mSe/NOW"
I AND
IpEAFTER |
You Free? j
fn,m Julia O'Urady to
Bj 7- lady is alter it-thisj
, ailed l-reedoiu? J
B*~ ar,''r would I hey know it
ft-;: m,.
RC' tvrkins. the Tillage store
Wf' t public ami craves
?fit' won't tie him down to
w"h?? ^lls him hls
W 1.1 -f tho >l;,vt'rv ,,f ,ravt -
fc is tl>e lil'erty of a little
I , h?- . til -t:iy at home ami
. ... li. - t" he twenty-one
(Slants to marry and Kuth
M ,liver.-e ami all l?ecn?se
Hr?;iut f' ,,l,tUH' :,,ul
H f4k- hea.l for the country j
ELformers all so to town and
K? ,.lu!,.-ent to the Black J
E u ,p. you free? Not when j
Eowntv'eue. Not when you're 1
W \?t when yu're rteh or!
,in the -'rent open simces.'
W\?n have no rcspunsllnli
I Not ?t.e.i y'I, are through
? ,r Wheii yon are out of debt
Krt ...a are famous. You are;
IjH.ie.aUM. you have no Nissj
? ? >, yen have your way and |
l^y lot hers
R; ieeeme free from one tiling,
mill-' enslaved to s,.ine-'
? \eu are free from had;
C. ?n|v When you hvome the j
ef the sood. lie who would j
B j.-.r aniei;,' u? must la1 the ser
I j? !?>rew-ki Is a master
Uvnn-e he i- a slave to
E. The free |*s>ple of earth
E^ who wave their hats
E.,,,* and kill and swear they j
E ... mail. I hey are slaves to
tolv.K wbieh i? the lowest form
? ??I.!.'" The free of earth are,
E ,ii? have found the way out of,
^Eciu-eoii- of s?>|fi?li and uu |
? .. . tliroush I'.ve and ;
I ... volt set that si nil." de-;
El?! fl:it>|?Tidi Betty of her tad-;
E>,m mate. Kmiiee. "Yo? ?UIj
. >. wifeiy and washing
Ice .??! rai-ins kid- if you like
t"-a free woman. n>> fetters fori
}
T B"-?y i- free, apparently..
. .. . have a copyright
L"- all rislr. But 1 sometimes
ici-r "!:??:! -he |ia? es with that
s:. rirwl. life-weary faee of liersj
I ? ?, t., hide the hitter-j
... 'e.,,, .aiear and srief. I
?"ii 'W it took her t?> learn |
wa- ludlow and
'if bondage after nil.'
L -i '? ? apparently. She
?i- !wr<i ui'l she's a little worn
... a: ' -k- of a hotiie. |
Hi.^iTr e.dl it slavery for
f- 'l.'-vy hi- leS'll snil.-tifi.sl
i ml i ... t- very Inindnge she
k i'bie\e.i her lilH-ration. Only (
-ervi'-e ran we find
Ks :?r i >ir ? ml- i
? r- y -i fr ??<?.* only when
*i> fr.-.- it.That f;? f- "I'l
iii- liui-tiiMiH' uisty Ik* a
till. ? ?:? I Aunt
*inla who .|.,cx your wihbin?;
1 : :u.?n* liUwty. It's an
s ? -it;? >:i |
? i? if. iN.iitr;iili?'tioii lietweeti
I ?? . .? ? -tati'iiu'iif "If
V"ii fr.**. yiiii are free ln~ j
- ..r|i?T ureal l?r<?" I
"?a^-vtui-iir. \Vli< ever would Ik'
,>w lu'-s c ' "it. I?'t Iiiill Ik* set"- (
Vr>HHii,:n mid service uro >
TT|wrK rh*> one of tin* other.'
i>>in|i|i.iui'iitiiry. not initi
al y?u . r liuve olio wit limit j
?
a ? t I
?is i-.\ dou r '.'ft the notion j
T'hi ;ir?- it.-.. U'ciium' you're not
11 ? n iiy tiling si ml ?"? n
' r around ^uir yourself.!
> ?'} ?'tty littlo slave.;
Hi??i*-rri. tree. untraniineled
? ?? li.Mrinz so luueli
abjectly enslaved j
"r,,i> tli.it wit came nlonir. j
"tm-rats "f isirtli liuiy
r look it. But thoy have
f It:11.1 riuiil >.f servl.-e
til(. top of tlit* hill.
l|u)fowl hunting
To bf.gin tuesday
?"-.fcr ... ;;i i|V|?,r j? tin* o|K'll |
' urafory birds. Mini !
