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Souvenir Memorial Edition Commemorating the First English Settlements in America
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1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 _________
^ \;>. SO ? Total No. 264 t,uMlshe<1 Kt"r> "ay in^ndenr Pubi.hin, Co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. c., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1937 w. o.. SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS
European
powers In
Division
-ma!! Hope Seen For
Non-intervention
Committee .
Achate Charges
Mj,|- and Leftists Line
( l> In Stormy Mcn't
iiui al London
1. July 9.?(U.R)? Bitter
, n leftist and Fascist
. accusing the other
meddling m the Spanish civil
vr.ig : ciashed the last slen
: salvaging the interna
t:a. non-intervention program.
alarmed by the prospect
r.. v dictatorships of three
her iioir.iers. threatened to i
?.t iicr southern Pyrenees bor- I
open permitting arms and
munition to move to Spanish
unless a system of neu
. is retained,
sec Little Chance
...?: appeared slight chance,
nut; angry charges and
r-churees of today's "full
-ession of the 27 nations
:i-intervention commit
that any general agreement
1. reached.
committee adjourned at
u. ::i without a faint glim
ot a solution. leaving it to
.:. discretion" to convene
next session.
::r..iny . :ici Italy, adamant in
: fu.-al to consent to an An
F: rich scheme of naval pa
arounti Spanish scacoasts.
Continued on Page Three)
Franco Sends
!i)0 Planes To
* milnit Attack
ali-l? \rr Near His Base
In Ri ?*?!<? ?>! Offensive
of llie Year
niicive Franco-Spanish
iher. July 9.?<U.R>?Insur
e-nts tonight sent 100 war
:o 'he Madrid front with
rs mash a drive of 50.000
tlx :rocps. massed in the big
. '.eminent offensive of the
-old civil war.
sky fleet, withdrawn from
northern Basque front, was
? 'i to the Madrid war zone
Loyalists?attempting
ireak the Rebels' 10-month J
?n.< .old on the capital?-seiz
s'rah iic town of Quijorna. j
?early loo other planes re- :
- ined on the northern front
hiv.e on Santander and
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eic Reservoir To Be
instructed At
ill-Tie Id
"?on of a raw-water
1 100.000 gallons capa- .
at the well-field plant
?' Utilities, will be be
according to Super
?' J C Parker. The reser- |
reinforced concrete :
'ion. 30 by 50 feet in di- |
10 feet in depth, and
out a month to corn
well will also be sunk
''?oi: 'i'h the reservoir. 1
?"?> f'ion of the reser- '
with the develop- j
' .'v's new water sup
c-'signed to increase j
.'fid flexibility of the
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rung worship
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peoples leagues
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Sack-Stage Setting for "The Lost Colony," Now Playing at Fort Raleigh
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FEFE is the Pis' published photograph of the elabo'aie back-stag o sett In? for Paul Green's gorgeous pageant-drama. "The Lost Col
ony." Note the . plit-lo? palisade in the background. In the c nter is a :ection of the chapel. flanked on either hand by log cabins with
their thatched roofs, in which many episodes are enacted. The set was designed by and constructed under the supervision of Albert Q.
Ee 1. uperviror of the Fort Raleigh W. P. A. restoration project. In the foreground is the famous Westminster Choir, of Princeton,
N. J., whose harmony plays an important part n the g.cat symphony. 'Photo by Wootten-Moulton.)
[ A Realistic Band of Make-Believe Indians J
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ALL who witness the presentation of "The Lo.ct Co.ony" at old Fort Raleigh marvel at tire realism of j
he opening cene in which the Indians are depicttd in the celebration of their Corn Festival. "Are '
:hey real Indians?" one asks. Not at all: they are white youths, mostly recruited from tIre C. C. C.
