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?V "T MMMOTV The Independent i -=-1 VOL XX~NO~r?sr - ?-"' '?!"- "-"? - "?<?? 1^ ELIZABETH CITY, N. C? FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928. """Il'' "'.' X?"" SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS i VVL' AA,? nv/l 1'WJ" Ht i:ii/.Mb.'ll. City. N. L? June 1?. 1908. il i W 1?^?????, > here, now and hereafter ^^CKH.4VNgL_J ? , si'HHl i? X** i ***"x" sb,l:i ?* har'"r m.-r thr AroUU I ^uiux z\ >?? "??.?>'"? *<?*""*.?.? ?<"? >""*"* 1^-^" m. -a.ny *?>u,e ,,mrr~ tfKlv '"U,, if ln ,lrr?d.-l'?t wp inly -,nM'flir thr sbil> t" ,oU,? | .,f wistful wat.hrrs r:'", thU wi>r!?l waitinsl '**?Vf?rn.ir>d?i|*tM 1 fr,,u' f ' ..ut b?uUil witli our I ^'Ut ,?r drrams ami imw i *>** u.,- for tlioui to rrturu. 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Kind words, bwb iImuo. itvi.t tiioinnits. - o o '? WwK-ali. what 'ar-'ot-s from hoarrti I hav found at tbr d-k . I Mien- in thf harbor that lb' .vpr 'I'ruo. siUim things s.i,p. from tln-rv that lmzJtlr S'lm- frriilit that tank. - mi- wondrr. Rut p ?> tiuitiy ?:<"?! bumlb-s of kiml to> muiy | :i' kaios of ulad raa. t... Many pa-onu-rs wlm h.vr as lave o.mt> from thorn for no* to >"ef;iith in it? nltimatr ?^?mmIui'ss. If I e\|*s-t ^.?hI things to .oiiio M' k I must >. nd u- ?<l tbiuus ovt-r there. Karh day 1 "ill l'??d a . raft ?f prayer, n frvi-htor of d?'?sis well I'Kie ;ili"l ??.ud rli"in out to svn. And if I iive th" Wot I bav?> tin- b?->t will o?Uie li:l?-k to tin*. I will wan h oath day in thr bar l??r fur my >lii;i ;?> i-otnr in It it i> M what I ualiTod. it" it doos not fill uiy .mii-r. I will try to in* what 1 rwTi.x. K.?r t? > cvrry man is?m?'S ? 'ertuiti liirio and my own will h,np-1" lin*. .Wl 11; | \. whl'll t lit- Wiltrll i> ""?r. m> la?r -hip will ??"iiif l<? n"' I' will mm mi> lmrk to tit'' harbor Mt tl??-re. ? h:?t p??rt of which I MVf h**::r?l ?.? Iin.-li ill -??riuoii :ill<l prari-r :i??.) | tliu 'irvai st..ri>k'ijH-r 'T tin* I'liivcrsc .if ?i-rk a molt? hi- ^nppilcs. i shall liiin niir i;ir?oo> ami "i' ii? ? . 'in' out?uiii'4 frit-iiir AihI i*rliap- >t11 thai eiiil of the ,il" I -iiail !:<ii||.'-faii'l I otter 111' "fflai? pi'iilih-iii. that arise. ^Iwu our hi. Hard Luck F or Those Who Arc Slow to Pay lva<| y;,i. ,1 f, Ik, \vll?? just S?M Miiii.j in t:,i-i>hht< nii'l ?"'? ' ?*H> >n?. <?m tin- filis1 ' '*1 |.;i\; _ ? i t iii||tt pi>*.tr*il l?> "?'Mir H>;r> ?>! "f tli? Kli/.al*,'t '"V M?t--luinr** \,v.wiii;i>ui thi "?H '?"?al iinn*h, !>r, .irr- i|?-?"rmiii?%l w.ik" i? r ,i.|t- fur rwlli *t>t>?nn.r?. - in. u'r j.:iy clwir l?HI* Tl?- .re'lit l"i '""'l i, t , , I'I :t?" "'1UK it i ?,. = !. milk" r..|l?? tii>ti ..f 11?*^ Hl???l '""'?'"i" a<? ??ii?ii|t v\;i- tin in H-i .if iitituv, "t hail "1,iutii.r ..lit i,.ii j.i th?- i?euil?fr "f iii?- M,.,.A.,,.H-iiilk'?i tlii Hi. I'" ' V, .,/.i-il 'lie Iwlll Uiel **""> proOf'tnl atr.iitt>t >1"' "N ? iii it:; liim at ul li.-t ..f tll M- uh<? il?>t?*t in I account? al other stores. TO FIND AND HONOR THE LOST VIRGINIA DARE A Beauty Pageant of Historical Significance and Different From All Other Beauty Pageants, Planned for District Fair A beauty pageant unqiue in the history of such things in America is contemplated for the Albemarle District hair at j Elizabeth City this year when the I'air management will endeavour to find and bring back Virginia Dare, the beautiful; lost child of the historic Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. No mime in the early history of. this romantie region has stirred the' imagination like that of Virginia! Dare. And less is knnwu of her than of any other iin|Nirtant character i?Hi*rfied 'with the