The Independent from Elizabeth City, North Carolina • 1

The Independent i i xX, no. l.H>o. u. ELIZABETH CITY, N. FRIDAY, 1934.

SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS falter L. Cohoon Sentenced' Sixty Days in Jail For sgn With Deadly Weapon N- in was the sentence imposed upon loco! attorney when a jury in the Wednesday returned a verdict of nult with a deadly weapon. I fl. I I I him with the I when I k. I I no I his own doI had a km: I a knock I I I I ivioru I a Jud'ac.

I a L.roy latu 1 C.ir. I said re. I i i i 1 v. 1 with a I siva with th.5* t.ttti and i Grady I a. drawn S.r.vUtr o.rt a kcd ni: to iettdan: and to a da my duty on Mr.

I ths day-, in jail." I verdict with hands rchief, he ai be noted. 40 days in a. aeal. Convict Is In Camden ir-old Negro. convict gang at the country club lata Tuesday nu be appre.iv.

paper went to tk lor freedom into a thicket get a shot at feet seven inches 156 pounds and color. The State i $15 for infori hi. capture. He his striped he had no opi hange before A is being rieicn county. located at the "'i imp near here.

imlcls Hearing early compromise 1 htig over ceo the late wt. heightened it all pjrtie. The Vilest Dive In Pasquotank Editorial More and more people are being moved to comment upon the ot the atmosphere in the Pasluot.mk court room during the winter months. 1 he court room has a seating capacity of perhaps 300. All this vscek it has been packed with a collection ot both black and white spectators, jurors and And not a window open.

The only breath ot fresh air that gets into the place is when some one comes in thru the swinging doors in the rear of the hall. The stench of unwashed human dies a.ul bad breaths is nauseating to one who comes in out of the fresh air. A reporter for this newspaper noted that not a single window in the whole place was open so much as crack, ton or bottom, are afternoon this week after the court had been in session all day. the Judge repairs to his tciict tor a cigarette and a eiiange ot atmosphere. Anon the sneak into their consultation room and get a reviving breath of better air.

But it never seems to have occurred to Judge or lawyes to demand ventilation. And in this foul air reeking with the fumes of warm unwashed fumes ot stale tobacco, germs of eel.is and influenza, and halitosis, JustU. struggles for clarity and sanity. The Pasquotank County court chamber is not only an outrage to the olfactory senses of people of ordinary refinement, but is an incubator of communicable diseases as well. It is a nauseous inferno of filth and indecency that reeks to high heaven.

It ever a place needed air conditioning, this court room It no exaggeration to say that court room is the den in Pasquotank at this of the year. An old fashioned backhouse or .1 pig sty doesn't pad. more obnoxious odors. The State Board of Health should take notice. Elizabeth City Host to a Convention What Could You Expect Of a Water Works Association When delegates to a convention like the convention city, and the convention city likes them, the convention is virtually certain to he a success.

A howling success was the 1 1 tli annual joint convention of the North Carolina Section, American a Works Association, and the North Carolina Sewage Works Association. which was "held in Elizabeth City Monday. Tuesday and dr.oiday of this week. From every standpoint, it was a good convention. Attendance was above the 200 mark, being one of the best crowds yet to attend one of these joint conventions.

The entertainment features of the convention were par excellence. The luncheon was quite enjoyable. The hsh fry and oyster roast at the Country Club Monday evening was probably the bent ever staged in this county, and the delegates were high in their praises of the tasty seafoods. I he dance was hailed as one of the best convention dances ever held here, if ret the with good music and plenty of sprightly men and fair ckun eLs on hand. And the banquet.

on Tuesday night, was hugely enjeyrd by all. Elizabeth City folk; warmed to the convention crowd, the conventioneers warm-d to the local folks, and a grand time was had by all. my deles jus enthusiastically on Page Four.) THOMPSON THE TIRE MAN DOES VANISHING SOT Thompson, operator1 the (iulf Refilling Station at Koail and Eliringhaus local agent for Pennsylvania Tires, mysteriously disappeared from Elizabeth City of last week, leaving no word as to destination. His financial affairs were bob-ved to have been in good snape. "He left not owing the Gulf Redhung Co.

a dime and I have learned that he paid several little bills around town before Laving," says S. P. Gulf distributor for the Elizabeth City territory. Thompson. a personable chap ot between 30 and 40 years, came to Elizabeth City about 18 months ago and an agency for Pvim-ylvania tires.

