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The Independent i -ss-'l VOL. XXJ; wd .1 ^ru% M,Wtw>t XzfZZ. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 192& = ^ % B>UDdM' S1MGL& COPY S CENTS 1?ln0w~ and hereafter i Mft*' 1 ^N^Crow Up j ?r > | rH out btlt j 201 !**? ? j u?^cr *"?? j W ltt Wr r' i n?. , ^ oJ,l uunil"* ] 1 ttJJ va\ ? '.. ? ,-all.- "a inatij f-stf?f 3 " iit;: there are | ?lib3 K^,/a-\v. u a ^ychhitrist j ^rto't .i t.r effiefeoft j I r:~ l': U, Vs' - : a-- 'hat turus ' 3j, ;va:??> :un?. lj ?? : ?\i rather] untatn *i' iar-"' !' . ,..-mfishes dart' Ire1*- *" sLiiiC than to i . ? - ino anil be' :?! <?> trains tho' A> " a ? ?"?*-"* j *"*'s V" j 1 ?!'<? literally :??"* rt8''?? ! ? ?? that vvoutlet"* I ? -tVjVf"-* ami W??:wo?n. la^'11 r ' tin* at h>-h-j V:,\: ?jy "' (^,r ,lM^j to say i i rcwk:'i t'ire this Mi "iis !\:i!i re* i r:'- i ?. ?;?? ?y?\i rs toitttj ,,J". ..... the eaUiiH** notes Hut I'm . m , line making, Vi? t siiuHy J ! i'WlklllO Ui'J* . ;r" N;*4?e?like, j j^Vrr'V -iii"sk* 1 iu-'lv| , st h HeaHt;. 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' ?!!> \t>a|i"ii> ? ii; iu 1 ' if:, HOW SHALL CURRITUCK SOUND BE BRIDGED?! i Private Capital Now Ready and Eager; But Wouldn't Present and Future Public Inter est be Best Served by State Construction? I Shall private capital ur the' tState build a bridge accuse Currituck Sound, from Point; Harbor to Kitty Hawk, giving' the State an unbroktie highway ; frotn Manteo to Murphy has suddenly become a question, that must be settled pretty: I so??n. The Currituck ami Pare Bridge Corporation. authorized capital siOti.utO wtiosr purpose Is t?> build a bridge across Currltnew Sound] was chartered this -week. The in- | corporators are L. 0. Blades S. R. j Barker and M. B. Sawyer, of Kiiz-j nboth City. Hardly had this fact Vvu made j public when a meeting of the region- j at council of the Kill iH-vll Hills j Memorial Asseclatiou at the Mr-j ginla Dare Hotel Wednesday nl>rht j r.x'k decisive steps to interest the j State Highway Commission and pre-' pare to a-k the next i Sonera 1 Assem- j My of North Carolina to provide a jvnunnettt hridip." aeross Currituck Sound. ? I^M-al capitalists. appreciating the urgent need of this bridge and ha\- j it;g satisfied themselves that a pri- j vately ow ned toll bridge across Cur- ( rirnek S< 11 in! will pur. are eager toj make the investment. Their sur-1 veys have Uvn made, engineering i ooin-nis are ready to proved im- j mediately w ith coast ruction and > there is a ready market for the In.ads the local capitalists propose, to issue. But the bridge to ti* built by pri- j ivate capital would be a iTeosotcd v.i-hJ Mru'-ture. the life of which is nor assured f? r more than *J>> or -?? years. The Stale doesn't build such' strm-tures: State highway bridge* arc I milt of endtmng cenu-ut and steel 10 last for centuries. Ir is nearly three miles u?toss Currituck Sound. A bridge :htoo this sound would l?e approximately ; t-Ai??? as lon^ as Chowan Kbcr, Bridge at Edentun. But. it would j J not be so rosily berausc it would j 1 traverse shall"-* toners- requiring ' piles approximately only one half _ Ithe length of the piles used for the I Chowan Hirer bridge. I IriniaK ly the Slate w ill-bridge j Currituck S?.uud But If a tempo' i rarv privately ?>wn?vi toll bridge in Jbulil now the State will hardly 1?-j ? interested in bridging < urrituck 'sound while the wl'ti bridge ( ] viTM v the situation reasonably well.: And so what shall V done alnutt it.? The Kili T)evll Hill- Memorial j Association appointed a committee to >hh1v the problem and -confer, w ith the State Highway Conuni.s-: ' sioii. Tire committee i.