early settle ment of these Ameriean shores. She was horn she was baptized and |*>rished. What lieeauie of the [ eolony in which she was Imru in old Kort Raleigh on Roanoke Island and what l>eeanie of Virginia Dare I is an niisolved mystery. But there is jtoetry in the name.! Ami when you hare |H>etry. drama.' mystery, romance and history all identified with the name of a beau tiful young girl, human iniaginu-1 tiou does tin* rest. Joan of Are would never have lived in lutein's, novels, historical | romances, sculpture and painting if her name had been Sally Smith: j beauty of all rhinos under the sun is imperishable; the wretchedness of primitive Christianity and the fright fulness of mediaeval Chris tianity are forgotten and only the l?eauty of its founder and his ideal ism survive. And so because she was blessed with a name of unusual poetic charm and beauty the name of Vir ginia Dare is cherished here in the region where she was Ik?i*ii and where she i>erished. Her birth and baptism are noted on two continents and celebrated with solemn dignify 011 August lsth of every year. The Congress of the I'liited States is erecting a monument to her ncmory on the spot where she was bora. A Staie highway has lieen naimd for her. the Virginia Dare Trail, Real ' estate promoters aud growers of i potatoes have useil her nuiue for a trade mark. When Elizabeth City set about to build the most beauti ful hotel in coastal Carolina it call ed it The Virginia Dare. We tell the world that it was within a few I minutes flight of Kli/.al>eth City that Virginia Dare was born. But What Did She Look Like lint no one has the faintest con ception what Virginia Dare looked like. Assuming that she was taken into some friendly tril?e of Indians ami grew up to maidenhood, was she dark or fair, tall or short, small or largeV We have somehow, with out any reason at all. come to think of Iter as a lithe, well formed, atheletie maiden of striking beatify. Nearly a year ago this news|m|ter threw out the suggestion that some thing should be done to realize a definite picture of Virginia Dare, j ller name lias liecoine the heraldic j sviiiIm.I of a region and in the years i to come millions of tourists w ill seek the spot where she was born. Aud no where an autlu rized por trait of our sainted young lady! Really. something luilsi be done ) about it. And now hick -I? ?l?. secretary ??i the Alliemnrle Agricultural Asso ciation. plans to t|o something: In pro|K*ses to stage a great Iteaufy con test at the Klizaheth City Fair in j Oct? la-r and have ctnitient judges choose from the assembled heanties of the region the girl who. in the opinion of the judges. will most surely satisfy the public demand tor a Miss Virginia Dare. Secretary Job proposes to inter est every grammar si ml high school ' in ten counties of the Albemarle regit n in choosing candidates for the meat honor. A handsome prize or prizes to the value of several hundred dollars will he awarded the winner: her picture will go <>n the ' front pages and in the gravure sup plements of every important news t pa|?er in America. Moving picture . men will flock here to net her pic t lure for the screen. She will he the .. most written alHuit. the most pie. turizcil and the ne st talked about, nit I in North < arolina. The finest j ^nite of rooms at the Virginia Dare ' Hotel will be provided for her stay 'in Klizaheth City Fair Week. and she will be the honor guest at an eialntrate dinner and hill. .