER
1ouN BILL AND THE WEDDING
By H. l. PHILLIPS
Copyright 1887, by The Associated Newspapers

weu the British government certainly went out
of it's way to make the wedding OF the Duke oi
Windsor great success.
What might have been just fairly quiet Weo
ding of an ex-king and Baltimore girl was Ilaoe
the most talked about ceremony of the century
by the attitude of Great Britain.
The Duke and Duchess couldn't have done bet
ter if they had hired a press agent.
Everybody was willing and anxious to let Ed
ward and his bride marry, settle down ana DC 1or-
gotten except Great Britain which did better by
the pair than Dexter Fellows ever did for that
other circus.
You can get an idea how slow thinking John
Bull is from the fact he still thinks love Is some
thing that can be taken of by edictS and great
seals. The sun never sets on British stupidity.
When the world first heard rumors of the TO
nance between King Edward and Mrs. Simpson
it was little inclined to diSapprove, but the Bit
ish government proceeded to adopt an attitude
that switched opinion overnight.
Imagine country as big and as experienced as
England not knowing that the most unpopular
man at any function is the fellow who throws
rocks at weddng
Had England permitted wedding on the grand
scale, with members of the nobility fighting their
way to the punch bowls, the moving picture rights
wouldn't have been worth half much.
The whole affair would have looked like another
coronation reel.
But nobody will be able to look at the pictures
of John Bull saving a wedding in half without
giving a louder cheer for Eddie and Wally than
ever
1t seems Waly will not be known as Her Royal
Highness and in all official ceremonies will have
to walk at tie tai-end Of the section reserved for
duchesseS.
But England is fooling itself again For that's
where all the photographers and correspondents
will be.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
WHAT OTHER
EDITORS SAY
100000 Trailcrs

Atlantic City's strict regulation
of tourist and trailer camps "a
measure so severe that these cabin
accommodations and parking
spaces are practically forbidden
is merely a measure of self-de-
fence on the part of a city whose
chief industry and source of its
peoples livelihood are it's hotels.
Other coast resort towns have
adopted the same policy. However
a .core of cities from Boise, Idaho,
to Darlington, R. l., which are not
hotel towns have taken steps to
prohibit or regulate trailer park
ing and there are sound reasons
for so doing.
Such camp restrictions do not
necessarily imply that occupants
of trailerS-or caravans, as they
are called in England are not
perfectly respectable or their
wheeled homes unattractive. Many
trailers are things of extreme lux
ury, supplied with electric refrig-
GRAFTON, lights and appliances and
every modern convenience. These
cost their owners a pretty penny
and require considerable outlay
for maintenance. But Just as
there are tourists and tin can"
tourists, the standard of trailer
ties varies. Some require, and are
willing to pay for, service and
comparative privacy. Others have
no 'conpunctions about parking OF
the street or on any vacant lot and
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
DIES At THE ORGA*

Paris. Thursday. Jane 3 .yf
Louis Viernc. 77-ycar-oid a.nia
totally blind oreanIst. dIcd .a
right Wh;!@ p,ay.2. a con1.. d
his own compositions before
large auG.cncc in More Dam
cathedral.
Vierne slumped forward n Do
seat as he struck the last CHORD a
a thrcc-part piece. A friend w
was a doctor Sprang to his Hc
and discovered tina, Vlcrn" ha
died in tantly from q blood c.oi
Vierne was virtually blind 'r"
birth. He was the NoIc Dame o.
ganist since 1900.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
PERHAPS no prohibitory
law was ever received with
ALMOST
UNANIMOUS