^ "f vr-ii-l. - ..mi haulers are
r"!'.H ! _ >> entertain sjn?rt>- j
II ???.in.' to slaughter
?";'i - Wednesday si ml
lay days aul there'
!" !|" limiting,
'ii I
suiti?-i|r?tp a c<xhI i
ti'k ;i.;ir. plenty of dui-k .
~ iT-mio., |,rln;r ?reat uurn-J
' t.. \..rtli Carolina, ami ,
?>i"n of -portsini'U are ex- j
\r " ,
v"i' is unexcelled in
, - .',"1 fitting glasses.
4 i ' i ? (J l WA Y, Kyfc
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The Independent (
^ lj03S? 43 Second CUm Msttsr At thi Pnat n^l ? i
?""^ELIZABETH CITY, N? C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927. mum*di .Swy.FTidw bj W. O. Stunder* SINGLE COPY S CKWTSf i;
COL. LINDBERGH SENDS
A LETTER DOWN HOME
One of His First Acts After Getting Back To
New York Was Acceptance of Membership
In Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association
?
Welcome Col. Chas. A. Lind-1
berjjh: the world's greatest !
Ace has accepted membership,
in the Kill Devil Hills Memor
ial Association of Elizabeth
C it v. His letter of acceptance
elated Oct. 25th. 1927 is one of.
the first letters written by Col.
l.indberjjh since his immortal
flight from New Vor kto Paris. 1
Col. Lindl.ergh lias lieen deluded j
with tar hauls of letters anil tele- !
grains in ree-ent months. He re-j
reived tons of mail and cablegrams |
while in Paris and had no time to |
look at it. The same way when lie
K"t hifk to America. And then. |
immediately ii|ion his return to the
l'lilted States he liegnii a tour of '
the country that has kept him go- '
ii>ir so fast that he hasn't had time i
to l>e lathered with mail. Mail and !
telegrams have lieen ke|>t away from
him that he might he spared every j
oiinee of energy for his flights and
puhlie appearances.
He got hiiek to New York from
his t.?nr of the t'niteit States last
Saturday. Tons and tons of mail
and telegrams had preceded him.
His mail had l>een carefully sorted j
hy an army of secretaries audi
friends. His mail brought requests
for him to join almost everything
under the sun. Only a compara
tively few hiqiortaiit matters were I
placed U'fore the Colonel for his!
Iiersonal attention when lie got down
to the work of answering his long
neglected corresjn ndence this week.
And one of the first things he did
was to dictate a letter to Congress
man Lindsay C. Warren. Chairman
??f the National Advisory Coiuieil
of the Kill lHwil Hills Memorial
Association, under date of Oct. 23th.
Col Limlliergh said simply aud
genuinely:
My dear Mr. Warren:
On tuy return I find your very,
kind letter nidifying me of my
se'ectloii as an honorary meml>er
of the Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Association. I accept this election
wtih appreciation.
Sincerely yours.
CHAKLKS A. LINDBKIMJII.
The letter was written at the
offices Of the Daniel Guggenheim
Fund for the Promotion ?i Aeronau
tic* lit 3! IN Madison Ave.. New York
City, under whose auspices Col.
Lindbergh made his phenomenal
American good will tour.
Col. Lindliergli will midonhtedly
lie one of the many distinguished
Americans to come to Klizalieth
City and Kill Devil Hills next year,
to |?iy tribute to the Wright broth-1
ers in the celebration of the 2.?thi
anniversary of the birth of aviation. |
CATHOLICS PUT $25,000
IN CITY REAL ESTATE
Have Added Frank Midget! Ke>i
dctirc To Their Holdings; May
Erect A Big School
The |iuri'liiisc Saturday of the I
new brick rrsiilfiiif of W. Frank |
Mltlgett on West .Main Street by
Roman Cat holies now give tin* J
church property in this city valued ?
at approximately .tlioJMMt. The J
elm cell uow owns a total frontage1
of feet 011 Maiu Street a front-]
njre on Ashe Street. the entire [
length of the block, back to Colonial '
Avenue where it fronts $10 feet also, j
The ehureh recently acquired six!
lots adjoining the Midgett property.