\ Knolty Problem But one thing is Itothering Secre tary Job. In all of the lieauty con - tests that have heroine so tiiueh tin rage in this country in recent years s the conlestiim beauties have beet s paradetl in bathing suits. It takes a bathing suit to show '- oft alt tin- natural charms of tin v feminine. Bathings suits will b< III tabu in this unique beauty pigcaut y But. still, the forms of t lie eon testauts must not be concealed by Raised Letter [PrintingDone [Right A tHome I Ami now } ou don't have to j send out of Klizabeth C ity or , out ot the State for raised let , ter printing. It i-, done in the : >hop of The Independent ever\ | day and customers are marvel ing at the work we are turn J iuy" out for tlieni. ( The art of raised Idler print hut has heen revoliilioni/.cd in reeent years. It used to reipiire imieh s|MH'ial lnaehiiiery ami speeial help, i To-day it is done |.y expert printers with new improved and less ex|ien sive eipiipiuent. We have Imtli the I expert printers and the latest and most approved equipment. Personal tniHrcratn stationery, I wedding invitations, eards. letter I heads and envelopes are hat a few of our raised letter specialties. Let ns show yi ii. And if any printel ? tells you he enn do this elass ot , work, make him show you. too 11111t*h clothing and clothes must , not make the beauty. Whether, then, to let every eon i testaut eln use and design her owi ' costume befitting the eliaraeler ol ! an Knglisii horn maiden eouipellee | to invent her eloiliing out of tin meager resource-, of a primitive etc 'j viroiinietit. or wlielher to have sonu 1 j resourceful costumier design ; ' [ specific ensemble w hich every eon j tastant niiisf wear? This is tin 'ji|iiestiiu ilia, is harassing the Kail ? j secretary. Perhaps a committee t< ' lie chosen to work out other detail; of the pageant will dispose of lltii . I problem. [NOT ONE TIME MERCHANT LEFT IN THIS COUNTY :? . 'i J 1 lie scathing indictment otj the one-crop system and the' enslavement of an Eastern) North Carolina peasantry to nsurous time-merchants made by Judge Gilbert 1. Stephenson in a speech to Eastern North | Carolina bankers last week; does not apply to Pasquotank County, declares W. G. Gabber, vice president of the Kfrst X: ('itizens National Hank of this city. ' ? .1 Stephenson drew a forbid-1 d *iyr picture of an iiuimvertshcd Kastern North Carolina where lazy) IioiiikI doirs. illiterate Xeirt'o farui hands and a sallow. listless white: peasantry are forever in debt to; local general merchants who eliars? them two prices fir the iieowfsities| of life and practically confiscate th ? products of their listless ^Jnbor. j There can be no Imattty. no progress! and no prosperity in an agricultural ? region''dominated by an absentee land-lord ( lass and time--aierehanls, | i was the sum of .Indue Stepheuson's ; arguments. Judge Stephenson Jives in u iu | ston-Salein nml to < lie tluit far West I anything Kast of Raleigh is East-' era North Carolina. Conditions pit !and .Ity Judge Stephenson do exist in sonic Eastern counties. but, tiicy arc certainly not typical of the Northeastern w unties Nortli of j Alhcinarle Sound, declares Mr. (iaitlicr. "In fact the old fashioned j | time-merchant just doesn't exist in j I'asipiotuuk County at all." says Mr. (iaither: "lie (Kissed out of the pic ture here 2<? years njro and ngri ; culture has Ih-cii on the mend in , Ensipuitank ever since. There is j to-day a greater diversification of crops in Ensipiotunk than in any other county in Eastern North! ! Carolina : there are more piss, more! , cattle and more poultry on Casipio | tank farms. And whenever you see a fanner with a few pigs and chick ens on his place you can't break I him." i Klualteth City Isiukers l,.W ?r in ! vited the North Carolina Bankers' I Association to m<>ct. in Elizabeth City next year and see a different