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THE KING OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP Way up in the heart of the Great! Dismal Swamp, SO miles from Eliza beth City, I discovered another one of those folks who are different and who help to make life less monoton oas. His name is George Dyer and; he is neither white man nor negro, bat a strange combination of both plus the wit and cunning of an oriental. There ia a ditch about three miles long from the Dismal Swamp Canal at Wallaceton to Lake Drummond in Diamal Swamp. This ditch is known as the- feeder ditch and carries the water* of Lake Drummond to the Dismal Swamp Canal. It is from Lake Drummond that this lock canal gets it water. There ia a dam in the feeder ditch controlling the floow of water to the.canal. George Dyer has charge of this dam and his business is to watch the water in the canal and keep it at a prescribed height He looks after the sluice gates at the dam and see that just so much water passes thru those gates as needed. Besides this service for the Lake Drummond Canal & Water Co., George is fire warden for Arbuckle Bros, who have 3,000 acres of timber nearby from which they get the lum ber incidental to the manufacture of their daily requirement of 8,000 su gar barrels. On the side, ueorge is the sole guide for tourists to the Greet Dismal and runs a unique hotel there in the heart of the swamp on an elevation made from the excavations from the feeder ditch. It is as a guide and caterer to tourists that George excels and it is a queer collection of tour ists he gets. They come from all parts of the world. Just last Sunday, May 28, they were registered from Washington, from New York, from Pittsburgh, from Norfolk, from Eliza eth City, from New London, Conn., and Pea body, Mass. Many of these tourists are scientists and naturalists who come to study the flora and fauna of the great swamp. George would tell you that " they just piddle around and look for bugs and birds and worms and snakes; some of 'em go in for leaves and herbs and toad stools and things like that; they seem to know a lot about such things but ain't got much sense about anything else. 4 To accommodate visitors and tour ists George has a small shelter for pic nie parties and two small shacks, neither of which is larger than the cook house of a log cabin. One of these hhs three bunks built to the wall and a cook stove. It is called the "Hotel de Gink." The other is name Jess. The two shanties do not begin to accommodate the overnight visi tors and George turns the lower floor of his house over to his white guests. When shanties and the spare rooms in his houses are filled to overflowing, George sleeps the overflow up the trees, swinging hammocks between trees on the edge of his clearing. A tarpaulin goes over the hammocks to keep out the rain. A dozen ham mocks were occupied in this way last Saturday night following a rainfall that registered an inch and a half of of water in an hour and a half. People who go to the Great Dismal Swamp to behold the greatest morass in the world would hardly be content with accommodations that did not discom mode them. They brave the abode of the deadly moccasin snake, the vicious black bear, the wild cat and malaria and would feel that they were cheated if they were not treated rough. And George let's 'em rough it, charging only moderate rates for such accommodations as he provides, ml"o a F'"? a uuuor a ox me use oi a sk.ni. George Dyer is s native of Eliza beth City, or reckons he is. He was foand on the steps of the Pasquotank Count jail sixty-five years ago and to all appearances was the abandoned child of white parents. There was much speculation as to who his par ents were and several prominent citi zens were gossiped about. George was adoptted by James B. Dyer and wife who lived on the corner of Main and Dyer Sts., on the very property now occupied by the residence of W. J. Woodley. James B. Dyer was a tailor. He named the foundling George Quinton Trotman Pappendick Dyer and George carried that name until he was old enough to register and vote. He registred the full name on the registration books in his pre cinct in 18T8 and dropped all of it except the George and the Dyer after that. George says he doesn't know to this day who his parents were, but that he lived as a white child until 12 years old before the negro blood in him made itself ao manifest that he had to take the negro classification. But this big interesting fact In his Hfe doesn't seem to have bothered him k bit and be has lived joyfully and on friendly terms with both