It was the plan of the church to
erect a priests residence and small f
chapiiel for the present, but the pur-1
chase of the new Midgett residence.1
which is one of the finest in the |
vicinity removes the need for erec- ?
tion of a resideiwe.. While Mens.
T?olierty. the resident priest will not
discuss the plans of the church,
which are evidently in the hands of;
the Kishop. it is hinted outside that)
the church may lie contemplating a ,
seliool at this city, and |s?ssibly a
large church in the near future, j
OOUFELLOWS OK FOIR j
((UNTIES ARE COMING'
Oddfellows from four counties I
will feast here Friday night. Octob-)
er 2S. as guests of Achoree Lodge, j
No. II. of which R. L. Garrett is j
Noble Grand. The Oddfellows will j
come from bulges at Roduco. Cam
den. l'oplar Branch. Shiloh. Coin-j
joek and Holly Grove. The meet-i
ing will l>egin at 7:."{<> when degree)
work will be performed, to be fol- j
low by an oyster supper and an ad-!
dress by It. C. Job. secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce ant 01 her
?. isiting and 'ecul ntoitibee..
Just Plain Charlie
TIIK picture of Col. this. A. Lind
bergh sliown here this m?ck was
made iiefore they dolled hiiu up in
tlie uniform and accoutrements of a
CoIoi?el of the Air Service?when
he was just plain Charlie.
ENDS LIFE IN WATERS
OF CURRITUCK SOUND
Mrs. Jessie Sawyer Leaves Infant
in Bed While She Drowns
Herself at Harbinger
Fullow^ many months of U1
health ami despondency which
neighliors say had affected her uiind.
Mrs. Jesse H. Sawyer of Harbinger,
lower t'lirrituek took her life Tues
day night by jumping overboard
in the waters of ('unitnek Sound at
the Sawyer landing about a half
mile from her home.
She went to I ted early Tuesday
night, but got up ami slipped quiet
ly out of the house, leaving her in
fant daughter. The family discover
ed her absence just before mid
night. They traced her to the water
ami found her lifeless body -under
water, her arms around one of the
piling that supported the wharf.
She is survived by two sons.
Sherman and Wilbert Sawyer, four
daughteres. Marie, Brace and Doris
and an infant less than a year old:
a brother, S. X. Dulin of Klixalieth
City, a sister. Mrs. J. A. Weathers
of Knleigh: two half brothers. Mil
ton 1 >ovalI of Xew York and Win
ston 1 loyal I <f Harbinger, and a
half sister. Miss Heiilah Do.vall and
her mother .Mrs. Nevada Do.vall of
Harbinger.
A HARD-BOILED JUDGE
(From The Washington. X. C.
1'rogress)
Judge I. M. Meekins is presiding
over the Oetolier trrm of federal
court which is in session here this
week.
Attending Judge Meekins' court
is a rather interesting inexperi
ence. He does not tolerate any
fooiishnes. any unnecessary delay
or any roundabout method of doing
things. He is direct and to the
point in everything he says and does
Some folks have heen heard to
say that the Judge is inclined to
he hard-holled. Perhaps he is. when
you compare him to some others,
hut that descriptive term is noth
ing to his discredit.
There is a tendency 011 the part
of some of our courts to l?e too
easy-going. There is nothing easy
going about Judge Meekins when
lie takes his seat 011 the hench and
proceeds to start things moving. He
a>ks for action?and he gets it: he
seeks to administer justice?and he
gets tliat. too. And with it all, he
is fair and deliberate.
Xaturaly there is some slight poli
tical antagonism toward Judge
Meek ins. He is a republican, while
most of lis are democrats. That
fact?according to the opinion of
some folks?ought to eoudemn him
on general principles. Just the
same, after hearing some of the
lawyers talk nhout him. we are in
clined to believe that Judge is win
ning for himself the respect and
esteem of everyoue who has busi
ness in his court?including per
haps those unfortunate individuals
vhom he send* on trips to Atlanta
WORST LIQUOR
SPOT IN WHOLE
UNITED STATES
It's New Bern- and Craven
County, Says U. S. Judge
1. M. Meekins
New Bern and Craven Coun
ty. North Carolina have the
worst reputation for liquor in
the United States, was the bold
assertion made by Federal
1 udjre I. \I. Meekins of this
city in his charge to the jrrand
jury in the U. S. Court in New
Bern this week.