-> eutopoM-d of W. ??. Saunders and 1". H. Mil-; ?Hams, of Eliza l>eth ?'iiy: T. S. ; While, of Hertford; It. B. Hriggs. | of l'olnt Harbor and IV B". Baglcy. ,? f >|oyoek. ?? - 1 LIVELY INTEREST IN GENL. COX' COMING liiiC Binner at The Virginia Dare Saturday Night May Be Followed >?> Organization of a Legion 1'onI Here - ?? M'orld Mar veterans in Klizal?rlh City are looking1 forward with live ly interest to l be coming of <iener.nl AIM rt fox. ix?mmmjder of the North Carolina Department of the Aineri <?..11 Legion wlin will visit. Eliza l>efh City Saturday in ^mpany with the official members of the Legion in this State. ' There will he alxoit members, of the party headed by General fox. 'Tuey will arrive at Elizabeth City on the 1". S. G. Cutter Pamlico | and will he the guests of a dinner; at the Virginia Mure Hotel to hej given tin m by Elizabeth City meiii who serveii in the late war. It is i likely that a post of the Anioriean ' Legion will l?e organized here at that time. Fn.iu ElizaM-lli City General C"\ and party will erui.se to KoauokeJ Island where they will be entertain ed lavishly by the Manteoans. i. The use of the Paralb'O for their; iwinter meeting and a cruise ofI North Carolina inland waters was i arranged for the Legionnaire heads' by Congressman Lindsay Warren. i --Governor Mi-Lean this week parol ed three State prisoners. And eom-1 mated another. The three pardoned I ? were 15. F. Mavis. Lenoir county. Sherman llaney, Haywood county, and Caul Blaekmvod, Macon county. IJ The commutation went to Minnie ? Brown of Lenoir. All had been con - vieUu for violating tt^ mohibition hru ' / Has The Respect of His Seniors I RhTKKSKNTVTIU: .mini <iar-| nor. ot' Texas, ranking member cf the llouso M'ajs and .Means Coni-I III liter and ore of (lie ohied. one of (lo* abhst and oih* of ttif? most in-j fluent iu I :rm in Congress pays litis : tribute to the young Congressman from the First Congressional J):s (rir( ot N01U1 Carolina. Nay* Mr. Carrier: 'There are (hree attributes of a good Congressman: They are1 iiitelligenee, industr} and murage: Lindsay Warren presses all three ? in great measure." Representative (iiuner voire* the opinion of many of (he older members e.f Congress! who have ???<?? to brow and enter tain a high regard for (lie ltepre-, scntative from this district. 0! Say Didja HearTheSoup Being Su I'tipiU i:i tlio new grammar' .sc!hh.?1 at Currituck C. II. ate, .St*) plates "t soup Monday| licked their lips. ruhhnl their( tuitiiiiics with gustatory satis faction. smiled like t ampbcll S"!i;> Ki<!< in the advertise-1 incuts and f'dt plea-oil with Currituck and th?* worlil. Currituck is I lie fourth school in Currituck County to inta soup kitchen t<> .-??|kj?!\ hoi nourish in:; soup ami crisp, satisfyini; crack ?T> at a to? 111i11:11 price to pupils at tlic mitt-day recess. Moyock started iti: Knolls Maud followed: then Pencils ivint: Currituck started ils soup kettles this week. Rich. uholesouio. appetizing aud hmi^er-satisfi in;: soup with a cener oiis portion of crackers is served to the pupils for throe cents a plate: two piales tor a nickel. The soup is made in the school kitchens and served In the ladies of the local Parent-Tea eliers Associations whose members lake funis at the soup rnakimr ami serving at no exnciise to the schools. With m> rooks ami no waiters to pay. uoml soup and bis cuits can he served at the price of two |*oriions for a nickel. They Are Never Too Old To Feel The follow ins; news item comes from Virginia Teach. Cupid is no resjieelor of use or physical condition it seems. A hridal eoiiple. the groom T'J years old and the bride Go years old. are spemlin,' their hoiieymoii at Vir ginia Teach and are registered at the Seaside Saiiatoritun. if you (please. They give their home ad i dress as Haiti more. "I feel no older than I did at 12~?". the uiiM.ni was heard to say. i am) the "Mushing" bride sWeel ly stated that she is still a young | woman, despite the fact '.out botL J iik .; aO .' - .