I picture from that painted by Judge I Stephenson. Making It Hot ForTheLovers In Perquimans Making it literally hot for illicit lovers is what has been done in one rural neighbour hood in Perquimans County. In: one case a pair of lovers were apprehended in a clump of dry! woods; neighbours set the I woods on lire and burned the I pair out. The incident has occasioned quite i n stir in Perquimans where the ac tion of the vigilantes is both prais-l ? d and condemned. Some reports' insist that in the incident referred] to the. woods were set on fire in j four places, creating a circle of flame around the lovers caught in the underbrush who had to escape I thru a wall id* flame and smoke, risking grave personal injury be sides exposing themselves to curi ous watchers who had gathered to' see the sport. Others say the woods j were final in onlv ? ne place, hut i that the flames were fanned by a bri>k wind and rapidly spread thru the underbrush, routing the man and woman effectually. Put it's a new way of dealing with a serious nuisance in rural places. In some places lovers go ing for a night ride park their cars and indulge in their sport in the front yards of timid farmers, taking advantage of the timidity of the farmer and his family. The farm er is afraid to show himself and make a protest for fear that he >\ i 11 get a had of shot from the darken ed automobile. !?'. S. Itojster. Sr.. president of the K. S. Itoyster (Piano Company and leader in civic and business life of Norfolk. Va . dhsl at his home there yesterday following an illness of | several weeks. Mr. Itoyster was horn in (iramillc c< unty. North Carolina in is lb. USED DYNAMITE1 TO BLOW LOVED! ONE OUT 0' BED, And Columbia, The Gem of' The Scuppernong, Has A Sensation On Its Hands To have been blowji out of heel with a charge of dynatnitel that wrought an estimated damage of $500 to her father's j residence, breaking 22 window j panes and smashing all the crockery on the dining room table, was the unique experi ence of Miss Lena Snell of Columbia. Tyrrell County. Anil to iniike tliis the banner sen sation of 1 lie year in all the region South of the Alln niarle it is charg ed that the dynamiting was the net of a rejected lover. J. S. Po|ie. of Atkinson N*. C. sometime employe of tin- State Highway Commission, who has been doing some dynamit ing jobs in Tyrrell is accused of the i crime an I will he given a prelimi ! nary hen ring Satnrdny morning. Neither Miss Snell nor her room 1 linte Miss Mae Sawyer was seri ' ously injured by the explosion.] , all ho Miss Snell received several bruises when she fell to the ground thru a hole in tlit? floor created by the explosion, i The exph siou occurred about 1 i o'clock Tuesday morning. Pope j was immediately sus|ierted and ! when it was found that he had left j town in an automobile lie was elias | eil all night over several counties. ; the pursuit ending at Columbia, about noon Tuesday when Pope got hack to Columbia a little in advance < f liis .pursuers. Pope lias refused to make any statement. Dynamiting is not a tuihpic of fense in Tyrrell. About a year ago ; a school house in another part of i the county was dynamited by foes of education. CREDITOR!) OF C.E. BENTON NOT TOLOSEHEAVILY Creditors of C. E. Benton, Elizabeth City bankrupt will not fare so badly. The stocks of the Benton store sold this I week at auction to S. Harris for $f),120. The stock was ap praised at $8,044 and had an inventory value of $0,400. I Heiilou's liabilities were $10 7(10, but of ibis a mount he owed $0..~?(K) to his fntlier-in-law. Hillary Cart wright who was seeuretl not only by a blanket mortgage on the stocks ?