:amp cn Roanoke I land, many of whose bronzed ocdies require no make-up. Fred Howard, who ap
pears squatting in the center, gives a thrilling exhibition of interpretative dancing in the role of
Uppowoc. the Med cin; Man. 'Photo by Wooiten-Moulton.)
Believe Woman Wanted
To Kill Herself
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Police Pick Uji \\ 0111
un Talking of Suicide
Oil Dock Here
Local police are of the opinion
j that they at least delayed a sui
I cirie last night when they picked
up Mrs. Hester Snell at the foot
of Burgess s.reet ana took her
home, for it is pretty certain that
Mrs. Snell was on th/? verge of
casting herself into the Pasquo
1 tank river.
Mrs. Snell. who is from Ply
mouth and is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Wm. P. McCabe on East
Broad street, walked down to the
foot of Burgess street around 9:30
o'clock last night and sat down on
the edge of the dock with her
I c A M nrr??/\ tnnfnU
luLc ill uci iiaiiua. watui
man saw her there and reported
to Sam Williams, a Norfolk South
ern Railroad employe who was
working nearby.
Williams tried to talk to the
woman, but she told him to go
away and leave her alone. She
was mumbling something about
killing herself, Williams said la
ter.
About that time/ the police pa
trol wagon rolled up and Officers
Baum and Basnight got out and
walked to where the woman was
sitting. Who had called them could
not be learned. Anyhow, they took
(Continued on page Ave)
Return From A
Holiday In
J
Greece
Mr. a u d Mrs. Nick
Paulos Crossed Kii
ropo Oil Return Trip
Nick Paulos is back at tne Cen
tral cafe after a visit of more than
three months duration which he
and Mrs. Paulos made to his old
home in Greece.
Both had a delightful trip, leav
ing New York on the Italian liner
Saturnia and stopping at the
Azores. Lisbon. GiDraitar. Algeria, i
Palermo and Naple en route to
Athens, taking advantage of every!
port of call to make chore trip.;.1
Prom Athens an 18-hour boat trip
took them to Mr. Paulos" home
village of Keramies on the island
pf Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea.
between Greece and Italy, where ;
they spent two months visiting his
orother and si ter.
Thsy report being well enter- j
tained on the island where olive!
and grape culture are among the I
major Industrie , and attended i
many picnics where whole roast'
lamb was among the principal |
!
'Continued on Pace Three>
Hog Calier Wi Take Iler
Art To The Riviera
New York. July 9.?'U.R)?Miss ( ;
Jackie Gateiy. 17-year-old chorus
girl, gargled furiously tonight, I
making a sort of blub-blub-blub
no.'.;e in her pretty throat, and '
then announced she was ready to ]
carry the art of hog-calling to
the Riviera. ;
"Eeeee . . .Eeeee. . . .Oocoo. . . 1
Eeeee," intoned Miss Gateiy. and ]
the weird sound went floating out ;
the window and across New York I
City.
Miss Gateiy. and the weird ]
sound went floating out the win- ]
dow and across New York City.
"Hush your mouth," yelled her !
pi ess agent, "don't you know
there's a packing house two
blocks away?"
"So sorry" Miss Gately said.
'I just wanted to show the re
porter I can really cails hogs."
Miss Gately is a brunette, very
shapely, and given to wearing
brief dancing costumes. It is a
puzzle to figure out why she
should have to call hogs or any
thing else; one look at her -and
you would they would come run
ning of their own accord. It is a
miracle that pig-iron doesn't melt
(Continued on Page Three)
Orders (?o Out
To 5 More
Stations
Lasl Batch of Decom
missioning Orders Is
Mailed Out: July 16
Is Deadline
Orders for the decommissioning j
of five more active Coast Guard i
; stations on the North Carolina and
i Virginia coasts in the Seventh I
Coast Guard district were mailed
out from district headquarters !
here yesterday.