races. * I asked the Postmaster at Wallace tan to tell me something about George Dyer. "Be is a colored man, Vut he's all right," said the' Postmaster; "He is what you might call a white U'j . . ?? ... . nigger." I asked another prominent man at Wajlaeeton about him. "I don't know Just what to tell you," he said, "except that George is one-half white man, one-half negro and one-half In dian ; I think it tskes just about three halves to classify him; he is more than a third of any one of the three." George is particularly interesting to his neighbors because of his remark able martial record. He is said to have been married seventeen times and to have been the father of 97 children. George himself can't tell you how many times he has been married or how many children he has had. Several of his former wives are dead; some of them and their children are still living in Elisabeth City. Nine years ago when he went to the heart of the Dismal Swamp he married and took with him a bright and industrious little black woman who keeps his house in wonderful order and looks after tourists and visitors while George is about his other work. She has borne him five children and is happy with him there in the heart of the swamp where there are no other woipen to vamp her mate. And George himself declares that Janie, his pres ent spouse is the best woman he has married yet. She keeps his house, she keeps his books, she looks after the tourists, attends the sluice gates at the dam when George is away, works the garden and fishes the ditch. And in the winter when there is no garden to work Janie takes her rifle and goes into the great swamp after game. "She has a tread like a panther and can travel through the swamp all day without cracking a twig," declares George. Some day I am going to take a day off and visit George and Janie; I'm sure they'll keep me entertained and that I will bring back something of interest to my readers.?W. O. S. in the Elizabeth -City Independent. <1 DEATH FROM SNAKE BITES RARE IN U. S. Although the average mortality from America venomous snakes in a little more than 10 per cent of the persons bitten, death ' from snake bites it quite rare, according to the Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture, because relatively few persons encounter or are bitten by the dangerous species. The most venomous of our native snakes live in lonely, little-settled dis tricts, often on stony or swampy land that can not be cultivated. Usually they disappear at the approach of man and while they make strike if provok ed, the popular belief in respect to the distance they can strike is erroneous. Three-fourth of their own length is about the greatest distance possible. If the legs are well protected when one is going into deep woods or places known to be infested by rattlers er other poisonous snakes, there is slight chance of being bitten. As the food of snakes consists of living prey, they cannot be killed by poisoned baits. The only method thus far devised to kill them seems to be clubbing or shooting. This is best done in early spring, when they are still sluggish after the Winter hibernation. Allowing hogs free run of infested land may reduce the number of snakes. However, the popular idea that hoga are immune to snake bite is probably based on the impenetrability by the venomous fangs of their thick skin and fat layer rather than on actual immunity of these animals. The varieties most commonly found in this country are the Elapidae, or Harlequin snakes, and the Crotalidae, or "pit vipers," which include rattle snakes, cotton-mouth water mocca sins, and copperheads. 0 CHRISTIAN HARBOR NEWS There will be preaching at Chris tian Harbor church next Sunday morning. ? On account of the rain, the Sun beams did not hold their regular meet ing last Sunday. Miss Maggie Holloman is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. T. Coleson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Blythe, and Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Hoggard spent a few days last week in Norfolk, as the guests of friends and relatives. Mr. W. J. Holloman is confined to his home with illness. Mrs. Bettie Owens will spend the summer with relatives in our com munity. Mr. E. V. Grissome made a business trip to Ahoskie last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Askew were guests of Mrs. N. S. Hoggard last Sunday. Mrs. B. H. Ward was the guest of Mrs. E. V. Grissom Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Jennie Jernigan was the guest of Mrs. W. J. Holloman Friday after noon. ?n According to ? Gorman official