< L'lv .?u*. WINDS BLOWING1: THIS ROAD BACK 1NTOTHEWATER Winter winds arc pla>i?Si havoc with tlur new causeway I with Which Dave County con-, noctcil Roanoke Island with, the coast. With the exception! ?[ (ess than a mile of crcosotcd, wood bridge the distance ofj nearlv lour miles across K?n-; nuke Sound was bridged with, a eauscwav of satld sucked up. from the bottom of the'sound.. Winds are Mowing tins ?tid| awav. The r!U,S?'W:iy WHS lhr?W.l up I.J j suetImi lire,lees ami tctlj last fall was "< f,f u;,ter. ltut it was mil} satul. * . ni sund ,trust mittaml Ihe whi M v-v.-ft hew a Itoan.?l>e ban,.. ?j Northeast when "'"ter a |r, nreaelasd. Ttasse winds are ar.ulu-j i.iiv Mt.vvii.i: ill'- ?"!? XV,V .lust whal ?i?UiiW i*?1 ilate is lu.nl to determine) frtin ..m-cWT ??<? X that eoine fn.m Roanoke Islam. Tin* .In name tl.is whiter may ( ,li<;,,,rous: it amy al,,fJltl . winter to level tuo mum-way ?ln?u tn ,llt. lovol of tIk* water ami maht J it iui|tfi*?sul?lo. . i 1? tin* n,o:iiit In." I bivo is n?lM?rt , llIlh,tf i!u* State Highway stem t<? sum* tl.?* eauseway .it ou , by i.uttln8 ? sravH ?irfu? onI ?; \n oil lit*:.tell iiratel sUiLi" no, Mow away. Ami if th- should--J ors of the* eat.sewny ean W seHHlml, to jrruss in the* sprinjf ami the Krtix take-s ho'il all may U* well witli it in J 1'r.t'i, ?;<>:nioke Islanders look for) Ion.,}" avross Roanoke Sonnd IbwM ,l;lvs aiul their hearts f,*el1...J , when Hoy lK'lwW 'he sand hk^?\ like- iilist fvimi the causeway wlihli 5> pares oue Imp.* of tyins? her owi.| parts tnselher ami Mmr ' 11,111 ? j a read-knitted motorized fc^U?. Why The Poor Little Things Were Dumb children who behaved like Uum; i l?^l.s in the srbool rm*n. ,M nt.t.-1., speii ??*f":" .T'.",'s.k c VT whin written oil. mi th ? la-fore their eye* were '?<?* i to liave siiell had ONew.^lit tt.o. till, touhhrt read lottors >.\ f? ? *? ; Ami that's why the 1M-Krt" i"'"' UJ were s? dumb. . " . . _ ? ? i u.nit't* ft r t urntm.k An tipfivul olUl.? or County Mmol t hlhlivn is brim: coil |dueled at Currituck U- tln$ woe . I under tin* liirortiou of the eoiin M.l,oul nurse. Mix bill' Diuhnu. It is ,he third opthal el.nte I hi*hl iu tin* M-bouls "I auj' i in ,his Slate. Vorty puptM who. loves were examined the first th". si,owe,1 ilefeetive vision "lllrh l> U-iii^ eorrm-tml with }Jn-so>. TWO BIG SPORTSj 5 LITTLE DUCKS' A Moat Unfavorable Season For Duck Shooters Comes To I End Tuesday Night Tuesday, Jan. 31st. brings to ; a close one of the worst seasons ] for migratory wild fowl hunt-: ers that this region has experi- j cnced in many years. Fortu-1 nate have been those who have j killed their bag limit this sea-' son. t There have been few cold, blustry ?Jays in this region since the season ? for shooting migratory wild f<ovl opened on Nov. 1st. ('n ealm warm j days the geese go < lit to sea and j raft on 1lie ocean ; the ducks gather !, in great rafts on the o|h?ii waters of! the sounds out of reaeli of the guii-j, tiers and ar<* content to sit for hours I without, .stirring. !'