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v: ) it-- ce 3At>J?ayy / Hi The Independent r=l ^- -. ; vn , ,SL "~ ^.t ui^^. 5; ? *underl ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1931. ^ E^za^th'cit^K8%o'r,Ilc' SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS nil . \\??? ???????^??^^^^1^I??^^ ? I V"" JState Banking Commissioner' [flood Says He is Anxious to [Approve New Bank for E. City I-What's The Matter With The First & Citi I /ens National?" Queries C. O. Robinson,' I Board Chairman of That Institution I ??Elizabeth City needs another hank and we are I. * to approve an acceptable plan for reopening I v dugs Bank & Trust Co.," said State Banking I \ssiom rGumey 1\ H?od following a conference I Miles L. Clark and Graham II". Bell in Elizabeth Writ,/ Tuesday morning. i the conclusion c? the confer ee -Mr. CI.irk stated that Mr. Ho. d ,-'d net approve a plan present ly him and his associates and ?m; he was through with it. Mr. rirk's P-an contemplated a re ffriaiRiiion cf the Savins* Bank & fit Co.. with a new issue of $50. m -referred capital stock, the _.'v of former stockhoUlers to be ?-ored u;x>n :he retirement of the stock issue. Mr. Hood said that ki" department could not approve -ft ^ pun except where a banking cseriency existed, and no such d ::i Elizabeth Cit} C ntt-s mcr Hood, accompanied ? * raylor. head cf the liquid lC- division of the State Bank -T>?::artmen;. attended the con of Group One of the North Ctclu.a Bankers Association at ^ ???> Mcucl.iy and spent Tuesday r.t :n the city on their return uva to Raleigh. "Elizabeth City needs a new bank." reiterated Mr. Hood, "and sav:r.c> Bank budding should for banking purposes. It ;; r.c: suitable for a store building. .. back door for dc nos:orage room. To make V. av c.iable for mercantile purwes it would be necessary to dismantle the banking fixtures and make a sacrifice of these valuable fixture.-. V.'e have been in no hur ...dmg, but the iiquidati of the bank must be terminated .?u.. . vv... oe necessary to make sonic <i:-position of the; :?al estate within the next few months." I am hoping." said Mr. Hood.! -That Elizabeth City people will! ccx :ra ' . it plans for a new bank that w can approve." C. 0 R on. Chairman of the 5 f . F.rst & Citizens Nat ional Bank cant.minting upon Mr. H T.- r.t that Elizabeth City resxls .t r. v tank, .-aid: "What's the ma :-:: with the one we have? E:za* .. C. ? getting along very | *cll w.th one telephone company, i ? company and one electric; ag ncv, isn't it?" I: aus; oe admitted." -aid Mr.! > som con-! t--:.:r. at The First & Citizens. '1 B k on Saturdays, due to hit that we are handling the roll? of a number of local in ? ? . Th_- congestion is to be i rc-f^i by advancing our textile; ?~- yy r ?!!< a day. throwing this! .. i hi Fridays In-. stead of Saturdays." Tr.oi- v.r.o know Mr. Hood are! ?*Sr-:.g ;? local people make! n ?' ?' move "o organize a bank, j w.i; make overtures to some, of t.wu banking concern to step ? ar.d take r,ver the bank building -s fixtures for a branch bank. Retiring P. M. Thinks He Has i Been Fortunate who had been a U. S. j 12 vt.iirs ami would m st Ives displaced by a t,;; -'her ;>olitical creed. * ? themselves to be un '? S-.:.nicely. Jethro A. j re*.mi:; local Republican1 not feel that way in fact. Mr. Hooper j >nndcred himself to be a " r- ?'): man. *"! ? i appointed to the ?"-hip in 1922. when the Patty entered ufjon its " >?[ ;wwcr. He succeed-: L. I'< tKlleton. Prior to rc-j ? anointment. Mr. Hooper traveling saleman fori 23 years. Born at Rod th? Dave County "banks" the Coast Guard service > a young man. After . ut the service for six -ign' d and moved to to take a job as sales ai,;- Fowler and Company, there for 15'i years. He -eled for C. H. Robinson " Co. for eight years. . \ of his appointment to .ship. Mr Hooper was highest-paid traveling -???nued on Page Twoi May Peas Will; Put Money (n Circulation Willi I lie movement .just aiutiil til ils peak. May peas were bringing *1.00 a basket here yesterday and it appear ed likely that the price might increase before the end of the week. The bulk of the] crop is expected to be moved, during the next few days, and if the price does not drop the growers will make money on the crop. Only about 12 cars of peas. 7.200 baskets, had been shipped from here! thru yesterday via refrigerator cars, i but a good many peas had been' shipped to Philadlphia. New Yorkj and other markets by motor truck.1 It is not known exactly how large the crop will be this season, but it probably will not exceed 75.000. baskets. A 25 per cent acreage re duction