A few weeks ago he took over the operation of Gull station on South Road St. and carried his tire business to the new lceaticn. He was regarded as fairly successful in his business and had won i.he confidence and good w.ll of many local people. He was unmarried. He was apparently in excellent health.

Ke left 'the city by rail. A note that he left behind conveyed the information that he would be far away when the note was read. A k.nsman who came to Elizabeth City this week voiced the opinion that on was heading for Phoenix, Arizona, where he once lived and which place had never lost its attraction for him. Xmas Trees on Main Street For Holidays li light and color tend to make a town more attractive as a shopping center ami have the psychological ell eel of loosening purse strings, F.iizaheth C.ilv prohahly will have the Ix'st Christmas trade this year that it has ever had, for plans are being pushed for the translation of ol the business section into a blaze ol light and color during the holidays, Tie plan being sponsored with by the Oaamber of Merchants Association. It calls far 50 or more lighted and decorated Ciiriy.iras trees in the bjsiney tee.ion, along the white wiy.

and possibly colored lights on v.ires rum: ng between the whi.e way lam;) standard-. The trees will be in the area embraced by Earn Street. Poindexter Street, MeMtrrine Street, and parts of Martin. Fearing and Water Streets, and colonai Avenue. The plan under which the mor, chants hope to provide these Christjma-s decorations and lights is for the merchants to furnish the trees and the decorations, and the Public Utility Commission to furnish the wiring ar.d the current.

The Utility Commission has not yet voiced any opposition to the plan, -and it is thought likely that the plan will be approved at the Commission's next regular meeting next week. It is planned to hook the trees up to the light standards, thus providing both support and a souroe of current for them. Between the various light standards it is planned i to run wires with colored lights on I them. If the plan materializes, Elizabeth City's business section will vie with those of Norfolk and other larger places, and jieople will come miles out of the way to see the i spectacle. It will be one of the best shopping inducements the merchants could devise.

This Christmas ligbt; 'lig and dccorat ng has never before been attempted in Elizabeth City on such a large scale. Notables at Pinehurst A tor ney General Homer L. Cummings arived at Pinehurai Saturday lor a week end of rest and golf. I Among those in the attorney gen; oralis party are Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champion; I W. A.

Julian. United States Treasurer. and Senator A. W. Barkley, ol Kentucky.

Smithfield Gets P. O. Allotments for purchase of sites and construction of new portofTices I made public Sunday by the Treasury Department, included $55,000 for Smithfield, He Wrote of Life in His Little Corner of the Albemarle as He I i Knew It a. Hundred Years Ago HENRY BEASLEY ANSELL, 1S32-19J1 It is with satisfaction of pride and enthusiasm that THE INDEPENDENT is privileged to announce the forthcoming publication in this newsmver of "BOYHOOD RECOLLECTIONS OF MY LIFE ON i KNOTTS ISLAND," by the late Henry Beasley An! sell. What a story any old resident, could tell of life in the Albemarle a hundred years ago.

But the talaft! they could tell dies with them, to be' tealed in their graves indeed is old timer who has the journalistic sense, the appreciation 1 cf literary values, and literary ab.lj ety and the will to make a pormanI ent record of the recollections of boyhood. This very thins the late Henry B. Anscll. of Cuiriiu.k. idid in a nc.aole way.

Between the jcars 1399 and 1902 Mr. An 11 liis recollections in long hand covering hundreds of page-, of legal cap j.ancr. Ihe nnv.U;cri;:t was never published. lis existence was known I to only a few intimate friends and I members cf his inured family. Henry B.