! |l, A not luieonuiion sight on Cttrri- j fuek Sound tliis season was to seel two strapping Northern sportsmen j <?01110 in froiu a day's shoot, with five Hi lie ducks between them. The real duek weather will eouiej after February 1st when (he season j is closed. J Sportsmen deplore the fact that I the season opens so eurlv as Nov. i 1st and doses so early as Jan. 151st. ? There would lie more ducks and j geese killed if the season opened ' Nov. I.'itli or Dee. 1st and closed Feb. loth or Alar. 1st, But that is, the very reason why the sea sou is ' lief likely In beohanged. Cottserva-' ti'Uiists in the I". S. Biological eiir-1 vey would resist, any movement to! make a season more favorable to j ihe gunners. J i' Will Mark Elizabeth City Top Side Upj Ta compliance with the recom mend.') th n of Secretary Hoover, .Mayor Flora will ,i?k the City Conn j ci) in authorize posting the name of Elizabeth City in letter six feet bjgh on the roof of the Carolina I buuk, <>r other7 <s?iis]iieTious down' fuwn building for the lieuefit of air travelers. Signs t?u the topside of. towns is as important to a man in j an .'lindane .is a sign jiost on iU? [outskirts of the t</wu to a traveler! ' In an au|oinoi?Llc. I Mayor Flora has not yet abandon-I |?il the idea of an airport, at KHz-' nbelh City. It i> one of those things ; that have got to be provided. j ELIZABETH CITY TO HAVE MORE CHAIN STORES Elizabeth City ib to liavcj more stores. The Young Mer-j. cantile Co. is opening a popular) priced department store here this week. A New York: woman's wea'r chain and a: chain shoe store are negotiat ing leases of the Main Street stores of the Virginia Dare Hotel arcade. The Young Mercantile Co. will) 'xvupy flu? big store formerly oc cupied l?y Mitchell's, on Pt Ludex ter' Hia., opposite the Quinu Furniture Co. Young's is a .Grooaville, \. C. concern opera line a rnitnt*"* r>* <tores, selling popular price mer chandise only. Youngk will open uliolit Fel>. 1st. The complaint that Eliza betii City, has too ninny stores already doesn't) Impress the chain store folks who' have fulfil in their ability to make sales where local merchants have gone to sleep and let trade go by i their doors. I Virginia Dare Hotel Lowers Dinner Cost 11 Patrons of the main dining room!' of ilie Virginia Pare Hotel ate their;1 turkey and filet juignon dinners j1 Sunday, found everything up to the 1 usual high standard in quantity and ' ex<vlleiiec and paid #1.23 for the) dinner instead of the $1.30 that has;' been the Sunday dinner prh*e here-!' tofore. This Is the second cut in [1 food prices at the Virginia Pare.!' The first cat was in the coffee: shop]H' where lunches were reduced to as low as 13 cents; the 43 cent lunch including a meat, or fish course, two t egeUibles, a beverage j and a dessert. Commercial travellers who get in late at night and find all the cheiiji <-st rooms taken often marvel that they get a bridal chamber with twin j ImsIs for #,'1.00. No recognized coin-' mcrebil traveler of pood character is permitted to pay more than $3.00 for a room, altho some rooms run as high as $7 to #0. And so business seems to be picking up at Elizabeth City's new ci nuiuinity,hotel. ? i BENTON'S CREDITORS I ; STOP MORTGAGE SALE : Contention Made That Mortgage Givenj Father-in-law on Store Stocks Is Not i Valid On Its Face ( ?~ .. .. . j ( rcditora ot l. i-?. beiuou, bankrupt will question the j mortgage given hy Mr. Benton ! fo his father-in-law Hillary j C'artu right last August cover- I ing the entire stock of titer- j chandise, store fixtures and j good will of the business con- j ducted by Benton at No. 91 South Poindextcr St. They J will ask the courts to declare the mortgage invalid in its face. Benton gave bis notes for $6,300 , to Mr. Cmrtwright, due and payable i on .Tan. 1. 