and a 15 per cent loss from1 bad weather have combined to cause j this reduction. Last year's crop was! around 125.000 baskets. Las: year's average price was | about 75 cents per basket. Many] peas were not even picked because j cf low prices. With peas selling at j $1.00 or more, the growers can at. least make expenses and a small margin of profit. The quality of local peas was not; very good at firs: but is steadily im- ] proving. It- is hoped that the im-1 provemem in quality will result in. an increase in price. $13,000 FOR DREDGING Continuing its program of restor ing the Dismal Swamp Canal to its old-time prestige, the War Depart-; ment has allotted $43,000 for dredg-i ing a channel 10-fcet deep in Deep Creek, a: the north end of the canal.; and m Turners Cut. at the south end of the canal. 1 Outlaws of Eden A Colorful Western Romance of Today Thus is the story of a young man and young girl who took the law in to their own hands. It was in the blood of both. Their cattle-baron families had never invoked any other justice except the six-shooter. For seventy-years the Hensleys and the Kershaws had waged a bloody feud for the possession of Eden Valley, in California. Now Nate, the last of the Hensleys, and black haired Lorraine (otherwise Lorry)'i the remaining Kershaw, were fight ing again for their beloved heritage, but this time together. For a serpent had come into Eden to nest on the Valley lands. He knew how irrigation projects and power developments could be mani pulated for unholy profits. He fought I in a new way with guile and mob propaganda "*uid twisted legalities. So Lorry and Nate went to war for what belonged to them, in ways of , their own?including the ancestral I six-shooter. Meanwhile they fell in love. There followed such matching of wits, such taking of chances, such | two-fisted battling of high courage against deceit and trickery as Peter iB. Kync can picture inimitably. The story is by Peter B. Kync. | That label on any fiction talc is ! sufficient guarantee of its absorbing J interest and of its appeal to readers ' of every age. This new story by Peter B. Kync will be published in this paper as a serial, OUTLAWS OF EDEN BEGINS NEXT WEEK t ? COMMANDER PRICE IS NO STR'NGER HERE COMMANDER PRICE When a new commanding oil it er likes the men lie is to have under his command and is liked by those men. it is more than likely that his ten ure of oHice will he marked by harmony and cooperation. Such should be the state of atVairs in the Seventh ('.oast (iuard District during the next three or four years, when Com mander James A. Price will be in charge of the district. Commander Price was named last week to succeed Commander W. W. Bennett as Seventh District Com mander. He probably will take charge of the district around the first of June. Commander Price is no stranger to the men of the Seventh District. He served as commander here from 1922 to 192(j. during which time he won for himself the love and esteem cf his men. Ke was followed by Commander O. A .Littlefield, who served until 1930. Commander Lit tlefield was succeeded by Com mander Bennett, who was transfer red the first of this month to Grand Haven, Mich., his old home. Upon Commander Bennett's trans fer. Commander Price let it be known that he would like to return to the Seventh District. He liked the district and he liked the Coast Guard personnel in the district Headquarters fulfilled this desire last week. Captain L. T. Doughty, oixiance officer in local headquarters for the past five years, also wanted to suc ceed Commander Bennett, and he stood the examination for Com mander in Washington last week. Most of the men in the district wanted Captain Doughty to win the promotion, for he is highly poular ihruout the district, but the men were by no means displeased at the appointment of Commander Price, who was well-liked by his men when he left here in 1926. It is fortunate for the district that Ccmmender Price is no stranger here. It is no easy matter for an | officer from the New England or Great Lakes regions to adjust him self to the manners and customs of (the Seventh District and to grasp the points of views of the men in this district. It Is difficult for a Northerner to win the confidence and esteem of Seventh District Coast Guardsmen. Fortunately. Com mander Price already is acquainted with Seventh District men and cus toms and is pretty generally liked j by the men. He should have a harmonious and pleasant tenure of I office. FINE STRAWBERRIES GROWN LOCALLY j Wonderful strawberries are grown | in the vicinity of Elizabeth City, but quite the finest