A more sensational Indictment of
a community has not been made In
this State in a long time. Judge
Meekins said :
"Now Hern is one of the best
places In North Carolina: North
Carolina is one of the liest states
if not the best, in tlie Union: the
United States is the best country
in the world: and this world is the
best world that we know any tiling
about." declared Judge Meekins in
his short but powerful charge, "l'et.
New Hern is one of the worst places
in the world for the prohibition law.
"At least two or three notorious
liquor dealers from this immediate
section are known throughout
North Carolina. They are violating
the law daily and are corrupting
the region. One automobile concern
upstate, I am informed, has a stand
ing order for 10.000 gallons of Crav;
en county liquor, every week.. At
least three men. whose names are
well known here and elsewhere,
have thrived successfully in the
liquor business without apprehen
sion for ten years.
"This condition could not exist if
the l?est people of the town and
county would frown down iqion the
practice. No criminal can succeed
when public sentiment is against
him. If the i?eop!e of New Bern
would make up their minds to run |
out the liquor dealers, ho such crim-1
inai could stay here long.
'New Bern and Craven Couuty J
owe it to tli*mselvt?s to get rid of
these nefarious and destructive!
dealers that carry on their deadly'
traffic for a money profit. The!
four worst reputed state centers for
the liquor trade are New Bern and
Craven county. IMnk Hill, South,
Mills aud Princeton.
"The splendid citizenship here1
should name a committee of twelve I
upright citizens, not necessarily;
i preachers" but probably containing
[ four lawyers. By earnest efforts <U
!reeling a strung public sentiment,
I every one of these illicit liquor deal
i ers would lip out of employment or
: homes within three weeks. The,
state is calling upon your town to
improve its reputation and charac
i ter."
In s|ieakiu; thus harshly of this
city and county. Judge Meekins |
intuit1 it plain that he meant no re
flection on the good name of the
j city. Ho emphasized, however, tllat
tlit'. place owed it to itsfclf and its j
rtwii go<nI to get lid ?>f prohibit inn j
law violators.
j The, Sun-.Touriial,Xew Rent's j
[ daily newspaper in cbuinientiug'&tti-1
i torialv upon Judge Meekins' charge, |
admits that the Judge had said only '
that which all good citizens knew |
land commended him for his bold!
I pronouncement and challenge to law- j
iabiding citizenship.
^ ^ f I
<2/heSANK CLCQK **> TWE SODA JCRKtB
A FRYING PAN AND A FIRE
i
"I see by tlit> iKtjK'rs that Gov
ernor Al. Smith Is .gaining ground)
|ri.irht along ami it looks now as if
I the Republicans will have to give tip:
{the idea of nominating a clam like'
I Coolidge or an iceberg like Hoover
ami put up a he man like Charlie
I Dawes to match the winning person
ality of the New Yorker." said the
',S( da Jerker to the Bank Clerk,
j "Yes." replied the Bank Clerk,
j "Smith is not saying a word and
I making votes every day. and I tell
you that I and a lot of my fellow
'Democrats down South are In a
i helluva mess."
?IIlow's that?" asked the Soda
j Jerker.
"We're in n fair way to be caught
lietween the devil and the deep blue
j sea. or to put it another way, we
are going to lie given the choice of
jumping from frying pan to fire, or
J vice versa.
| "If Governor Smith is nominated
we are going to have to choose lic
it ween voting for a Republican or a
I Catholic and a Wet. And I tell you
I that's going to be a helluva choice
I for us smull town Southerners who
, take our religious and political pre
j judices over seriously.*'
"I hadn't thought about it in just
| that light liefore." said the Soda
1 Jerker. "but I can tell you just
about what you'll do.. You'll listen
! to your preachers on Sunday and
about make up your mind to vote for
a Republican. And then you'll come
down Monday inoruing and some old
time Democrat like Cam Morrison
will yell 'Nigger' at you and vou'll
vote for Al Smith. If then- is
anything a Southern Democrat takes
more seriously than his religion and
his liqiuor, it's the polities and the
political party of his ancestors."
"You may have it sized tip right,"
I said the Bank Clerk; "hut I have a i
I grave fear that the nomination of j
Governor Smith will split the solid!