102$. The notes were' secured by a chattel mortgage. On Jan. 1st Mr. Cart wright closed the ' Benton store under his mortgage and advertised the stock and fix tures to be sold Friday. Jan. 201li. (?u Jan. Till Benton filed a petition [in bankruptey. I Came Jan. 201 h and there was no ?ale. Mr. Cart wright was restrained I | from selling and compelled to turn j over the keys to Tbos. P. Lasscll. j trustee for other creditors of Benton ! whose claims total $1273.7.". The creditors of Benton will en- ! deavor to have the mortgage to Mr. j Cart-wright set aside on a legal I technicality. They contend that [under the iaws of North Carolina I a mortgage on chattels is void if the i mortgage does not provide that [moneys received from the sale of any of Hie mortgaged articles shall 'lie applied to the liquidation of the mortgage. There was no such provision in the morgage and if the creditors gain their point Mr. Cart j wright will lie out of luck, i 11 is not contended that there was anything in the making of the mort gage that avhs not bona fide. Ben lion's indehterness to his fatlier-in llaw is not qnestioned : it is only eon j tended that Mr. Carl wright's at j torney slipped in not drawing up the I I'lortgago ii '<cc'nvl with the ?> ,'tpt letter of the law as the creditors, claim to have found it. Another mortgage given by 0. E. j Benton and wife conveying their! home to Mr. Carl weight is not qiies-' tinned. This property was property! which Mr. Cartwright had formerly 1 givou to his daughter, Mrs. Benton.: But after he had heen compelled to j mortgage bis own property to get! money to lend his son-in-law he <le- ( nuinded a return of the ropert.v he! had previously given them. "J did this in fairness lo the other inem-| hers of my family.-' says Mr. Carl- i wright. If tlm creditors of C. E. Benton win their point Mr. Cartwright wiJlj have to content himself to share j with the other creditors of Benton in the outcome of the preceding* in bankruptcy. The Benton stock, fix tures and account* inventory ap proxinmtely tji'MJUO. There will he an adjourned muci. i|l!f of till' of . |< mi Ppi Our' ; I n /v ir.v ;wn ? I , 2/h?<BAN)K CLERK ?? THE S"ODA JCRKEIi WHEN LAWYERS ARE OUT OK LUCK I "Michigan .?tint much of ;i ]?!.*ic<* | for lawyers, is it?" said |lit* Sodtiji i .lerker I" I lie llauk < 'lerk. "And why do vim say lliat?" asU-, t'i| tin* Hank Clerk. "I was thinking :il?out that Hotel-! Ming till' Soda .lorkor ooiilimi-! oil. "Alfred IIoiHling. a pictislicj !deacon in the church. prayer nicet-j ing leader, revival shunter and alii thai, kidnaps a little girl cuts lierj lliody up witli a razor, throws the | pit res in a creek. ? < nil in Michigan they capture I hint one day. try liitn the nest day ;and then put him away hi a little '??ell till by himself to stay for I ho j I rest of his life ami think about his! Ueiiiousncss. "Why if that crime had happened j jin New York. Chicago, i.os Angeles, j or here in North Carolina, a dozen[ lawyers would have wrangled for 'sis nion I Its arid the case would have! I heeu on the front pages of the news- j I papers in poster type from now uu- [ jtil next Armistice Hay. What'a tin . j answer'/" i "It is like 1 his." explained Hicj j Hank Clerk. "In Michigan capital [ punishment litis been abolished. 'Capital felt lis are sentenced to hard j labor in solitary confinement for( life. It nut lies it ettsier to get aj I trial autl get ti eouvietloii. Tlie| j foulest murderers have :t lot ofj Isyni|?iiby if threatened with the electric chair or the gallows, Re-! | move those horrors and no one cares | a whoop for them or makes much' o_ a ilctM f;r It' they hiiu a 'i?