berries that have jcoine to the attention of this news |pa|>er were grown by J. T. West, [Jones Ave., this city. If anybody asks you. Jones Avenue is located !on the oid Fearing tract on River I side Drive. Mr. West presented ; this newspaper with a basket of his ; berries this week; big. firm, beau jtiful berries and as luscious as they ; looked. I Death Holds Own [ Death held its own on North Caro lina highways during April. Fifty : nine persons were killed in auto I mobile accidents during that month, bringing to 257 the highway death | toll for 1934. There were 319 acci i dents in April, in which 460 persons I were injured in udditioon to the 159 killed. ? . j A Japanese Bible for the blind, (printed in Braille characters, has been completed in 34 volumes. I I Mayor and Fire Chief Publicly Rebuked i UNSIGHTLY FIRE HAZARD THAT PROVOKED REBl'KE ;THE urgency of razing tins unsignt-j ly and dangerous fire hazard in the! heart of the city was impressed up-, on Mayor Jerome B. Flora, upon j whoso mother's property it stands,1 i by a field representative of a fire insurance company -at a meeting; here Wednesday. Godfrey Cheshire j of Raleigh, attending a fire pre;; vention conference here, spoke thus to the group that was assembled in; ? the Virginia Dare Hotel ballroom) Wednesday morning: "You don't jhave to go far to find an example of what Is wrong here in Elizabeth ! City. You can't walk out of the 1 hotel without your eyes encounter - j ing a dangerous fire hazard. That ! old worthless building (pointing out : the window to the above structure) |might cau?e a serious conflagration) here under adverse conditions. It! is of no value except as firewood.) An enlightened citizenry should de-: mand that such hazards be removed, j Of course, the citizens can't band! J tnemseives togemer ana icai u down, but they can arouse enough public sentiment to cause the own er to do so." Mr. Cheshire did not know it, but the eld stables he referred to belong to the mother of Mayor-City-Man ager-Fire Chief Flora, who had but a few minutes earlier welcomed the insurance men here and who was then sitting just a few feet away | from the speaker. Local citizens at-1 tending the conference were amazed j and pleased with Mr. Cheshire's un- I witting rebuke. Leading ciiizensj have long pleaded with Mayor Flora j to destroy the old buildings, and hc; has promised to raze them, but noth-1 ir.g has ever been done further than! that. This eyesore, situated directly! in front of the town's leading hotel, has given many visitors a bad im pression of the city. Mr. Cheshire's unintentioal chastisement may pro duce results which local sentiment could not. Staff photo. j I Cucumbers Late I Pickle Plant To Open July 1st i Because adverse growing condi- j tions throw the cucumber crop in i this section several weeks behind and | necessitated replanting In numer-1 . ous cases, the local pickfe plant, now operated by th$ Helwif ,-Ar Leit^j Corp., of Baltimore, probably will ! not begin operations this season un- I til around July 1. according to W. E. J HUbert, manager of the plant. The plant has contracted for 210 acros of cucumbers this season ana is expecting to put up around 5,000 barrels, granted a fair yield. It [had been hoped to begin operations ion or around June 15, but adverse j weather during the early part of the ' growing season delayed the crop so {that it is hardly likely that the '? growers will begin delivering the cucumbers to the plant before July! 1. In the meanwhile, the new man agement is making improvements at j the pickle plant. A new grading ma chine has been installed and nine additional brining tanks are being? sjet up. The plant has fifty tanks' & 8p-fcarrels capacity each, in ad- j atioju to the nine new tanks. ?^According to Mr. Hilbert, it is Helvfig tfHLeJtch's "plans to expand, the local plant so as to include all i | the processes of manufacturing the pickles, provided the farmers of the' section cooperate to the extent that1 they will furnish cucumbers of the desired quality. At present, noth ing is done here except the curing of the raw stock, which is then shipped to Baltimore for manufac turing purposes. The plant will pay around $8,000 to farmers in this section this sum mer. ? <7 A"rv * z: I C/he<BANK CL?RK ^ TU? SOQA d?RK?R THE TALE OF A JOHNNY' THAT llLEW UP Funny how the whole country i seems to have gotten a kick out of, that CWA Privy page that appeared j 'in The Independent a few weeks I ago," said the Bank Clerk. '?And | I they tell me at The Independent of- ? ; fices that big New York bankers, j stockbrokers. Wall Street