When these stations go out of
I commission on Friday. July 16,
! there will be only 19 stations left
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Cuthrells Are
Developing
Beach
Have Ambitious Plans
for Camden Resort
Before Next Summer
A cool and potentially popular
beach resort is in the making on
the south side of the Pasquotank
river about seven miles below Eliz
abeth City, where the Brothers
Cuthrell. three in number, have
ambitious plans for the develop
ment of Texaco Beach.
The Cuthrells already have sev
eral attractions at their resort, not
the least of which is a cool breeze
that blows from the river even on
the hottest days. Another is a
spacious grass lawn on the river
shore, a large spreading oak. a
huge brick oven and benches, all
of which combine to make the
place ideal for picnics, fish frys,
wiener roasts and such.
Then there's the baseball park,
which is one of the finest in
Northeastern North Carolina. And
now the Cuthrells are building a
boxing platform and ring and are
going to see if outdoor fights will
prove popular.
Then there's the dance hall,
where there is dancing almost
nightly and sponsored dances each !
week.
The bathing beach is one prob
lem now worrying the Cuthrells.
The river is clean and the bottom
is good at that point, but there is
a long shoal extending far out in
to the river w hich makes it nec
essary for bathers to go some dis- I
tance in order to reach deep wa- |
ter. However, it is ideal for kid
dies. r
Plans already are being formu- 1
lated to remedy the baching sit
uation. Next March, if nothing
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<l/he?ANK CLERK THE SODA JCOKE.I} .
WHY "W. 0." ABANDONED HIS STREET PAJAMAS
"This week has sure furnished
idea weather for men who favor
pajamas for street wear in hot
weather." said the Soda Jerker,
"and I am wondering why W. O.
Saunders, who started the idea in
| 1929, hasn't carried on with it?"
"I suppose the answer to that
I is." replied the Bank Clerk, "that
I 'W. O.' just tired of going it alone
! and went back to formal wear be
I cause it was the easiest, if not the
; most comfortable, way."
'But he stirred up a lot of fol
lowers after staging that walk
down Fifth Avenue in the sum
mer of '29. and you would think
| that a lot of men would have
I gone in for a thing that was so
sensible," said the Soda Jerker.
"You have to blame the paja
; ma manufacturers who failed to
i avail themselves of an opportuni
ty to expand their business ten
j fold in -a season.
"It was like this: thousands of
j men who wanted to follow 'W. O.'
j went to -their men's stores and
looked at the stocks of pajamas
I available: they could buy nothing
with any semblance of tailoring
and most of the patterns were too
loud or ludicrous to be worn in
public. You see. the men's fash
ion magazine. Esquire, with its
goshaful color combinations
hadn't come into being.
"And the pa.iama manufactur
ers did nothing about it because
the clothing dealers all over
America who carried their paja
mas, were scared stiff and threat
ened to boycott the first manu
facturer who advertised pajamas
for street wear. And so men didn't
take to pajamas for street wear
because they just couldn't buy
pajamas fit for street wear."
"Well, that's -an eye-opener for
me," said the Soda Jerker; "but
I had always heard that 'W. O.'
abandoned pajamas for an en
tirely different reason."
"And what was that?" inquired
the Bank Clerk.
"Well, I was told on pretty good
authority that when he walked
into the grill of one of the leading
hotels in Atlanta, in his pajamas,
the check girl gave one startled
look at him and yelled, "Bless my
soul, if her doesn't come grand
pa walking in his sleep!"
Lexington
Will Join
In Search
Big Aircraft Carrier
Expected at the
Scene Today
Honoltulu, T. H., July 9.?(U.R)
The search for Amelia Earhart
reached the "zero hour" tonight
as U. S. Navy warplanes massing
for the greatest sea hunt in his
tory prepared to sweep the vast
stretch of desolate waters south
?of Howland Island in a search
that is expected to determine
within the next three days wheth
er the flier and her navigator still
are alive.
Navy officials here now in full
charge of the week-old sea-hunt,
are convinced Miss Earhart was
forced down in the uninhabited
Phoenix Islands, several hundred
miles short of' her goal.