ALMOST law was ever received with
UNANIMOUS more nearly unanimous
approval by those not
financially interested in or addicted to the
forbidden practice, than has been the statute
outiawing coin-in-the-slOt gambling devices
from North Carolina.
A tcctotalcr may conccdc that anothcr's
drinking habits are his own business, one
who never placed bet may still have a
fellow feeling for the dcvotees of the sport
of kings, one who plays no cards may con-
cede his neighbOr's right to have a private
game in his home for stakes of more intrinsic
value than toothpicks. But few have come
forward to protest the prohibition of a game
of chance in which the sucker is not given
the proverbial break.
TO observe the proportion of the very
young or the obviously needy among those
who may be seen feeding steady stream of
coins into the NAV of machine hOpelcsSly
fixed against them, is the strongest con-
firmaiOn of the thesis that considerable
portion of The population needs protection
from itself. Their rapt ABSORPTION in the
play makes them appear in the grip of a
habit. almost narcotic in its hold, and brings
the realization that any desire to win is
subordinate to the mere fascination of
watching the machine in action, that any
pay-oH will be welcomed but as means to
continue the length of play.
Even though successful enforcement of
the law will but eliminate one form of
gambling. Even though the same aCdicts
may find some other means of indulging
their gambling instinct, it is hardly possible
that they can find another vehicle SO futile
in its nature, so sinister in its hahit-fcrming
~'lality.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
ELIZABETH CITY peopl
WE STICK TO
OUR LAST


WE STICK TO are beginning to note the
OUR LAST attempted invasion OF It's
morning newspaper field
bv the afternoon newspaper.
When an important news story breaks al
night the afternoon newspaper buSleS ltSeh
to paste bulletins on drug store and reStal-
rant windows and makes announcements
from the stage of local theatre. 1t even
goes to infinite pains to sec that Norloik
and Raleigh newspapers get important stores
that The Daily Independent might otherwise
carry exclusively next morning.
This newspaper has heretofore ignored
the mischievous enterprise of its atternon
contemporary. aware that such pettlneSS III
vites its own punishment The Elizabeth City
public is beginning to take note OF and
mentally resent the afternoon papers tao
tics. And The Daily Independent goes right
ON attending to its own business. We Sc
Iected the morning field for our activities
and we stick to it, We can find use for every
ounce of our energy in mindins our own
business.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
On Fire in Pacific

San Francisco, June 2.-(U.P)-
Globe wireless reported its Manila
station had intercepted an sos
from the S. S. Olivia, a German
ship in diitress in mid Pacific.
"On fire, send help Immediate
ly," the message read. Position of
the ship was not given.
The signal faded after the mes
sage.
The vessel is registered from
Hamburg, Germany.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
AMBITION

Weary Willie and Dusty Rhoades were reclining
on the grassy slope. The usually talkative Willie
was quiet and had been that way for half hour
Say" said Dusty, what's eatin' you? You
haven't said word since we been sitting here"
Il was just thnkin'," replied Willie, that
wisht was an automobile worker sos I could 90
on strike with the Others"
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
AN
UNTENABLE
THEORY

run over DE an autOnloDlie.
Another man steps on weak plank
crashes thru the plank and lands hcadtirSt
on cement floor just one storey below him.
He is fatally injured.
Such incidents are relishcd by those who
cling to the theory of predcStlnarlanlsm 1t
is argued that the hand of Providence was
in both accidents; that God was not ready
for one man to die. while the other man S
time to die had come
But what of a Providence that permits
. the imbecile to live and procreate his kind;
the venereally diseased to live indefinitely
and spread infection among the innocentS;
the vicious criminal to escape police fire and
pursue his criminal career for years, and
addicts of all manners of vice and protligacy
to cucumber the earth with their unworthl-
ness? All the while the same Providence
permits a mother to die in childbirth,
snatchcs a beautiful child from the breast
of another mother and aftlcts whole COM
munities with deadly plaques?
No. friend, it is unfair to charge PrOvl-
dence with all the incOngruitics of life, eX-
cept insofar as Providence has ordered such
natural laws as we are all subject to. The
man who fell three stories lived because he
fell on his feet; the man who fell one storey
and was killed died because he happened to
fall ON his head
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
AH6tJBtn