lawyers. |U. S. Senators and executives of big | corporations have ordered copies of the paper by the hundreds. You 1 wouldn't think that big men sur ! rounded by every modern conven jience and luxury would be interested! in a satire on a commonplace thing | | like backhouses!" "You forget from what humble beginnings most of the big men in [ this country came." replied the Soda | Jerker. "I'll bet my shirt that old! man John D. Rockefeller, Henry | Ford. Will Rogers, Irv. Cobb and most of the older celebrities you can [name, have passed many an hour in i an old fashioned backhouse. And! 1 you can bet your plus fours that I ! President Roosevelt himself is fami- | j liar with them. If he didn't use; them in his youth, he certainly form [ed acquaintance with them when he found Warm Springs, Ga." ! "Our lives are compassed about I by memories," continued the Soda j Jerker; "and some of the most inti Imate memories of our childhood I are associated with the primitive1 j three-holer back 011 the farm. We don't discuss these peculiar mem ories until some wag breaks out with a wise crack that opens up the sub Jject, and then we suddenly break 1 into fits of laughter because we've j just been waiting for years for some' j one to drag the subject out into the iopen. The Saunders tribe did just j that thing in the biggest possible way when they publicized the con struction of 25 miles of backhouses by the CWA in North Carolina and had a lot of fun with the protect. i The country was ready for a big' belly laugh, and what's funnier than] thoughts of an old fashioned back- ; house?" "It isn't funny when one of the i blamed things blows up with you,"! said the Bank Clerk. "I never heard of one blowing up!" j exclaimed the Soda Jerker. "Tell me, did you ever hear of one blowing up?" "Yes," said the Bank Clerk; "I have heard the story somewhere. It seems that a certain cautious house wife bought a gallon of naptha to use in her spring house cleaning and found about half the naptha on hand when she finished her work. Afraid to leave the stuff in the house and risk a fire or explosition, she took it out back and poured it down a hole in the privy. Her old man had occasion to go out back a few minutes later. He settled on cne of the holes, filled his pipe, lit it and prepared to enjoy himself. He lifted the lid from the next hole and-dropped the match he had lit i his pipe with, down the hole. In stantly there was a terriffic explo sion. the sides of the Johnny were blown out and the old man was blown bodily into a manure pile fifty feet away. The neighbours dug the old man out of the manure heap and examined him for broken bones or other injuries'. Except for being stunned and dazed, the old man seemed to quite all right. And then some one asked him how it all hap pened. " I dunno.' said the old man; 'It musta been somcthin' I et.' " There is 110 form of nerve disorder that may not be caused or aggra vated by Eye Strain. For a thorough] Eye examination *ee. DR. J. D.i HATHAWAY. adv. ? 1 Just Mentioned 1 i 1 HON. P. W. Moid I'LL AN AN Elizabeth City man was promi- < nently mentioned for the Supreme Court bench of North Carolina this week, upon the passing of the late! Justice W. J. Adams. P. W. McMul-1 Ian, in many ways one of the aolest | members of the local bar and one of the finest legal minds in North Carolina, is generally recognized as'* Supreme Court timber. Some were encouraged to believe that Governor Ehringhaus, who hails from Eliz abeth City, would grab the oppor tunity to honor a fellew townsmen for whom he has great personal admiration. But Governor Ehring haus appointed Superior Court Judge Michael Schenek. of Hender-j sonville. The Governors eye is on! the West. ANewDealFor The Fishermen Says Etheridge Rem)l adoption of the Nat ional fishery code is termed by R. Bruce Etheridge, direc tor of the Department of Con servation and Development i as an important step toward] bringing about a "New Deal"] for the thousands of fisher men on the North Carolina! coast and elsewhere. Copies of the approved cede, re-1 cently received by the conservation! department, reveal that provisions] for a number of features toward] which the State agency has been! working have been made. In par-] ticular. the code paves the way for, the adoption of national grades or! standards for fishery products. | Among other things, it provides] that "the National Code Authority and the several Executive commit-1 tees shall investigate the feasibility i and wisdom of establishing a proper) system and agency for the grading of products of the industry for t'nej fourfold