The battleship Colorado, in the
vanguard of the Navy's search,
combed the area immediately,
south of Howland with three
swift seaplanes today, covering
66.000 square miles of water with
out finding -a trace of Miss Ear
hart or her navigator, Capt. Fred
Noonan.
Driving south through scatter
ed squalls, the big aircraft carrier
Lexington, fastest warship in the
Pacific fleet, was heading a con
voy of four destroyers and carry
ing on her decks 72 long-range
seaplanes. They are due in the
(Continued on Page Three)
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Mrs. Sedberry Dies
At Home Here
Mrs. Louisa Marland Love Sed
berry, widow of Henry O. Sed
berry. died at her home at 411
South Road Street Friday after
noon at five o'clock.
Mrs. Sedberry was born in Fay
ette ville April 2, 1851. She was a
charter member of the Woman's
church of North Carolina, and a
member of the North Carolina
church of Fayetteville, and of the
First Methodist church of Eliza
beth City.
She was the mother of nine
children, five of whom survive:
Mrs. Guy Lee Hammond, of
Bridgeport. Conn.: H. B. Sedberry
of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Elmo H.
Cannon of Hertford. H. M. Sed
berry of Charlotte and Mrs. R. 1
E. Nelms of Raleigh. She is also
survived by three grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
from Twiford funeral home at '
8:30 Saturday night, and burial 1
will be at 2.30 Sunday afternoon '
in Fayetteville. 1
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The Forerunner
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THIS *ormer ?liza-j?;,:i City girl. I
Mrs. Alexander Maui; . plays an j
important though unobstrusive
part in the spectacular production
of Paul Green's dramatic triumph,
"The Lest Colony." The backbone
of that drama is composed of lo
cal people from whom more than
90 per cent of the great cast is
drawn. To Mrs. Mathis, supervisor
of the Federal Theatre project on
Roanoke Island, and director of
the island's Elizabethan Players,
Mr. Green was indebted for the
fact that a notable group of young
people on Roanoke Island had re
ceived an intensive training in
stagecraft and dramatic art that
enabled them to step confidently
into important roles of what prom
ises to be an immortal drama. Mrs. ,
Mathis is associate director of
"The Lost Colony" production
and to her fell most of the work
of its casting. Frisby photo.
Hickey Williams
Wronged by
Dare ABC Board
i
Edgar ?"Hickey" Williams, for
mer proprietor of one of Elizabeth i
City's most popular pre-repeal
oases, and in recent years one of
Dare county's most assiduous re
freshment dispensers, last night
charged the Dare county ABC
board with unjust discrimination,
combination in restraint of trade
and with being blind to its own
best interests.
According to Hickey notice has
been served on him that his daily
purchases from the Nags Head
ABC store will be limited to a
paltry 24 pints, a reflection upon * j
his ability as a re-salesman which (
cuts Hickey to the quick. No such j (
limitation has been placed upon j (
rival bootleggers, says Hickey, |
who hints that he anticipates no i'{
falling off in his own sales vol- ,
ume, and that, if the Dare board
doesn't care to supply him, it will
be the board that will be the los- ,
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County Tax Rate Will Be
Cut, Says Pritchard
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County Auditor Says
Reduction of 15 Cents
or More Very Likely
Despite the burden of social
security payments, Pasquotank
county's 1937 tax rate is likely to
be at least 15 cents le;s than the (
1936 rate, it was disclosed yester- ,
day by County Auditor C. C. |,
Pritchard, who is preparing the j,
budget estimate on which the tax |,
levy will be ba ed. The present | J
tax rate is $1.20 per $100 valu- ,
ation, and Auditor Pritchard is of J
the opinion that the new rate will ,
be as low as $1.05. and possibly as ,
low as $1.00.
