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yjODAY, JUNE 27, 1913.
THE INDEPENDENT, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C?
PAGE SEVEN
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Good Will and Whole Hearted Service has built in your midst an in-
stitution that is the pride of this section. 5
Your Banking Home shares with you the spirit of Home Coming ano! I
Good Will Week, June 29-July 5, and our officers will appreciate a m
visit from you. Drop in to see us. Bring your friend and introduce
him to the Friendly Bank. 1
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ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
RESOURCES OVER TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS
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CHAS. H. ROBINSON,
DR. L. S. BLADES, -
President.
Vice-Pres.
W. C. GLOVER, - - - Vice-Pres.
W. G. GAITHER, - Vice-Pres. & Cashier
M. R. GRIFFIN
M. H. JONES,
Asst. Cashier.
Asst. Cashier
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THE WOMAN'S WEAR STORE
SURFMEN HERE IN
ANNUALSESSION
Which Fact Recalls Interest
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Come to Elizabeth City j
ON THE 1
Glorious Fourth
The programs on that day will be varied and entertaining
and on this year we are particularly anxious for all to come so
that we may give a real welcome and day of entertainment to
the boys who have just returned from the different branches of E
service and to their families and friends.
ELIZABETH CITY BIDS YOU WELCOME AND INVITES YOU j
TO COME I
We are now showing a wonderful assortment of crisp Voile and Nobby Ging- 3
ham Dresses Just the dress you need to be appropriately dressed at this season
cf the vear.
Prices $5.00 to $25.00 g
STYLISH WASH SKIRTS j
A larger or better assortment of these popular garments we have never shown
Made of Garbardine, Wash Satin, etc.
Prices from $1.00 to $20.00 g
LINGERIE WAISTS j
We have most anything you may want in these garments Beautiful Voile,
Batiste and Oraandie Waists, trimmed with lace, embroidery and tucks. S
1 Splendid Values $1.00 to $3.50 1
I LET US FIT YOU UP WITH APPROPRIATE CLOTHES FOR THIS GREAT AND j
GLORIOUS FOURTH g
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DISTRICT HIGHWAY
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m th State
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of tk ' 1 eiugh to
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aSSUra"ce ha UUt first? And wha
ax the fivr counties that
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XHct an commission can not
the other two thirds of the road would
ever be built?
This newspaper regrets to have to
give the northeastern North Carolina
public this pessimistic report of a mat
ter in which thousands are vitally in
terested, but the facts justify nothing
else.
There was nothing in the demeanor
of Chairman Page at the conference
in this city to cause this newspaper to
regret its recent suspicions that this
section of the state will have hard sled
ding in getting anything at all from the
State Highway Commission.
The Pasquotank Highway Commis
sion has nearly abandoned hope of get
ting aid for Pasquotank roads and 'will
proceed at once to spend its own bond
issue Of $500,000.
women Chimney Sweeps.
In Paris womA have proved entire
ly efficient as chimney sweeps. They
are said to ply their new roof trade
as fearlessly as if they "Were born
to it.
Poor Garden Building.
The most ridiculous results in gar
den building come from trying to con
vert (and pervert) the grounds Into
something out of harmony with 'surroundings.
As to Formal Gardens.
Shren out in the country formal, gar
dens abound, and If the lay of the land
does not agree it is cut and filled and
bolstered up to suit, with generally un
satisfactory results.
The nineteenth annual convention
of the Sufmen's Mutual Benefit Asso
ciation met in Elizabeth City this week
I and was attended by nearly a hundred
; members of the U. S. Coast Guard
' Officers elected for the ensuing year
j are: J. B. Jones, of Elizabeth City, Pres
i ident; M. P. Hite, of Elizabeth City,
First A'ice President; J. Holscomb, of
Atlantic City, N. J., Seccond Vice Pres
ident; E. H. Peel, of Manteo, N. C
Secretary and Treasurer. The ,time an 1
place of the next meeting has not been
fixed.
Wednesday night the Surfmen were
guests of the Elizabeth City Chamber
of Commerce at a banquet held in the
Masonic Hall.