<f the Benton store, but by a mort gage on Benton's home. The real estate covered by Mr. Cartwright's 'mortgage is estimated worth $.'t."iOn. i Tlios. I'. Lassell, representing the creditors insists tJi;it Mr. Cart wright's mortgage on the stock of goods is invalid and has moved to , have it set aside, in which event ! Mr. Cart wright would share e?|iial ' ly with the ether creditors in the proceeds from the sale of the store. Still. Mr. Carfwright would have I the Benton home to fall back upon I and would suiter no great loss, j Commenting upon the sale this j week. Mr. Lassell said that there j was no real necessity for Benton ' having g< ne into bankruptcy. The j Benton crash came when his fatlier , in-law. who had advanced him much ' money from time to time, became j uneasy and advertised to sell his i son-in-law out under the mortgage j he held. "Gcd Dam Lie" Says City's Light Head \ Supf. J. c. Parker of rli?? KHz nlietli City Public rtilities Conuiiis ? sion resents ;i recent news item in fhis lie\vspa|H?r telling (if ;i neglected 1 electric light cm tlie Primary School 1 grounds. "It was all a God damn 1 lie." says Mr. Parker. For the in ' formation of Mr. Parker this news ! paper calls his attention to anotbei street li^bt on Dyer St.. in front of the residence of Caleb Walker whirl: residents in the neighlx urhood saj hasn't burned since the storm of th? night of Feb. 18th. Maybe that's ' what Mr. Parker would call "an 1 other God damn lie." ? ! ! Steel Bar fees Put Together WithNoRivets | Steel oil tankers fabricated! I without the use of a bolt or a I ' rivet are under construction on! | the Riverside Avenue yards of] I the Elizabeth City Iron Works & Supply Co. The Elizabeth <"ity concern has built Steel ships liefore. In fact, the company originated a standard shallow draft steel freighter to l**j built from stoek patterns and has ] built a nuinhcT of sueb erafts in (recent years. This in itself was a i revoluth n in ste<d ship building j effecting a tremendous saving in ' steel eoustruetioii. But these ships were put together with bolts and rivets as steel vessels generally are. But along eatue the Texas < o. of this eity with plans for two small steel tank liarjres to be used in transporting oil to shallow wafet receiving agencies in this coastal j refiion. Kits-trie welding for these j tankers was c nsitlered iu<?re de sirable than bolts and rivets, so the i local concern is electrically weld 1 ins the steel plates in these barges i for the Texas Co. Nothing like it was ever alteinntetl in these parts j before, but the Elizabeth Cit.v Iron i Works & Supply Co. is a resource i ful concern ami generally prepared ! to handle any ship building jt;b that i take these inland waters. The i construction of these novel tank I barges at Elizalieth t ity is Itein" I watched with interest by iron work ' jers and shipbuilders generally. Elizabeth City Has Its Leap Year Baby A baby girl Isirn to Mr. and Mrs. j Israel Lister. 'Jul Hyer Street. Eliz j ubeth City, was the first Leap Year | baby born in this eity. So here is another girl who won't mind telling ' her birthdays. In fact she will "probably want to add a few to hers, 'j Deeding birthdays is a popular ' j pastime on Leap Yenr day. 