replied Uncle Joe, 'pecauSe Sou iC
a fine-looking young fellow ana 1
hate TO disappoint you.
Bur you see, we have a Rules
Committee here and they won't
let the bill out. That committee
has three members. I'm one and
Bill over %here is another"
Uncle Joe spit tobacco juice and
called across the room 10 his
sleepy-eyed colleague:
Hey Bill; what do you think OF
this conservation bill? I'm agin
it,
Bill replied that he was ."agin"
| it too, and Cannon turned to
Bass.
There you are. That's a maj
ority. sure wish 1 could help you,
but you see how my hands are
tied"
Serious Loss
The little noticed resignation Of
Vice Chairman Irwin Stewart Of
the Federal Communications
Commission is serious loss to
the Administration and the FEC.
He was one of the few really able
men on The body.
Stewards public reason for
quitting was his desire to take a
better paying bSuineSS job. But
his real reason was his disgust at
the way the FEC is being run.
In no other agency is there so
much Wrangling, vacillation, in
competence and wire-pulling. At
ter trying for three years to do
something about it and getting
nowhere, Stewart, with his term
expiring, decided to depart. So he
took steps 70 make sure he wasn't
stopped.
He informed White House init
mates that he was reSigning and
asked them to inform the PreSi-
dent. Stewart was told that he
President wanted TO give him a
new SiX-year term. He sent back
word that he didn't want it.
Weeks went by and Stewart
heard nothing more. Fearing that
his reappointment would be an
nounCed and thus put him in the
embarrassing position of having
20 turn down the President, he
went to White House Secretary
Marvin Mcintyre, gave him a let
! ter of resignation and asked him
TO make II public.
Mcintyre promised 10 lay the
matter before The President
Whether he did or not, Stewart
never learned. He waited three
days and having received no word
from the White House, released
hrs letter of resignation.
Merry Go O-ROund
Assistant Attorney General Bob
Jackson is one of the few young
men Of his day who publicity and
voC:ferouSly denounced U. S. en-
trance into the World War.
Sumner Welles, new Under Secre-
tary of State, has some IMPORT
ant reorganizationS plans for that
mOldy institution. . Castillo Ma
jera, Ambassador of Mexico, is a
surgeon but never practises medi-
| cine on members of his own fam
iy. . Larry Duggan, chief of the
new Division OF the American Re-
pu6liCS. is one of the few Self-Sac-
rifiCing individuals in the State
Department. He has given up his
spacious office overlooking the
Potomac to a group of steno-
grapherS who lacked SufficienS Of
flee space. Admiral Hilary P.
Jones is one of the crustieSt old
dogs in or out of the navy. He
was a survivor of the famous Sa-
moa hurricane, was blown out to
; Pacific island, and has seen every
form Of sea duty imaginable. But
the Coher day he took time off to
watch the dancing class of some
small friends of his, aged 7 to II.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
With the HumOrists
DIPLOMACY

Seated before a grizzled group of directors who
believed him to be the man they wanted to hire as
sales manager. the candidate was asked by one of
the group, Who is the boss in your home?"
L am" was the reply, but keep my wife think
ing she is"
That was one of the answers that won $4,000
Job for him.-Montreal Star.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
SOMETHING TO LIVE UP TO

Whatever the outcome of the trial" said the
defendant Il certain that this experience will
make me better man"
In what way?" asked the judge
In striving to live up to the speech made by
my attorney was the reply.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

The Bat" and "Abies Irish Rose are playing
again on Broadway Now if we could hear Cool
idge Joke read Brisbane editorial that U. S. Steel
was good for 500 and feel that the United States
government didn't hate anybody life would seem
pretty sweet again.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
The Butterfly Finch

The butterfly finch is member of
the bunting family and is commonly
called the Nonpareil bunting. There
is also ons called the pintail Non
pare!l.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
HOLIDAY

Within the walls, beneath the trees,
The insane calmly sit at ease.
While on all highways of the nation
Millions search for relaxation.
Frederick Walter
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
But We Can't All Be Indians

An Indian died out West the other day and 1t
was found he had three million dollars. The red
skin knowledge of woodlore was too much for those
paeface tax collectors.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