South from top to bottom, destroy
Democratic solidarity in the South !
forever and give us two political |
parties in the South instead of one." j
"Then God forbid that anylaaly'
other than Al Smith be nominated."
said the Soda Jerker. "for if there j
is anything the South needs it is a
new political alignment. The South'
is so darned solid that a poor man !
can't get a look in: if it could 1k? J
busted up once we all might get a .
chance to see what's at the bottom j
| of it. and I'm sure we'd have a jolly !
igood time patching up the pieces. I
! Maybe we'd have a real democracy
! tlien. a government by the people."
j "You're wrong there." said the I
Bank Clerk: "government by the'
people is a piece of political hokum
; that doesn't mean a damu bit more
to a politician than the command
ment to sell all thou hast and give
: to the poor means to a Christian."
(Why not get the book of the
Bank Clerk and the Soda Jerker, a
choice collection of their rich and
racy arguments? 50 cento by mail.)
Eye strains are the greatest soua.-e
of nerve waste of the body. Have
your eye's eta mined by DBS. J. D.
HATHA WAV. Eye S'^lt SfcdaiiEhj.
A Leader Women
All Love
i
MRS. E. F. CORBELL
' SHE is the retiring President of
j the 16th District of Woiuans Clu!>s
j Mr.s CorbeJI is the wife of Dr. E.
| S. Corbell of Sunbury, and one of |
' the most popular women in Eastern
| North Carolina. She is a motherly
! type of woman, who takes pride in
: Iter home, and who has demonstrat
ed that a woman ran he a better |
i honxmaker by being a good club i
member. She was presented with a i
valuable gift of silver at Currituck!
j when she was succeeded by Mrs. |
i Marguerite Evans of Smalls Cross
; Roads, Chowan County.
??
THE OLD TOWN TAKES
DAY OFF FOR CIRCUS!
Thursday might have l?eo? Navy j
1 Day everywhere else but it was ch- !
! ins day in Elizabeth City, and it:
brought a lot of joy to most every- j
' body in town. Many a religious old j
, soul who frowns on the eireus went |
anyhow, having as an excuse that!
|'T just, went to take the kids." And j
jthe kids had a glorious time of it.
j watching the antics and animals
of the big Walter L. Main aggrega
tion at the show lot. and the down
town parade. Elizabeth City
I schools turned out at one o'clock,
j to give all the young folks a chance
at the afternoon performance at the
I shows.
f* The Walter L. Main shows have
(been in Elizabeth City before and
are a great favorite with local folks, j
They carry a clean looking-oomph- :
nient. and their performances uro
up to the minute and eminently sat- j
isfuetory to many circus fans.
WOOLDBRING
ARMY'SBAND
Jto this city
Biggest and Best Band in
America Can Come Here
This Winter
It" Elizabeth City firemen or
some local civic organization
will sponsor it, the famous U.
S. Army Kand of Washington,
said to be the greatest band
in America, will give two con
certs in Elizabeth City this
winter.
The Army Kand Is the president's
own hand and is seldom heard out
side of "Washington. It is an organ
ization of 80 pieces, much larger
than the l". S. Xavy Band which
scored such a success here two years
ago. The Army Band is going on
a short tour the first of the year
and it was projK)sed to send it to
Washington. X. as a compliment
to Congressman Lipdsuy YVtirren
whose home is in Washington.
"Very fine, thank you," wrote
hack Lindsay Warren, "hut I've got
a lot of friends in Elizalteth City
and the counties North of Alhemarle
Sound: can't we get the hand for
Eliza Mil City too?" And Washing
ton has said yes.
It will cost to $1 ..TOO to
hring this hig hand to Elizabeth
City. There isn't going to be nuich
chance for a local organization to
make any money out of it, hut
Mayor Flora is anxious to see the
Fire Department sponsor the big
hand for two concerts, matinee and
night, if the citizeus will cooi>erute.
Mayor Flora thinks it could be
handled thru the Fire Department
with a number of guarantors, after
the Chautauqua plan.
A ROOM IN THE|
NEWHOTELCAME
HIGH TO THEM
A bevv of Elizabeth City
girls were being shown thru
the new Virginia Dare Hotel
one day this week and \vere
rhapsodizing , 'over the guest
room furnishings 6n the eighth:
floor. .
'This.is therooili' I want", ijuid {
Ncotty. lucking ecstatically nt *; u j
rodni'dffiw In blue and ivory wilii a
touch of gold, "it's a perfect
dream, how much will it cost me7"
"I don't know", said the sfib-con
tractor who was showing the party
thru.