Elizabeth City always finds peculiar
pleasure in welcoming the Surfmen oi
Coast Guard. The U. S. Life Saving
Service was instituted in 1871, under
Civil Service regulations. By 1875 ten
Life Saving Stations had been estab
lished on the North Carolina Coast be
tween Virginia and Hatteras Inlet.
These stations were poorly equipped
and inadequately manned for only a
few months in the year, in the begin
ning. But the service grew rapidly
from year to year until thousands of
men were employed in the life saving
service on the Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts, on the Gulf of Mexico and the
Great Lakes.
The Surfman, as the life saver was
then called, led a hard and dangerous
existence. He was exposed to all in
in the pursuit of his avocation. He
clement weather and often faced death
received only a small allowance for
his work and when he died his widow
and orphan children could expect no
help from the government which the
husband and father had so faithfully
served. .
In 1900 there met in Elizabeth City
a little band of life savers and here
was organized the Surfmen's Mutua:
Benefit Association. The objects of
the association were fraternal and bene
ficial. This association proposed to
relieve the widows and orphans of its
deceased members. The organization
grew by leaps and bounds, its affairs
were economically administered and
in 19 years it has paid out over $250,
000 to the dependents of deceased mem
bers. The membership of the association
has at times embraced more than 1,600
members on the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf
and Lakes coasts. Its membership at
this time has been reduced to about
900, due to many of the members hav
ing dropped out when they took up
with government War Risk Insurance.
An increase in membership is expected
now that the war is over.
In 1915 the Life Saving Service was
made a branch of the military estab
lishment of the United States and call
ed the Coast Guard. There is now be
fore Congress a' bill to continue the
Coast Guard as a branch of the U. S
Navy. When the world was at peace
the Surfman patrolled every inch of
the country's coast on the lookout for
ships in distress. In uncertain times
of war and rumors of war the Coast
Guard patrols every inch of the coast,
not only to sight vessels in distress
but to detect and report by phone and
wireless the appearance of enemy or
suspicious craft.
Elsworth P. Bertholf, Commodore
Commandant, United States Coast
Guard; Oliver P. Maxam, former Ass
istant General Superintendent, United
States Life Saving Service; Congress
man E. E. Holland of Virginia; and
Congressman John H. Small of North
Carolina were among the prominent
men scheduled to be here during the
convention, but neither of the two con
gressmen found it convenient to be
present. Commodore Bertholf any
former Assistant Superinte orient Max
am attended, and took an active partic
ipation in the deliberations of the con-x
vention. Maxam Is particularly pop
ular with the surfmen. He is a big,
broad-shouldered Jew and has a way
of getting at the bottom . of affairs
without waste of time and hot air, that,
coupled with his ' former high position
in the service, made him an important
figure in the doings of the convention.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Whereas, Perkin's Chapel Sunday
School has suffered a bereavement and
great loss in the death of Brother
Fleetwood P. Snowden, who was for
several years our faithful and efficient
secretary, we desire to pay tribute to
his faithful services as a worker in our
Sunday School.
Resolved (1) That we publicly ex
press the keen sense of our loss in his
removal from a life of usefulness.
(2) That we express also our hearty
appreciation of his labors with us, and
that we shall miss his radiant face and
kindly advice.
(3) That we bow in humble sub
mission to the will of Him "Who doeth
all things well" and that we do extend
to the bereaved, family our heartfelt
sympathy for the vacancy in their lives
and affections, and pray that Heaven't"
richest blessings and consolation be
given to them.
(4) That a copy of these resolutions
be presented to the family, a copy re
corded on the minutes of our' Sunday
School and a copy sent to the North
Carolina Christian Advocate and The
Independent for publication.
E. W. ADDISON, Supt., 1
G. C. BOSWOOD, Secty.
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SIBLEY'S SUPERB SI
. Elizabeth City, June
30
Julv5
Playing all Next Week
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Trained Wild Animal Circus
BIG ATHLETIC ARENA
Motordrome Monkey Speedway
Museum of Freaks and Novelties
Baby Show Monkey Boy
Old Plantation, the South Before the War
The Whip Ferris Wheel Merry-go-Round
Many other attractions, including
...
free open air outdoor spectacles and
continuous music by Brass Band.
Dorffr Mks Sibley5
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