The circus has just signed a labor agreement.
The weeks greatest instance Ot exhaustion was
that of the union man delegated to picket the man
on the flying trapeze
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

The Decoration Day parade was put on with too
short notice for the veterans of the Chicago
YOUNGSTOWN and Detroit to participate.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

We know tax dodger who Incorporated S5o'-
900 airplane and charged it off as Chinese de-
pendent named Wing Low
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

Incorporating yacht isn't so bad. If President
Roosevelt doesn't think owning even 3O-tooter
is a business he should try financing the gasoline
and gin bills
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

WashingtonS attitude seems to be that it wants
business to have every chance to start at the bot
tom and work down.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

Russia at the North Pole The polar bear that
walks like an explorer
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

Silk Sent TO England
Silk was sent TO England from
Pennsylvania in l726.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

ONE man falls three stories
to a brick court. turns a
somcrsault in midair. lands
on his feet and lives to be
run over by an automobile.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
MURDER CHARGED
|NDOCTOR'S 'SDEATH
Suspect Is Held in SIayino
OF ObStetrician in Rhode
Island July is.
BS the Associated Press.

0v the associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Septembe,
16.-Jack E. Ennis, 31-year-old War
wick and former New Bedford. Mass,
man, was formally charged with the
murder of DR.. George W. Webster,
obstetrician, shortly after noon today.
Deputy Superintendent James j.
Cusick announced Ennis had been
charged, and said he would be ar
raiened in Sixth District Court to-
morrow morning.
AT the same time the Seekonk River
was dragged for .45-caliber pistol
with which police believe DR.. Webster
was shot on the night of July Is.
Police have been working quietly on
the case ever since the physician was
shot as he entered his empty home
late at night. Before he died on a
hospital operating table he gasped out
to police that he had spent the evening
In drug store talking to friends. His
vile was at their Summer home at
the time. He said he did not know his
killer.
Authorities checked the doctors ac-
tivities in the days Immediately pre-
ceding his death. They delved into his
social and professional life. They
questioned friends and co-workers.
All available evidence was presented
at coroner's inquest, but the findings
were not made public.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
RICH WIFE ENDS LIFE
Wilmington, Del, Woman Dies
by Monoxide Gas.

SOUTHERN PINES, N. c., Sep
tember l6 tP.-The body of Mrs. Ruth
Skinner, so, member of a wealthy
Wilmington (Del.) family, was found
yesterday in the garage of her home
here and q coroner's jury said she
had taken her life by inhailing car
bon monoxide gas. Her husband lives
IN Barnesville, N. Y.
One of three notes, asking that
relatives be notified, said in part:
Just send me home with as little
trouble and expense as possible. What
ever l find at the other end will be
heaven to me. Ruth"
Evening star., 1937-09-16
SECOND DEATH LINKED
TO SLAYING SUSPECT
Man Accused of Killing Boy Con-
nected With Death of An
other YounRster.

otHer 1ounRSter.
By the Associated Press.
LACONIA, N. H., September 16-
Howard Long, 32-year-old gasoline
station operator charged with killing
Mark Neville Jensen, 10, was con-
nected today by his own statement.
States Attorney Thomas P. Cheney
said, with the death of another young
ster year ago.
Cheney said that Long, convicted
several times on morals charges in
Massachusetts, had admitted that g.
year-old Armand Nadeau Of Dover
jumped to death from his car last
November after he had made "im-
proper advances"
Cheney said previously that Long
had admitted killing the Jensen boy
last Friday, charge to which he
pleaded innocent in court.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
STONE CARGO LOST
Barge Carrying $40 Tons of It
Capsizes in Delaware Bay.