Ansell in March 1920. at the age of 83 years. Afar his death, his son Brigadier General Samuel T. Ansell, of Wash' inglon. D.

recovered tne manuscript it for errors of grammar and punctual.ion. and had it tyr.cwrit-.cn for publication. In submitt ng tiie manuscript to The independent for publication. General Aascll rays: "Tne book is fascinating to inc. tut then I um my fathers and intern iixerc.

ted in the folk lore and customs of my native section a t-Vpry and more ago, many of which. not always the more worthy -at that. till remain. While ihr a commentary upon the ernirenm of my father's boyhood Ktr. I 1 and hit env ronmcnt, v.

Mi cv- torn-, -traditions and supMMon i- mmon to the imple of t.i rointry- ui of Northca rn Nor i Carolina a.r.d Southi. era Virginia, and iKrhaps far beyond. "I feel, ertitiaes General Ansell. "tli. publication will net only rr; i on.

or. a in. but enlighten iii I think it may prove positively beneficial in caus'og the model a giiu-r on to reflect upon vome cf ie rujgfd though crude Virtues i.f their fin-bears. and learn perhaps that tlvey. all shrir rurfate riority.

-have not advanced far l.i the ideals of real warthil.C s. "My her was a man of rugged charac and marked natural ability. Though entirely misplaced (Continued on page faim Lfrf oJhc CLERK TUE 90DA dCRKCR THE JOBLESS WILL 15E FED "They tell mc that there arc i unemployed people registered torn re-employment with the FERA in Elizabeth City," said the Bank Clerk to the Scda Jerker. i "That ain't news to mc," replied. i I the Scda Jerker.

"Well, that probably means that just that many people or a great more will have to be taken care of by relief agencies this winjtcr. How is the tax payer going to pay all those food, fuel and cloth- ling bills for the folks out of You ask me a tough one," rc-j' plied the Soda Jerker; "but I I tell you this; tax payer is going i I to dig down into this jeans and payii I the bill somehow or it'll be just too bad for him." I "Now just what do you mean by 'tlirX?" asked the Bank Clerk. "I mean just this," said the Jerker: "The government's going to1, feed these poor devils or they are to feed themselves; it will all i come out of the property owner in taxes or by theft and burjglary. Sixteen hundred jobless menj I and women in this town and the ten million or more all over these United States aint going to lie down and, starve. "Now what I like about President Rooisvelt is.

he is one of the few in t.hi? r.rw in Jrv urhn i realize; ihe plight of th" working' "la and who apprehends con- scqu they should be drivenj to feel the real pinch of hunger and raid. Shut, down en relief funds this winter I wouldn't give a paint job hi hell for the biggest, stops, of groceries in Mr. Rao. veil lias the rc.l low down on the be ain't going to let unily go hungry if he knows! Of course, a lot of folks are go-j ing to inipo; 011 the relief agencies, and a certain class ain't going toj work ju so lo as they can get 1 rations; but what's the govcrninent going to do when private rets up a howl every time the government tries co tint the jobless, to work producing something?" "If I undcrr! and raid the Bank Clerk, "vou mean to say that if the people out of work are not cared for by ihe government, thry will to theft, robbery, bur-J glary and pillage to supply their 1 wants." "I don't mean anything else." replied the Soda Jcrker. There is 110 form of nerve disorder that may not be caused or aggravated by Eye Strain.

For a thorough Eye examination see. J. D. wi7. How Many People Have Keys to Your Post Office Having keys made to fit one's! post office box.

tlio not a criminal I is certainly against Uncle Sam's wishes, according to Past-1 mar.er W. T. Culpepper, who has i dirccvercd several cases of this na-! ture in Elizabeth City since lie took over his duties as Postmaster last summer. A business man reported to Mr. Culpepper that another party held a key to his poslofficc box and that! he would like some assurance the.

his key was the only one that would fit his box. Mr. Culpepper arranged to have the extra key turned and when he checked up ca it he was surprised to learn that it had been rncde by local key-maker, using the original as a model. The idea disturbed Mr. Culpepper.

He was of the opinion that all keys for the pcsioffica boxes were issued to the boxholders at the end he had had no idea that keys to fit the government boxes could be made from blanks by almost any key-maker or locksmith. An in-! specter came here last week to investigate the sLu P.ion. Ho found that no laws were being violated The key-maker was eoiirely innocent in the matter, since lie had no wav of knowing what the keys were to be used for. And if he had known that 'they were postoflice box keys, lie probably didn't know there was any difference in duplicating these keys and duplicating other kinds of keys. Nor was there any that anyone's box had been rifled or robbed thru Ihe use of extra keys.