doc ument published recently, the number of submarines lost by that govern ment during the war waa Iff, in cluding boats rank, interned and cap tared. PLEASED THE "MONET BAGS" European Capitalists Listened With Pleasure to Accounts of Reefce feller's Stupendous Wealth. * During iny ate/ la Condon I ac cepted an Invitation to have luncheon with Lord Hothachlld at t(| office. John Hays Hammond writes la Scribner't It had been my cnatom, extending over a period of many years, to drop In Informally and have luncheon with the Rothschilds once or twice during each of my frequent visits to London. On these occasions always the most Interesting topic of conversation was my estimate of the wealth of Rocke feller and other rich Americans. Lord Rothschild invariably introduced the subject and forewarned, I was ready to give him the desired thrill, tie would usually.start with some "piker" capitalist, whose wealth did not amount to more t{ian the paltry sum of *100,000,000, and then worked up by queries until he reached the Ameri can Croesus, John D. Rockefeller It would be an unpatriotic American who would belfttle the wealth of a com patriot at a time like this, and after having modestly admitted. In reply to Lord Rothschild's question, that Rocke feller was certainly worth *800,000, 000, assuming an air of ultra-conserva tism, 1 would allow him to extort what was to him a delectable fnct that Rock efeller was worth at least *750, .000,000; and when the money bugs around the table stared at me with an expression of pleased surprise, but not of doubt, I would In subdued tone convey to them the fact that In Informed financial circles of Amer ica the Rockefellers' wealth was esti mated at over *1,000,000,000 f The In ternationalism of the Rothschild fam ily, and the utter lack of^ envy. Is evidenced In the unmistakable pleas ure which characterised the reception of this titbit of high finance. , BIRDS STILL FAR SUPERIOR Man** "Conquest of tho Air" Seems to ?o Thing of tho For Die tant Futuro. Aviators fly 1,200 miles with two ?tops for fuel, and the world applauds the deed. Other aviators actually cross the Atlantic?at Its narrowest point, some 1,600 miles wide?and the fact stands still unrivaled by a heavier than-alr machine. But out on the Pacific, an albatross followed a steamer for six days and seven nights without allgfatlng. In this time, the ship traveled nearly 3. 000 miles, and the bird, with the cy clings, at least as far. Then, with the nearest land 1,000 miles away, the bird swallowed a greedy meal of food thrown over for It, turned abruptly, and disappeared. Human aviation la a long, long way from having achieved that measure of endurance. It will come?probably? but it Is not even In sight yet. In speed, the race between man and bird is close already, and victory In the end Is sure to go to the former. As for altitude, the airplane has out climbed even the condor. But In tho supreme test of endurance, of the abil ity to fly and fly and keep on flying, man is ridiculously Inferior. No Genius Without Pessimism. Schopenhauer, In bis doctrine of the futility of life, emphasises the fact that genius suffers more deeply and feels more Intensely lust because of lta ab normally developed will and intellect, and that, therefore, genius without pes simism. la unthinkable dther in the field of poetry or philosophy. The placing of Shakespeare and Buddha In juxtaposition la quite In line with the trend of moderh thought. Buddhism, like the Tagore cult, is at present In the forefront of interest, and it is safe to say that during the entire century preceding the war there waa less written and said on the subject of Buddhism than In the past year. The moat widely divergent Intellectual currents are being traced back to the Buddhistic source, and every new system of philosophy and all modern historical researches are built up on Buddhistic foundations.?Exchange. ? HI* Recovery Complete. The Figaro tall* of an English sailor named Mitchell who was a past master at the art of tasting whisky. In the war he was asphyxiated and lost his sense of smell and the use of speech. Deprived of his calling, he became a boxer. Now, in a certain l>ont in London Mitchell received a formida ble blow under his nose and anothet on his jaw. Ten seconds later lie was knocked out. - One of his attendants rushed some spirits to him. Then Mitchell miraculously recovered and declared, even before wetting his lips, "This stuff Is at least fifteen years old." Take* Sabbatical Yaar. In California county agricultural agents have the rank of assistant pro fessors in the state