LEWES, Del, September 16 R.-
A steel lighter loaded with 546 tons
OF stone. in tow of tug owned by S.
c. Loveland Co. of Philadelphia, cap
sized IN Delaware Bay late yesterday
and dumped her cargo in the channel
between Reedy Point and Lewes.
Inc stones were being transported
from Port Deposit, Nd, to reinforce
the letties of the new Roosevelt Inlet.
Ihe barge is owned by the Dravo Con-
struction Co. of Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Mems Shirts, 95e
OriqinnLLu fI6S

300 Mems good quality shirts in dust
tone plain colors, fancy patterned prints
and madrases. Pre-shrunk materials
and full cut. Sizes IA to II in the group.
500 pairs Mems Sample Hose in pastel colors
Broken sizes. Special pairs 81
81 pairs Mems Washable SIacks in assorted pat
terms. Were 81. to SIS. Now 81, S150 and 81. so
80 pairs Mems Shoes in two-tone combinations
and black. Broken sizes. Originally 81, IS.
pairs Mems All-WooI White Flannel Stacks
Slightly soiled. Sizes 33, "a, 38, A. Were
S. Now s3gO
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Sports Dresses, '2.''
Were S5.95

" ere y5.y5
10 Washable sports dresses in rayon
crepe, sheers and spun linen Prints
and plain colorS. Sizes IL to A.
IS Wool Bathing Suits in skirted and maillot
models. Dark colors and maize. white aqua
and coral. Sizes "a to 40. Originally 81 95 to 1.
S395. Now 75c
80 pieces Beach Apparel. Play suits, overalls
and culottes in denim and cotton twills.
Broken sizes. Originally 81 95 to $685. Now 81
IS Cotton Sports Frocks In fiowered dimity,
dotted Swiss and pique Sun-back and shirt
waist styles. Sizes IA to 18. Originally S195
to $2.95. Now
DOWN STAIRS STORE, SPORTSMAN.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Misses Goats, '8.9'

We're yI6.95 -
IL Swagger and fitted coats, three
quarter and full length. Colorful fleeces
IN gold, rust, shrimp, thistle, melon and
blue. Sizes IL to 18.
20 Women's and Misses Coatsiin unlined raton
crepe and wool. Broken sizes and assorted
colors Originally s7.95, s8.95. Now---s2.95
Down STAIRS STORE, CoATs
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Girls Coat, Dress
Ensembles, sI'5o

Originally s2.95, s3.95
26 Pique and sheer dresses
with pique jigger coats.
Broken sizes 7 to ID.
is Lightweight Wool Coats and
Capes, sizes 10 to 16. Were
S5.95. Now S3.95
8 Plaid Two-piece Suits, sizes IL
to 16. Were $6.95. Now s3.95
81 Girls Wash Dresses, plain,
stripes. prints. Sizes 8 to is.
Were $l.15. Now 75c
Down STAIRS STORE, GIRLS.
Evening star., 1937-09-16

MISS EVELYN PIERCE.
The United States GoUern-
naent is getting ready to giue
Miss Pierce, ShoaUn dboDe. sir
yards OF foDered percale
cloth in exchange for her
peace and friendship. 1t all
sounds a little absurd. but
Miss Pierce, 1eho 1Dorks for the
interior Department, er-
planned it is in conformity
NTH the terms OF a bargain
made betUeen the Gouern-
nent and her Indian fore
fathers back in 1890. Under
the terms OF that treaty, as q
descendant OF the tribe, she
is still entitled to the cloth
and has been receiuing it each
year. A. P. Photo.
All-Nipht Carnival
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Cotton Slips, 45e
Handbags, o5e

Originally yI.95
81 Patent leather bags In
black, blue, red and green.
20 Misses Handbags in patent
leather and grained leather.
Originally 81. Now-----25c
DOWN STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
ChiIdren's Dresses
01e Originally N.95

100 sheer and a few heavy
dresses. Sizes 3 to 6.
38 TOddlers' Sheer Dresses, sizes
to 3. Originally $l.15. Now SOC
30 Ray0n Crepe Dresses, broken
sizes 3 to 6. Originally $1.15 to
$l.65. Now 75c
8 Wool Spring Coats, broken
sizes to 4. We're S3.95.
NOW $1.95
DOWN STAIRS SroRE,
INFANTS AND JuvENILEa.