"Well dou't you know how much
it would cost for one night V
"1 could only guess." said the sub-1
contractor sadly: all I know altout
it is that I was in one of these
rooms for three hours the other
night and it cost me $10.7.V'
And so the news leak out that a
group of plnyful sub-contractors
and workmen staged a little i>okor
game in one of the rooms of the
unfinished hotel some nights ago
and the poliee walked in 011 them.
TOO MUCH OF A JOB
FOR THE COLORED HELP
i
.Servants Despair of Complying With i
Court Order That Southern
Hotel Must Clean Up
The kitchen and dining ronui help
at the Southern Hotel in Klizalietli
City Is ready to go over IkmIH.v to I
the new Virginia I>are Hotel thisj
week, if jolts in the new hotel were i
only available. They have been put I
to the task of trying to clean tip 1
the Southern and that's an onery I
jolt, even for colored help.
And all because things had got
ten so bad at the Southern that the i
State Hour<l of Health haled I'm- j
prletor Tom Nelson Into court last;
week on charges of running a hotel j
Mow the standard for sanitation j
and hygiene set up by the State j
Hoard. The Southern's score was I
actually 70, or 11 points Mow the,
lowest score on which a dirty hotel I
kitchen or restaurant can get by.
The Court gave Mr. Nelson two
weeks in which to clean up and the
colored help have been worked to a
frazzle. AH the men and all the
maids can't make much of a dent
in a job like that in two weeks. And '
that's why a strike of hotel help at,
the Southern appears imminent this j
week.
If you suffer from headaches'!
let us exnuiiue your eyes. DltS. i
J. D. HAT.HA.TVAr, V; C Sight!
S.v .ulU...'. il.*.
I 1
Mr. McAdoo Glad j
To Serve
AMONG the distinguished Aineri- i
cans who have affiliated themselves
with the Kill Devil Hills Memorial i
Association, born in Elizabeth City, j
is Hon. Win. G. McAdoo. of Cali
fornia. Other distinguished Amcri- ]
eans whose memberships at id in- i
dorsements have been received more |.
recently include Governor Donahey, ji
of California; Mr. Edsel Ford ofj <
Michigan and Mr. Cecil It. DeMille, i
aanl I)r. Gilbert Grosvonor, Presi- i
dent of the National Geographic 1
Society. I
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tion for one year and send in only']
one new subscriber. But at least ,
one of the subscript ions must he |;
a new one and there is an addition-j
al charge of 1.1 cents for handling
and postage if the dictionary is to,
he mailed.
Every grammar and high sbhool
student in Eastern North Carolina 1
should get one of these dictionaries.
Every business man and woman
should have one. And right here let
it lie said that the first snhserilier
to avail himself of the offer wus:
W. B. Foreman, one of the brightest.
young business men in Elizalx'th
City. . |
900 MEMBERS SOI CIIT IN
ANNUAL REI) CROSS DRIVE
Nine hundred mem laws1 is the
quota asked of Pasquotank County
by Job it Barton Payne, chairman;
of the American Bed Cross accord-j
ing to John H. Hall. Elizabeth City
attorney who has lteen named Chair
man of the Bed Cross Roll call for;1
this county which begins Armistice
Day. November 11..
Membership in the Bed Cross i
costs only a dollar." Mr. Hall states.
"One half of this remains at home
for relief work. Yet if more thun j
a dollar is given, only .10 cents is!
sent away to the National Heatt'
quarters, the rest remaining in the
community it is donated in.
"The Bed Cross does a lot of ,
| work in this county. A large (per
|coutage of those who are added are'
|among the colored people. Because;
jof tills, many Negro sitizens will bt 1
I invited to join the Red trots j
Pasquotank '.nig year >
PROPOSE A NATIONAL
CELEBRATION OF THE
FIRST WRIGHT FLIGHT;
Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Birth ofL
Modern Aeronautics May Be Occasion of |r
Greatest Air Pageant Ever Assembled
The Aero Digest, the largest; j
and most popular journal of'v
aeronautics in America, edited' (
bv Frank A. Tichenor. willii
? L'l
sound a call for a celebration11
? I
on a big scale of the twcnty-fH
fifth' anniversary of the first |
airplane flight in 1928.