purpose of benefiting the fishermen, stabilizing the industry, preventing destructive price-cutting, and eliminating from the market i not only immature and undersized ] fish and shellfish, but also all types of inferior and unwholesome pro ducts of the industry." Director Etheridge and others seeking to promote the development of North Carolina's fisheries have expressed the belief that the adop tion of an adequate system of grad ing and standardization of seafoods, along with other conservation meas-| ures, could be made to add millions of dollars annually to the imcome! of fishermen of the State. Ho believes that the improvement' which should naturally follow the I change in marketing methods will j reverse the downward trend in the L income of the fishermen and help j bring them parity in return for:( their products. While the income I, of other groups, as a rule, has in-;! creased during the last year, that of the fisherman has steadily de-|. clined. In 1928. according to thei( U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, the value I, of catch of all fishery products in . North Carolina was $2,629,214. but j had dropped to only about $800,000 j in 1933. Largely as a result"-)f federal measures, it was pointed out, the value of principal farm crops in North Carolina jumped from $104. 167.000 in 1932 to $192,595,000 in 1933. The fisherman, according to Mr. Etheridge, is entitled to the j same consideration received by the j farmer. Another phase of the duties and! powers ol the National Fishery Code; Authority is "to meet with the var-j ions government conservation agen cies for the purpose of formulating a plan lor the consen ation of fish-1 ery resources and their sustained (Continued on Page Eight) Graded School' Trustees Guilty Law Violation If Shcpard's Citations may! be regarded as a reliable au thority (and this book is generally regarded as such,) | the members of the Hoard of tiraded Schools Trustees of Elizabeth City are liable to in dictment 011 a misdemeanor charge arising out of recent teacher elections for the com ing term. Section Four, Chapter 76, Public Laws of 1915, part of an act relat ing: to the school trustees of the i City of Elizabeth City, says: "That no person who is related to any member of the board of trustees of said graded school to a degree j that would disqualify one to serve j as a juror shall be eligible to em- j ployment as teacher in said grad- i ed school. Each and every mem ber of said board of trustees who < shall vote to employ any person ineligible under the provisions of ! this section shall be guilty of a j misdemeanor and upon conviction j shall be fined or imprisoned, in I the discretion of the court." i Shepard's Citations, which are I generally relied upon as a guide I in searching to see if a law has been amended, repealed or super ceded since its passage, contains no reference to the above-quoted law, so the law presumably is still in force. At the April meeting of the local school board, when teachers were elected for the 1934-35 term, rela tions of three members of the board were elected. They were: Miss Lota J. Spence, of Norfolk, niece of Trustee George J. Spence; Miss Virgina LeRoy sister of Miss Margaret Winder, first cousin of the wife of Trustee A. Raymond Moore. According to the above law, it ap pears that each and every member of the school board who voted for either of these three teachers is subject to indictment. This law was introduced by Walter L. Cohoon, who represented this county in the General Assembly in 1915. Virginia Dare GardentoOpen Saturday 26th Elizabeth City folk, visitors and tourists may eat, drink and be merry under the moon and stars when ('.has. Vanture, Virginia Dare Hotel caterer throws open his Virginia Dare Harden Saturday. May 2<ith. The Virginia Dare Garden oc cupies the shaded lot on East Main St., between the First & Citizens National Bank and the Virginia Dare Hotel Arcade. Last summer Mr. Vanture planted grass and shrubbery on the then vacant lot with a view to making it an open air dining place this summer. The grass and shrubbery thrived. And now the lot has been made into a show place with rustic booths, tables and awn ings. The garden will be open from 1 P. M. til I or 2 A. M. daily, for the service of food and refresh ments. From an attractive booth on the front of the lot, Mr. Vanture pur poses to feature home made ice cream at attractive prices. "I pro pose to sell a better ice cream at a lower price. My ice cream will be made on the premises and will con lain just about twice the amount of butter fat contained in ordinary