university and are entitled to all the rights and priv ileges of the resident teaching force. One county agent who has now served eight years In bis present po sition has been granted sabbatical leave, which he will spend In Glnrope studying rural co-operation. This Is the first time In the history of the work that such recognition has been given a county agent Girt, Fourteen, la Six Feet Tali. Kathleen Clarke, fourteen years old, and atx feet in height, la the tallest girl In England. Medical men declare the girl to be perfectly normal In ev ery respect and are of the opinio* that she will continue to grow natn aba hi aasaaUea er ilghtesn. ~ " ----- NOT EfOUOlH TO|NOW RULES Successful Author* Havo to h? Vary For gsyond That Stag* of til* Writing Ouna "A man," a* Id the Bchootmsstes, "may know all the rules of poetry and never writ% a poem; know all the role* of art and never paint a pie tore; know all the law* of harmony, thorough baa* and counterpoint and never write or alng a aong that touchee a man'* soul and start* him drifting on gay dreams or reverie* that ara sad. "The reason la that these people never progress farther than rulea. Knowing rule* la bat the beginning. Perhaps a man cannot writ* with out having learned certain rules, though that la debatable, but te write well, a man most bare, passed so far beyond rule* that he does not think of them. But pardon me tot speaking at such length on this subject. I was led to thinking of it by hearing so Oiuch talk of what la called 'neww paper English.' "Ton have all heard men and wom en say, and giving an upward tilt te the nose or brow, 'Oh, K Is news paper English I' Sometimes they say with a high air, "Oh, no. I do not write foig the newspapers. I contribute to. the magazines.' Why, bless your dear hearts, the best English today Is writ- ? tep for newspapers and much of the rotteuest written 1* found In books and magazines. There Is a wider and a deeper knowledge of the English language tn a newspaper office than In any other kind of office. "There are too many 'professors i of English' handing out hunk to a gullible public."?Boston Herald. WILL CLOSE HISTORIC ALLEY i London Pathway Which Figures in Pepys* Mary Gives Way to March of I mprovomenta. Pope's Head alley, a turning off Corn hill, a picture of which appeared In the Times on April 11, will shortly disappear. Lloyd's Bank la going to rebuild Its premises at the end of Lom bard street, between that street and Cornhlll, and to make this possible Pope's Head alley wlll^ bave to be closed and another thoroughfare con structed In its place, says the London Times. The alley, which dates hack to tbo days of Henry VI, and Is named after a noted tavern, la mentioned several times In the "Diary of Samuel Pepys." In his time the footway was famous tor Its cutters. Pepys reports that he went to Pope's Head ? and "bought an aggate halted knife, which cost me 5c." Another some one took him into the tavern and gave him wine, when they dis cussed affairs of state. "Bo home," writes P4>ys again, "on my way catl ing at Pope's Head alley and there bought me a pair of scissors and a brass square." In 1645 It Is recorded, wine was be ing sold at the tavern a* a penny a pint It was at the Pope's Head tav ern that Qulnn killed -Bowen, a fel low actor. In a duel. The first print sellers In London are said to have opened their shops In the alley. Depobitlen of Metals. It Is reported that there has beea devtsed abroad a new process for spraying metals onto surfaces of any kind. The metal to be sprayed forms one of the electrodes of an arc, and a blast of gas Impinges on tills eleo trode, directed, however, In such ? manner as not to play on the arc and extinguish It. The gas nsed for the blast la of g non-oxldlsing nature, and Its effect Is te carry away line particles of metal, which can thus be deposited on any kind of surface, forming a very thin skin. When polyphase currents are used, the electrodes may either be couv?