And the Aero Digest will reeoin- !
uieml that the celebration Ik1 held, ,
not at New York, not at Washing- j
Ion not at Dayton, (> , hut at Kill , j
Devil Hills. X. 0. where the first !
flight was made, with beadquurt-'jjf
ers of the celebration at Elizabeth,,j
City.
Elizabeth City with ample hotel j
facilities, one of the prettiest conn- f
try clubs in the state aud an enter- (
prising and hospitable citizenry j
will have uii opportunity to enter- ,
lain scores of distinguished Ameri
cans, most of whom will probably
come to ElizuMh City by airpiano
mid go direct from Elizabeth City to
Kill Devils Hills for the ceremonies. \
It is possible that tlie celebration,
nf the 25th anniversary of the first
Wright Flight will lie (lie occasion ?
nf the assembling of one of the,,
greatest air pageants ever pulled off
in America: distinguished airmen,
heads of the army and navy. Sena- '
tors and Congressmen, eminent.
Americans who are interested ill
aeronautics and patriotie citizens
of prominence and influence gene-;
rally who arc eager for the first '
opportunity to pay homage to the
brothers Wilhur and Orville Wright, }
inventors of the twentieth century'"
astounding new mode of transpor- "1
tat ion.
A nil IMIZil IH'I II ? II? Will pi.iy a.
conspicuous part iii a celebration
rhut will go on tlip front pages of
the Uewatinperw nt "home ?M??I -atiroait,
lierause Elizabeth City thought of
It first and organized for Just such ,
mi occasion. The proposed celebra- '
Hon will lie sponsored l?.v the KfM
Devil IIIIIs Memorial Association of;'
Flizulictli City cooperating with '
friends and .promoters'of aeronauti
cal progress throughout the coun
try. ; 4\ ; ? |M
W. o. Siiunders. president of the
Kill Devil Hill* Memorial Atmrtcta- j
lidu returned from New York City :
this week* yitece he hud a confer- 1
puce with Mr..' IWfliennr. with heads
r?f the Daniel Guggenheim Fund'for,.
Hie. Promotion of Aeronautics and''
i)thers interested in the proposed ?
celebration. Mr. Saunders says that
everywhere lie found sentiment f#v- u
[iriilde to the celebration at Kill?
Devil Hills and everywhere Iip found
Hie initiative and enterprise of ?!;
North Carolinians comniended.
Admiral II. I. Cone, retired. nowL':
identified with the Guggenheimtj
Fund in New York City, is an en-c
tliiis:Di?stD- friend of the idea of muk-?
ing Elizabeth City headquarters of j j
the proposed celebration. Admiral r
Cone is related by marriage to the'*
Baxter family in this city, has lieenl
i frequent visitor to Elizabeth CltyJ^
and loves ills North Carolina and ^
its lieautiful coast country.
One of the things essential to the!pi
holding of a considerable celebration^
at Kill Devil IIIIIs is a laudlngjf
field, of iiii|Hirtant dimeiislons. Ajg
standard airport requires a tract f
nf :t20 acres in the shape of a
rectangle a half mile wide and a?'
mile long. The Carolina Develop
ment Co.. of Asbury Park. X. J. A
a ml Klizalieth City. X. owners of j
the Kill Devil Hills property had .
formerly set aside a tract of 35|f
acres in anticipation of presenting j
ir to the government as u site for i
the Wright meiiioriiil to Is* erected1 j
by Congress at KilJ Devil Hills.?.
Messrs. Allen It. Hueth and Frank'I
Stick, principal owners of the Car?- j
Iina Development Co. agreed this ?
week to donate the full .'520 acres re- \
quired for an airport, the site to bo, J
selected by. u projier committee com- J
posed of representatives of the Kill j
Devil Hills Memorial Association, J
representatives of the Navy, War j
and Commerce Deiwrtineiits and
possibly a representative of the
Guggenheim interests.
More than tweuty five distinguish- |
ed Americans are now members off
the National Advisory Council of
the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Asso-G
elation. Kecent additions include ft
Mr. Edsel Ford. General Mason M. f
Patrick, head of the Army Air j
Corps. Mr. Cecil B. DeMille and'.
Governor A. V. Donabey. of Ohio, j
Acceptances of memberships on the ,
National Council expected within a j
few days are Col. t ha*. A. Liud-, t
bergn. All-. T. coif uso Dcfout of j
Delaware and Mr. ??-'-! C.-gi'CO-'j
bclrc ot s - -