commercial ice creams. I must necessarily coniine myself to the; manufacture of a few simple flavors j ?vanila, chocolate, strawberry and] peach. For fancy ice cream mix tures. I shall handle the producti of Southern dairies." State Senator Lloyd ?. Griffin To Seek A Modification of Present 3 Per Ct. Sales Tax That he will work and vote for a modification of the existing 3 per cent sales tax if nominated and re elected to the General Assembly of North Carolina ivas the statement made to this newspaper this week by State Senaor Lloyd E. Griffin, of Edenon, who is a candidate for re-election. ? l am iunaamemauy opposed is ja state imposed sales tax," says I Senator Grillin, "but the passage of a sales tax by the 1933 General As sembly was unavoidable. The Gen : eral Assembly of 1931 sat in Raleigh j from January until May, wrestling 1 with out tax problem, and finally | levied a 15 cent a<i valorem tax on property. Property could not and i would not pay that tax, with the re sult that hundreds of schools all over the State were closed and thou sands of school teachers deprived of | their pay checks. "Eoth political parties pledged themselves in 1932 to abolish that 15 cent levy on property, in spite of the fact that the State was practi cally bankrupt. When the General Assembly met in 1933 we were pledg led to abolish the tax on property while facing a State deficit of $14, 000,000. "Goaded by New York bankers who held some $12,000,000 worth of our short time paper, and facing ut ter bankruptcy, the 1933 General Assembly, in desperation, passed the [three per cent general sales tax. And, as undesirable and odious as it is, Ithis sales tax has in fact pulled North Carolina out of the red and 'restored her credit. I Two Cent Tax Enough "I believe any candidate would be foolish to pledge himself to abolish the sales tax until the people have had an opportunity next fall to vote for a new constitution that gives broader taxing powers to the Leg islature. For instance, under our present constitution, incomes in North Carolina can not be taxed more than six per cent. The new constitution would place no limit on income taxes and it might be that 'under a new consitution we would raise more taxes out of incomes without resort to a sales tax. But that new constitution hasn't arrived j yet. "But we have seen the mistakes cf the present sales tax and they should be corrected. The collection of the present tax is complicated and in many instance thwarted by certain senseless exemptions. With the removal of these exemptions, the tax can be easily lowered to two cents. Stop the leaks and two per cent would bo as productive of as much revenue as the present rate of three per cent. I am also convin ed that the administration of col lections of the tax may be simplified and great ecomomies thereby ef fected. I am going to work and vote for a lower sales tax, if no way can be found to abolish it altogether. When Sales Tax Will Be Abolished "Frankly, I think the sales tax in North Carolina will ultimately be abolished by the Federal govern ment. Our educational system has bankrupted many states and tht^r is a nationwide demand for F^-di^al appropration cf $240,000,000 to be al located to the States for the main tenance of a uniform public school system in all states. The Federal government would provide for such an appropriation by a general sales tax collected at the source. North Carolina's allocation from such an appropriation would be, on the basis oi our population, $6,400,000. With this Federal aid North Carolina would abolish its State sales tax. Federal support of the public school system is not a remote prospect." Senator Griffin's views paralcll those of Slate Senator Dudley Bag ley who learned with him in the last General Assembly. Both admit that they voted for the State sales tax only as a last resort, when no other method of raising needed revenues could be found. Their service in the last General Assembly was charac terized by industry, ability and in tegrity. They brought to their leg is: ative duties a rare display of in telligence and courage. POTATO HEARING County Agent Grover W. Falls has been notified that a hearing on the proposed marketing agreement for early Irish potatoes is being' held in the Chamber of Commerce Buil ding in Norfolk Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The meeting has been called by the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration. Mr. Falls does not know any details about the meeting or its purpose. He is plan ning to attend, however.
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