But the fact remained so long as the postoflice box key; can be duplicated by any good key-1 maker, boxholders can have no as- uuranoe tint someone else does not; hold keys to their boxes. There is a possibility that the up-1 of it all will be that new locks! will be put 011 every box in the local peat with keys that can be duplicated only by Uncle! Sam. Graham W. Bell Resigns From First Citizens Natlional Gi.ihum W. Bell, assistant vice p.

dent and trust officer of The F'irst Citizens National Bank tendered his resignation 10 the Board of Directors of that inctituuon Tuesciay afternccn, effective Jan. 1. cr earlier. I. was enly July 1st last, that Mr.

Bcli went over to The First Citizens National from the Atlantic Discount Corp. His resignation was riterly unexpected and a surprise l) the directors of The First Citizens. Mr. Bell will make no statement concerning his plans, but newspaper is informed that his resignation was prompted by an offer cf a partnership in a highly successful local business. Further than this newspaper is not at liberty to speak at this time.

State Losing: Chances North Carolina losing its chance of obtaining additional CCC imps and also its chances of ob-l tabling addi ional areas permanent-1 iy available for tlie wholesome recreation of her people, to L. A. dis.rict National Park Service inspt ctor. Mr. Sharpo.

whose headquarters are in Cheraw, S. rl tiiis i fa.lure to keep step with ethers in the establishment of a system of parks is: tilt? less of these possibilities. Th? parks inspector expressed regret that lie Slate has not availed itself ef "what is certainly 'the opportunity for park Jlopm. on a basis which yet presented itself" in the na-i itional program ith purpose in view. 'W.

I.i one exception," the district inspector said. "Nori.ii Caro1 a a ids alone among the States the Eastern seaboard, all of which have materially widened thc.r State park systems." Yum Yum 11 3RILLIANT VIRGINIA HUFrY who began her musical career in Elizabeth C.ty, will be heard by hen eld home town folk next Thursday, and Friday nights in the role ol YUM YUM, in Gilbert and Sullivans' famous comic opera, THE MIKADO. The opera is to be presented under; auspices of Seth Perry Post of the! American Legion. The presentation' cf this opera with a superb cast of: Norfolk singers, chorus and orchestra will be the outstanding musical of this and recent seasons in, city. 1 To Glorify the Oyster Thru Advertising Campaign Backed By Dealers and Producers In an effort to tflorify flic oyster and derate to the position if deserves in the national menu, the Glister Growers and Dealers Association is see kin fJ to enlist the aid of producers and dealers in promote ing an advertising campaign thruout the nation.

Hut let. the Atlantic Fisherman, a potent voice of the inn industry, tell the story. Bi.litho in his "Glorious uy.sicr raid: "Indeed. oyster eating is al-l inert a certain mark or taste. For! I have never met a man of iiiteili-j gence whose eyes did not grow, and! whose did not takr on a sprightly smile, when a pl; of oysters! was placed before him.

I The tale is told of the first In-' flian to discover the oyster. A fun-j: ny stone in the watrr attracted He reached for it. It "bit" him. and i when he had at length tomahawked his fingers free, he found, upon; rucking them, that the flavor of the' oyster was a most delicious new taste. And that, no doubt, was the: beginning of our oyster industry, i Fact finders have discovered oy-! piers to be rich in whole alphabet of them: also highly nuppliod with quantities of iodine, protector against goitre; and iron, vitally important in fighting simple: anemia.