'I here "are probably a number of women land men too who would gladly deed ] I their birthday over to this bahy II girl. H Following the example of Hubert , Louis Stevenson, it has been ar ranged with several prominent jier ' sons including Governor Al Smith to deed their birthdays to children ' who otherwise would have hut one I birthday in four years. When a person gets a certain age he or she '! no longer has any use for a birth j day. Maybe someone here will deed theirs to the little Lister bahy. WILL ASK FOR? DESIGNS FOR WRIGHT BEACON Preliminary Appropriation of | $25,000 For Memorial Pro vides For Competitive Designs Congressman Warren's bill ? ! providing an .appropriation of J $25,000 for plans and prelitni-? nary work incident to the Cotj- < > gressional memorial to the first Irj airplane flight, to he erected at S Kill Devil Hills, passed both , | branches of the Congress tlii s VA week. ;.| The art specifically provides that | $5,000 of tills sum liiaj I \| let . for plans, drawings ami specific;! Hons: which means that coii.vieti J five designs will la* askol for a a I tin* genius or nomine aminca;; nri sculpp rs inspired to design :i nn-iiio rial of lieauty and dignity wor'hyij of the i m [hi rt a tit ??nt l h?? <on-i.'' gres* will commemorate. The $2otH(0 appropriation tn'i . passed tliis week is not to l?e ap-1' plied to the eosl of the monument j itself: mi appropri;*tiuit f< r tliei monument will follow the acceptance I . of plnns. The following is the ex-' net wording of ;i seetion of tit" Army ' ' Hill carrying the prelinU miry iippropriiition: "Mdnunieiil on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawli, Norlli Carolina: T?i : commemorate the work preliminary j i to the ri?i|iiisitioii of stiitaHe sit'.' surveys, |ire|Kiration of designs and* nil necessary ex|?cii>es incident l T; the erection of n monument on I\i;l|j Devil Hill. Kitty Hawk, North ('.uo j linn, in <*on>uicnr ration of Hie fire 11 stieeessfnl hninnii nttempt in nil hi -? tory at povver-drlvpu airplane flgli.fc in iiecordnnee with tin* Act entitled, 'An Act providing for the erection's, of a inonitmeiit on Kill Devil ilill.i I lit Kitty Hawk. So ) It Carolina.' [ eomnieinorative of the first sue.;- | fill hinnnti attempt in hislor;. off i I power-driven air))laiie flight.' a, ' n | proved March 2nd. V ' | Prov ided, that not >?? sxwd S.TJtoftf ?! j of tills sum may lie ex|? 'tided far?! I the pnrehase of plans, drawing'.>( j and specifications for tli? erection of this uiouumeiit by open competi-h' tion. under such e??ndltioiis as tli?>)j i Commissi'u may prescribe." The National l ine Aits Couuiii ?' ision working with the original mono 1' . meiit eoiniiiissloti will meet in Wash-i, ingtou on Thursday March Nth t??: take steps toward inviting compel i-f five designs for the monument. t < '' " 1 H I How A Republican Convention Lookc The I .it mli is mi Howard XnuMi; I mill John Noli ha. They lire loth:.' i I resiilents if flu* Virginia Pare j j I Intel. One day In *1 week 11??*' Republican district convent iou we? lielil ;it the lintel. Delegates liegan to |M>rir in frmn 12 or more couiitie l>r. .foil 11 liwikeil t lie hi over nneri>-il" ^ mid m>imil I nut I Iow a i i( Smith. 1i Neither of tliciii knew that a K"pnt> 11 limn emiveiilii ii was on. I'rom j:; i safe vantage paint on the niez j j /anine they looked over the assomhV liil liosts of serious looking UcptthlJ to j eaii ofTiee holders ami aiilie||iaiif.?<"4i j "I tell yon what." said Dr. John. I '"they are getting ready to |.idl the' biggest raid in the hi lory of thi ? I section: if this gang F as seri o las it looks to In* there won't l>o V j two-pint still left ill I'a 'piolaui, '?' Camden or reniiiimaos." | ' You're right." affirmed lfowaid*. | "This is ahsolntely positi\?l\ and' uiioontrnvertlbly the most iiuioer oils, the most formidable and nee'' | determined aggregation and w u I ? I glouieration of prohibition officer ' ! ever hertleil together and a -emMed i within the cor|M>rutc limits of tin''.' ! elty. How's your stock. Jolm?" 'How's your stock, Howard?" 