"But how can this be done in J
view of the expense of the social
security program, the proposed .
district health program and other
new expenses?" he was asked.
The principal contributing fac- j
tor to the lower levy, he pointed
out, is a cash balance of around
$54,000 at the cloce of the 1936-37 <
fiscal year. The cash balance at i
1
(Continued on Page Three) ]
When To See
"The Lost Colony"
Here is the schedule for the
performances of "The Lost Col
ony," Paul Green's pageant
drama. which is being present
ed in connection with the Ro
anoke Island celebration this
ind next month, as it was an
nounced today.
The pageant is to be present
ed each Friday, Saturday and |
Sunday night at 8:15 o'clock
during July; and nightly on the
following special days: Wednes
day, July 14. VV. P. A. Day;
Thursday, July 15, Dare Coun
ty Day; Tuesday, July 20, C.
C. C. Day; Wednesday, July 21,
Virginia Day; Thursday, July
22, North Carolina Day; Tues
day, July 27, American Legion
Day; Wednesday, July 28, Avi
ation Day; Thursday, July 29,
National Park Service Day.
Nightly performances are
scheduled during the month of :
August.
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U. S. Employes Must
Not Strike, Warns
President Roosevelt
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Collective Bargaining
Is Not for Govern
ment Workers
May Join Union
But Both Lewis and Green
Are Notified Walk-outs
Are Not Tolerated
Washington, Juiy 9. ?<U.R)?
President Roosevelt ruled today
that collective-bargaining privi
leges afforded under the Wagner
labor relations act could not be
extended to the federal govern
ment's 800,000 non-military em
ployes. At the same time he warn
ed the American Federation of
Labor and the Committee for In
dustrial Organization that the
administration would not toler
ate strikes conducted by the un
ions of government workers affili
ated with the rival groups.
At Press Conference
He told reporters at his bi
weekly press conference that the
nation's official employes could
join any union they want but that
they could not strike nor could
any union be recognized as an ex
clusive bargaining agent. Such
privileges are specifically afforded
all other groups under the recent
ly validated Wagner law.
Both the A. F. of L. and the C.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Not Perturbed
By Criticism
Answers Fish's Charges of
Tax Reduction; Other
Investigations
Hyde Park, N. Y., July 9.?<U.R>
?Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in
dicated tonight that she was not
perturbed by criticism from Rep.
Hamilton Fish, R? N.Y., that she
used a "smart little scheme" to
avoid tax payments.
Discussing Fish's testimony be
fore the joint tax congressional
investigating committee in Wash
ington today, Mrs. Roosevelt
pointed out that if congress con
siders that she utilized a loophole
in the revenue law, and plugs this
loophole, she will abide by the law.
Fish contended that by making
a contract with the Shelby Shoe
Co., in 1935 under which the $3,
000 she was paid after each broad
cast was sent directly to the Am
erican Friends service committee,
a charitable organization of Phila
delphia. the first lady reduced her
tax burden.
If such a contract is made im
possible in the future, Mrs. Roosc
relt said, she will have to do more
work in order that the Friends ser
vice committee will have adequate
money to finance charities in
which she is interested.
Flinging angry charges that the
tax inquiry was an "inquisition"
and was making "targets" of
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Pageant-Drama at
Its Very Best
Last Nighi
Manteo, July 9.?Several hun
dred people formed the audience
which tonight saw the presenta
tion of' the symphonic drama,
The Lost Colony" go off in
.splendid fashion, and it is ex
pected that the Saturday and
Sunday performances will drawr
even larger crowds. The clear
weather and starry sky enhanced
the beauty of the natural setting
and the performers improve in
technique at each presentation.
All talk to dissentions in the
ranks of local members of the
cast has proved to be without
foundation, and full coopera
tion is being rendered by all.
There is no form of nerve dis
order that may not be caused or
aggravated by eye strain. For a
thorough eye examination see
DRS. J. D. HATHAWAY. (adv.)