Also they contain a simply digested prctcin. They are low in I calorie content, and. therefore, an admirable addition to reducing, diet. Oyster roeipes arc legion, but always welcome to the epicure. Some I of tiic templing dishes in which thisj aristocratic seafood obtains pcrfec- tion arc deviled oysters, club house! oysters, oysters and spaghetti sru I gra.tin.

oysters, oyster! rrtcw, sautced tabasco oysters, essal-1 loped oysters, broiled oysters in the ohell. oyster cocktail, fried oyster pic, ad infinitum. Why, in spite of all of -the ad- imrablc qualities of fhe oyster, has! Jie capita consumption of oy-1 ctcrs steadily decreased, and why' do we find that most of the real, oyster lovers are among the older! people? Because there are a great manyj people, especially the younger genc-i ration, who have not bpen taught' to appreciate the oyster. The realization of this fact is be-j hind tiie effort of the Oyster crs 6: Dealers Association to create tContinuofi on Siyj Red Takes Health Education to thePeopleof Camden County Home Hygiene Classes To Give Instructions In How to Prevent Recurrence of Fatal Malaria Epidemic of Past Summer The malaria epidemic which swept thru the lower part of Camden Count if last summer is another example of the truth of the saying that "it's an ill wind that blows nobody good," for this epidemic has brought to Camden County a health education program which undoubtedly will hare a lasting and beneficial effect on the health of the entire county. -Ou? urnhflndVAnPAii of this health program can best be obtained from a perusal of the report of the Red Cross Public Health Nursing Service in Camden County for October.

1934. This report, prepared by Public Health Nurse Eunie 13. Willis, reads: "Cn October lClli I arrived in Camden County. N. having been sent by the Disaster Service of the National Red Cross to carry a program In Health Education, following the malaria epidemic of the past summer in the county.

"The time allotted for program of work is ten weeks, and our objective is to teach the practices of hygiene in such a way as to enable the citizens of Camden County, thru their knowledge of the causes of disease and how than; causes are spread, to know how vo prevent an epidemic such as they recently experienced, with malaria, as well as other preventable diseases. "With only a limited time to be spent wi 1: the people of the county, it may be readily seen to bo impossible for cne nurse as Health Teacher, to get facts and truths of healthful living and practices, and the importance of home and community satitation. to each individual citizen of the community during my stay. "Therefore, National Red Crass planned, with the asststanoe of the Camden County Red Cross Chapter, to conduct three Home Hygiene classes, these classes to be taught at Camden, South Mills and Shiloh. "Mrs.

Geo. T. Upton, chapter I chairman, appointed vice chairmen in each community, as follows: Mrs. R. K.

Benton, South Mills, and Mrs. Elizabeth Heddcn, Shiloh. making them responsible for enrolling the cia se- in heir respective communities. They assumed this obligation mast clleci ively, and each class has its maximum enrollment, or the number of studcrvts possible for it to hold in order for all to get the practice work required that may be eligible to receive the Home Hygiene Certificate. "So it is that wc have banded to- gcthcr sixty worr.cn to teach the gospel of Health, to show diem methods of home practices, to bring more healthful homes and cater community environment, as well er, personal health habits, also lessons in how to nurse the sick jierson in the home.

We believe thee sixty Hi alth Missionaries, Disciples of Health, may do muoh in guiding others, by example and by word of mor.h, into the keeping of the Laws of Health, and that they may also be com promoters of continued health work in Camden County. "Along with this, I am visiting: tin schools of the county, tcll.ng the children about health and how to build their bodies and keep thorn well. We must lose 110 opportunity to help these future citizens of the county, the children, that they, thru knowledge of how to live, may enjoy the blessing of health and escajie the dangers of disease to the fullest degree possible. "To Hic-iC ends I am with you in Camden Comity under the direction of the American Red Cross." The Red Cross Is well organized in Camden County, and preparations arc now be.ng made for a big membership drive or roll call. J.

J. Brothers, of Shiloh, is chairman of the drive. Mrs. Willis has instructed the workers to "get the heart as well as the dollar," or in other words, to win the moral as well as the financial rapport of those whom they approach. State I'rison Facts Violation of the liquor laws the most prevalent crime in North Carolina.

Most of this state'3 (riminals arc between the -ages of 21 and 25 years. Unmarried men form the greater portion of lawbreakers. The State's prison population is composed mostly of Negroes. Mast of the sentences meted out in the courts are for terms ranging from three to six months. As a class, laborers commit the most crimes.

A surprisingly large number of convicts have served more than cue term. Guilford County leads In providing prison inmates. These facts are set out in the bieim.il of the prison division of the Highway and Public Works Com mi J. 13. Roach heads the division..