1 ! When No Minister Could Get The Fee ? He is a t'atlp'.lit: . and wouMn'ls j stand for a Jewish Hiihhi or a Prof i testant minister tying the knot. Sh?j 1 is Jewish and wouldn't eot?<? lit t?: ' ?a Catholic or Protestant official!'. I Ami so they compromised on a civr magistrate and Squire T. B. Wilsoi j tied the knot that united Paul 1' j i Rasanna and Miss ^lildred Dufrei: t I of Norfolk in marriage here Sat1 j i unlay night. Mr. Rosanna Is liousi' ' ! detective at the Monticello hote ^ land Miss Dufree was formerly wirl.^ the A1 Jolsen company. Walte'jjl Harris and Martin Simpson, ItraUf friends of the couple, saw* the hwujf well tied. . h m Making a Name For Herself i IIKRK is a former hii/aheth < it.v girl who is attiuclin; state wish* at tent ion hi her ehcsen vocation. .Miss i Augusta Sample. a daughter of .Mrs. Mac Scruple cf this city ami a i tcii ir r of expitssicn at Davenport ( College, Iycnoir, N. cur a recital in (Moll Memorial llall at <?reen.v Isoro the otlmr night. (<Mimi"iit' ig i.pon her work !h<* (ircri'shoro Dailj News saitl: "She lias fiilfilleil the cvpectut iors of artistic acconiplish iii"lit which her student ilajs proin ised. Her mastery of tin* technique . of voice ;uul action, together with lier natural charm of maimer, makes Miss Sample a successful reader." Cute and Full o' Mischief IVY JOEL. three years ohl going on four, is the (laughter of Dr. and Mrs. Howard J. Combs of this city. Ivy rai??p brine cue day with hands potty hlaeh from playing in dirt. I "Where have von been to get so j dirty?" demanded her mother. "I've ; been to Mrs. Brown's," said Ivy. j "Well, if you can't go to Mrs. J I Brown's without getting that way ! you had better stay home." said i Mrs. Combs. A few days later M s j Brown asked Ivy: "Why dot"' )-ju' ! come to see us any more." I v.. put j i en her most serious air a* I said: j "I ran't ever come to yo " l?om;p i I any more; mama said yo r Iion.se { | is dirty." The Browns* and the j | Combses might never l:ave gotten | on speaking terms again if iu itters j had not hern explained. <>f mi rli as j little children flic kingdom of heaven : may lie made, but it is aLso ever i lastingly true that their innocent 1 prsittle can make a little liell in a J neighbourhood too. Ibiota by Zo?I j ler. 11 n Wr-. v&p i 0/h^?BANJK CLEQK TUC 90DA JCQKE.fi WHEN THE LAST "MODEL T" EXPIRES I ! ~ "Have yon heard any now Ford j jokes Inlely?" asked ilio Soda Jerk ' or of his friend tlie Hank Klerk. '"I think I lit* prize Kortl joke i<, .the fnef th.it Mr. Foitl s agencies | ! tire hooking orders for the new Kortl j j in Uiissin. Iiitliit. Kliina. New* Zen-I land nntl ll.iwnii when there is n<> indication thill the Kortl fnetol'ies j will he it Me to fill orders til home j for six inoiiths or more to etmie." "Which shows the wisdom of Henry," siiitl the Sethi Jcrkcr: "The , j essence < f wisdom in merchandising | is to ereiite :i tleiiiiiinl tilwnys in ex ! ress of your stocks. The nverage ! sninll lown inerehiint pies to seed hy j sitting on his liiinl parts iinil otir j tailing his advertising lieeniise lie i is iifraid mi mlverliseiiieiit might I hring hini u eusloiner for something ! lie hasn't pit. And the customer : never comes because the customer I knows he hasn't pit it iiiul never 'twill have it." J j "Well, what do you think t.f the i new Kortl. anywayV" asked the ! Itiink ('lerk. j "I think it is piiug to he one of j (lie area test econtmiic calamities I that has hit the farmers of this 1 ' country since the panic of ItKtS." saitl |he Soda .lerker. 