-:i111 chair in Michigan lawyers and alienists would be waging :i fight | fur IVacoti I lolt lling for months to' wine." | "Well tell mo thissaid the' Soda Jorkor; "How do you account) for a draeoti in t!ie church commit- j (ina Milch a liorrilde crime against i an Innocent little girlV" j "Hon'l he silly." said I lie* Rank Clerk: "Yen will find every kind of j liuinaii in tiie church thai you will find out of it. No intelligence test.! U" psycho-analysis?nol even a char-1 acler reference -is a requisite to> chureli inenihersliip. The crazier and the more vicious a fellow-, the more the likelihood thai he is in the clnireh and rooting loud, for its creeds and dogmas. Take it right here in our town: the higgest fools, the higgest liars, the higgest crooks and the loosest in morals are. almost without exceptions, enrolled in the eh u relies." "Rut the Church eau'L help that," said the Soda Jerker. "Certainly not." said Hie ISauk Clerk: "nor does it appear to help theiu." YOLK EYES AT WORK Constant use of your eyes in any line, working till day hy artificial light will lower their efficiency. Jt is wise to help your eyes with a pair glasses, correctly prescribed. Consult an eye siiecialist. JHJS. J. I). IIATHAWAY, Carolina Bank Buil.-iuc. cdv Small and Aydlett j New Law Firm L. SMALL. Solicitor of I he First -Indicial District and N. I011<xi Aydlett have formed a part nership for the general practice of j Ian-. Tliey w ill move their offices i lo Nos. 403 and 403, in the Carolina j Hank Building on February 1st, j where they will have larger quart-1 rrs. Mr. Aydlett, who is 23 years' of age, is (lie son of X. T. Aydlett, j rtf Elizabeth City. Me was educated I ;tt the I niversity of North Carolina, I both in academies and law. Mr. Aydlett has been practicing law tn Hamlet. X. C-. for tlie |>ast two years, mailing his early mistakes at the expense of another community before settling down to practice on the folks in Ills own home toifn. .And tliat was darn nice of Kltou, wliosc photo appears herewith. Old Cap 'n Ban | Of The Coast Guard Is Dead, Captain Bail i3 dead.* Gapt. j Littld Bannister Midgett, one! of the most picturesque char acters ever known to the north Carolina coastland. fell asleep j in a chair at the home of liis: son at Bodie Island Coast! Guard Station Tuesday after-[ noon. Jail 2T. I And so. peacefully, ended a life I that had battled with the storms of the Carolina Coastland for morel than a half century. Oupt. Midgett, a veteran of the fid I". S. Life Sav-j iug Service had in his day partiei-i pated in the rescue of so many as u thousand Jives from scores of ship wrecks which lie had attended. | lie was a robust, sinewy, audio, j upstanding. fearless swashbuckler j of y type that is rapidly passing.j Ho was possibly more of a hero in | his own cyos in his declining years. I than ho was in the eyes of those j who knew him in his more active days: he was nevertheless a bravei and Irvablo soul upon whom God j should smile indulgently when he) struts up to the pearly gates and j tells the Recording Angel that he "just aint got half the record." Capt. Midgett was 7l> years old| last .May. lie loved his women hisj wine and his God. And everybody; loved Captain Ran. j ELIZABETH CITY WILL BE GREAT HOTEL TOWN Aydlett Will Spend Nearly $100,000 Rebuild ing That Ancient Landmark The Southern Elizabeth City should be the best hotel town of its size in the Southeast with the comple tion of the rebuilding of the Southern Hotel. Original Plans of the owner, E. F. Aydlett, calling for an expenditure of $50,000 have had to be alter ed. The amount to be spent in making over the Southern will be $80,000 