^ gent or so placed as to cross the streams of gag. In one form of the apparatus the arc la started by means of the Instantane ous discharge from an auxiliary high tension circuit?Exchange. v Literal Eastern Potentate. Ttie heir to the Ottoman throne, Abdul Medjld, la something new tn the way of eastern potentate*. Ac cording to European papers his life In Constantinople 1* a model of de mocracy. The future Commander of the Faithful, who Is fifty years old, In tensely enjoys the liberty of which he was deprived for thirty years by Abdul Hamld. He Is said to divide his ac tivities between music, painting, and writing. His library Is stored with French books. His favorite writer Is Anatole France, his favorite composer Beethoven. Two Interesting signs df regeneration of the Ottoman empire are the facts that Abdul Medjld can be approached without oriental cere mony and that he has suppressed the harem of the palace. Largest Crystal. Some time ago there was found what was thought to be the largest of all crystals?a piece of spodumene 29 feet In length. Later, however. Professor Montgomery of Toronto announced that he had measured In the Etta tin mine In the Black MUs a crystal of that mineral which was no less than 88 feet six Inches in length and 82 Inches In thlcknesa It was, he says, almost perfect In form. Spodumene Is jf grayish-white or pink mineral almost as bard as quart*. World's Pstrolswn Production. Petroleum production of the world during the past year amounted t* 7IW.080.000 barrels, an Increase of ft* MS cemt ovss ttft.wmna.2MB. ? Shoe Repairing By Parcel Post No matter where yon live yon can enjoy all the service of a modern, electrically equipped, shoe repairing plant. We can make your' old shoes look like new ones. Just mail them to us by Parcel Post, we will repair them and mail them back in one day. We do the work with factory machines and use only the best materials. Tickets for free shines will be sent a you?to use when ,you visit Norfolk. 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NOTICE The defendant above named will take notice, that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Hertford County, N. C., to obtain a divorce "A VIN CULO MATRIMONII" and the said defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear.before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Hertford County, at his office in Winton, N. C., on the 26th day of June, 1922, and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 22nd day of Moy, 1922. D. R. McGLOHON, Clerk of Superior Court. C. W. JONES, Attorney for Plaintiff. 6-28-4t. Notice of Re-Sale Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust, executed by P. L. Howard and wife Blanche V. Howard to W. W. Rogers, Trustee, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of Register of Deeds for Hertford County, in Book 68, Page 78, the undersigned Trustee, will offer for RESALE, to the hlggest bidder for cash, the following described property to-wit: The F. L. Howard home, located on the West end of Church Street for a better description, reference is here by made to Deed of TruA from the said Howard and wife to W. W. Rogers, Trustee, in Book and page as above stated. Place of Sale?In front of post office building, Ahoslde, N. C. Time of Sale?June 10th, 1022, between the hours of 11:00 A. M. and 2:00 P. M. Terms of Sale:?Cash. This 24th day of May, 1022. W. W. ROGERS, Trustee. 6-26-2t. AH kind* of Commercial Printing neatly and promptly done at the HERALD office. DO IT NOW?SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD?SIJSO pmr ymt Magnolia i /mBalm ^ eaB liquid ^MTT\\ Face and ToiUt WJ J POWDER L . Brines instant, aar IV. "~l . _ - ' ? ?ral bejuty to fact, ?! ptiToJ&u 111 4 v^.4*Wv lwmovw eruptip, II freckles, sunbutn, t ^ 'VIJTTKZ' ? tan*to^incinf.tait I v' I ^ I i-1 j Crunette 1 !!) "?LaS5Sr ' . Whito Pink MJM T*5S2^ i Rcaa-RW ' t22ilg??0- Hflk BEST for 7J 1' y e a r t ? a v hosutl ,VO,,ri*t,,*" Soldtr- wllk. '&?? ' LYONMFC. erf. or &? 42 So. Fifth St. rcct from BROOW.W. tniininiinimnmiiniinHBi ..t V'-f ^ ? Notica of Sola Uiidar Daad of Trett By virtue of the power and author ity given in a certain deed of trust executed by D. M. Maggett and wife, Sylvania Maggett, January 7, 1920, and recorded in Book 68, page 168, office Register of Deeds for Hertford county, the following property will be sold at public auction. 1. That tract of land in Murfrees- I boro Township, bounded on the . north by the lands known as the Deans or Bridger land; on tile east by the lands of Moses Porter, deceased, and Pote^aai Creek; on the south by the land of D. M. Maggett and H. V. Parker, and gn the west by the lands of Ike Wiggins; containing 161 1-6 acres, mote or leas. | 2. That tract of land in Murfrees boro Township, adjoining the lands ' of Virginia Bridger, H. V. Parker and others, bounded by the lands of said Virginia Brider, the Wiggins land, tract number 1 above deaeribad, H. V. Parker and others, containing 19 one-fourth acres, more or leas. ' Time of sale?June 16,1922, at 12 o'clock m. Place of sale?Court house door ia Winton, N. C. Terms of sale?Cash. This 18th day of May, 1922. | 5-19-41. W. D. BOONE, Trustee.
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