1 ' The old Kurd with its cheap sheet r iron hotly and cotton tipiit Istery, I was a a rent utility to the farmer, j It not only sufficed tti take him and "! his family to church and to visit tlis i taut relatives and neighbours on , Sundays, hut it served as a general utility vehicle on week days. He i coultl load it up with cotton corn i or potatoes and come to town and ! go hack loaded with flour, or coal j or hay. I've seen a ton of haled J hay piled into a Ford roadster and tied onto t lie running hoards. After ; the old ".Model T" was three or four I months old the farmer could aet.u j ally haul manure in it. without ini | pairing its sightliness or making it I more odoriferous. "The old Ford not only liutiled everybody and everything, hut when it. wasn't on the road you could jack up its hind wheels, licit, it. to a pulley ami run u wood saw or a ? corn sheller. **15ill since Ileiir.v litis made ;i lady ef Lizzie the farmer will have no sncli utility ear. The new Kuril looks ton iiineli like an automobile and is ton dressed up and Ion clussy to |?e put to hack uses, it is a beau tifully upholstered and ornamented tiling to he kept washed and polish ed and in a garnge when not rolling. It h ok- too ;rond to leave out in the rain and woe unto the farneT who noes to town and comes hack home villi a load of guano funking up that elassy plush interior: his wife and daughters will have done with him forever. "It all means that a farmer will have to have two ears now where lone Kuril sufficed before; or else a lear and a truck. That's why I say | the new Kord is going to create hard times in tlie country. "And. I'll tell you something else: "we're going to miss the old 1 Kurds on our highways. It's go ing to he an all loo dignified and humdrum world ?when their noise and clatter and smell have disap peared and all the world rolls along decorously and silently in gear shift jiars with muffled engines, i "America without its rusty tin 1 Lizzies with snagged tops, flapping tattered curtains ami wobbly wheels J will be as boresonie as a circus with out its clowns, it will be like Iiv 1 ing iu the South without niggers, if 1 you can imagine what that would ! be like. I "Yes sir. it almost makes me weej j to think < f how we're going to inis. , the old Fords when the last of them I has coughed and choked itself t< i death and goes on the scrap heap ' life wont ever he the same aiij I more." THE BEST IS CHEAPEST I Breakfast JOr; !nin-li. mtviI or fish : willi two vegetables dessert, bread, ;butter and coffee 4.V; regular din ner 7.V. A room witli private lava | tory *2.M> The Virgiitia lfcire Holel | Elizabeth City. X. C. ailvtf I WOTHKR LOT j! OK IWTHLYVRIKS The Independent has secured | another lol of those big Webster's CcIIpcp, Hntif and Off ire Dic tiffliaries. White they last any reader may get ore free simply by securing two new yearly sub scribers to Tbf Independent. Or ) if you are already a subscriber you may renew your subscrip tion for one year and get one new . ? subscriber ami get a dictionary. . I if the dictionary is to be mailed . I just add 15 cents for postage and . | handling. i VOIR EYES AT WORK I | Constant use of your eyes in aui I line, working all day l?y artifieia light will lower their efficiency. J | is wise to help your eyes with i I pair glasses, correctly prescrilied Consult an eye specialist. I'KS 'j. D. HATHAWAY, Carolina Banl 1 Building. ads i ?Watson Uolierts. flying a Fore . plane from Charlotte, N. ('.. t< . Daytona Beach. Fin., has not heei v heard of since his hopoff last fcsiiu . day morning. WE will pay you three ceuta t (khuhI for kood clean rays, strings. THE INDEPENDENT. ? . /*?' i A
The Independent (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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