to $90000. accord ing to present estimates. Both of the side walls of fv> Southern will be reniaced w' '> new walls. A dark red face hrVk w'th a mixture of green and black brick will replace the old nla?tor en^-rd brick walls that have stood for something like a half n century. A new wall of face brick will reinforce | the Main St. front. The lobby will be enlarged: the kitchen and dining room will lu> on the ground firor. Kvery room will 1x> replaslered and decorated. New furniture will be installed, new plumbing, new electric fixtures. It's going to cost a lot of money. Mr. Aydlett is doing now what he should have done ten years ago. ; The story leaks out now that ho actually planned to make over tlio Southern eight years ago but was dissuaded by his formpr wife who ? believed that he should avoid the 1 work and worry incident to such n project. Phe didn't think he should t tax his mind and his energies in h'$ declining years in trying to make a new hotel out of an old one Mr. Aydlett yielded to his former wife. But he outlived the first Mrs. Ayd lett and married again. In the meantime the community, exasperated by the inadequacy of Hs hotel facilities turned to and built j the modem fireproof Virginia t>are at a cost of more than a half mii-? lion dollars. The old Southern was; deserted: something had to be done. And E. F. Aydlett is doing it with u uiorc lavish hand than lie over did anything in his life. Eliza lie h City will have two first elas? hotels. Clyde J. Blaucbard, the new lessee of the Southern will ran the hotel ou the European plan. "The American plan is a thing of the past," says Mr. Illauchard. Wealthy Currituckian . Has Own Golf Course "Win 11 Joseph P. Kuapp wealthy New York publisher, manufacturer, financier, philanthropist. sportsman and human extraordinary joined the Elizabeth City Country Club, lielprd (<? finance it. helped to lay out its wonderful golf course, permitted his name to go on the board of directors, ElizaMh city expected to see a lot ? of J 1'. Kim pp. .Joe Kiiapp hoes his golf: h? ha.'' rather plnv golf than oat; the Coun try Club golf course is only a mat ter of about 20 miles over good roads from his residence in Cu-rl tuek Sound. But Elizabeth City hasn't seen flie {merest ing Mr. Knapp on its Country Club sourse. : The reason: lie has built a golf course of his own on his home place, Mackav Island. lie can afford it; he doesn't have to ride 2u miles to play his favorite game. Outlook for Peas and Beans Is Good New _______ The outlook for early garden j peas and beans is more favorable ' than in any recent year, in the oplu- I. ing of the Scott Prtduce Co. of this I city. Discouraged by the low prices | of last spring and fall, many farm- j ers have abandoned peas and bonus I altogether. Others have curtailed I their acreage. Those who p'ant ll stand a show to benefit b.v a snort || crop; unless the idea gets ahroau ;| that everybody is curtailing and |i everybody tries to get ahead of everybody else by planting mere i peas than ever. SAUNDERS TO SPEAK TO NORFOLK LICNS i j W. O. Saunders will talk to the Lion's Ulub of Norfolk at the weekly j luncheon at the Montieello Hotel I Wednesday, 1'Vb. 2nd. His sub ject will be: "What's The M'tier-. j With Norfolk." The editor will I speak for ten minutes and i i cjat , time he can hardly begin t. toil ail the things the mutter with N't., .'k. WE will pay yea litre? cent*: a pound for goo 1 clean rags, no CtviKK, TTTr? T*'T*V> * wv- >? '' : i
The Independent (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Jan. 27, 1928, edition 1
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