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VOL. XI ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919 NO 548 SUNDAY, HOUN' DOGS AND PROHIBITION THIS TOEK State Wide Dog Law Passess the House, But House Doesn't Want Special Enforcement of Prohibi tion Laws. Saunders Sizes up Sunday. , HE SAUNDERS 5 COUNTIES TO BUILD MILLION DOLLAR ROAD GOOD ROAD BILL BY W. O. SAUNDERS choirs of heaven quit singing and God Billy Sunday, hOUnd dOgS and jieft off the work of making new worlds, prohibition have been the Chief; He assures you that God almighty Concern Of the members Of the ledover to the parapets of heaven . and on his hands and knees looked down General Assembly this week.jon earth and hollered out, "Heiio bui, Sunday had the Stage Monday ! is that you?" Whereupon Sunday says night, the dogs had their day inihe hollered back, -Yes. God, this is me." , , j -l. x , 'This so tickled God that he stuck his the House Tuesday and a heated ) hand down reaching all the way from discussion Of a bill tO Create the Heaven to somewhere in Chicago, and office of State Marshall to. en-, lull-c i"luluul"uu v ibatim; giving his own" version of his cupied most of the time of the conversion as he gave it in the auditbrr House Wednesday. Jjm of the city of Raleigh Monday night. -'! This is the kind of God Mr. Sunday rep The House voted down the bill to resents. He calls this God "Johnny on create special machinery for the en-fthe spot." . Again I qu6te his own lan forcement of prohibition laws and will guage- leave me eiU.v""- w mo w . hands of Federal revenue officers, sher iffs of counties and municipal police as it is now. It was brought out in the discussion of the measure "Wednesday that North Carolina is notoriously the, worst of - fotilii- r.f i-i-nfiihitivn ' laws Ctt all the states in the union. There were 1467 iii;;t ctilla AoK-rnvti hv Internal Rev- . enue officers in all the states of the union in 1918. Of this number 746, or .more than half, were destroyed in North Carolina. Your Representative supported the Marshal Bill, believing that the present machinery is sufficient to make pro- hibition effective in North Carolina. The Ray Dog Bill passed the House. with a whoop Tuesday. The house was in an ugly mood and the dog stood little show. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, levies a tax of $1 a head on all dogs other than female dogs and pro- . vides indemnity for persons whose sheep or other live stock is destroyed by prowling dogs. The commissioners of counties are authorized to pay the damage out of the moneys derived from the dog tax. The commissioners may take action against the owner of the offending dog,to recover. But ; the sheep owner gets his indemnity whether the nwnpr nf thp rloe- is insolvent Or not: and gets his indemnity whether the own ership of the offending dog is deter- ; nd they make a great show of worship mined. The-bill provides that owners ping the old gods. They fear ; to do any of dogs shall keep their dogs confined thing out of the ordinary, lest they alien at night, no dog permitted to run at ate the votes of the reactionary consti- large at night accompanied by the own-' tuents. It is well perhaps that my bill, er- or other responsible person. Dogs as amended, was killed. If North Caro caught in the act of attacking or de- ijna is to retain capital punishment, let stroying domestic animals may be shot on the spot, no action to hold against the person who kills the offending dog. for its total abolition later on. SUNDAY AT CLOSE RANGE ! Local Matters Your Representative had heard Billy Your Representative received peii Sunday previously, but it was not until tions this week to increase the salar- Monday night that he got a close-up view of "the world's most spectacular ; evangelist. I am compelled to say that : in Billy Sunday's case distance lends ' enchantment to the view. One gets an everlasting impression of hisenergy and force watching him from the rear of one ' of his tabernacles seating sixteen to salary at the hands of the last General twenty thousand people. At such a , Assembly. The Clerk of the Court did range one may marvel at the ability of not get an increase at that time be a man who holds and sways such a cause he was then on a fee system. He throng. But when one gets right up cIoss'row goes on a straight salary basis of to Rev. Wm. A. Sunday and studies him $i,800a. year and that is hardly enough, intently one gets some other impress- HjS is the most important office in the ions. I am nearly convinced that Sun- 1 county and he can not support himself day is the cleverest lunatic alive. His'an(i Dav clerk hire out of $1,800 a vear. -1 intiVa r-o fnroim tr tha T-oa1m nf e-ari w ' - ity. His tricks are the old tricks of the salary of the Clerk, of the Superior patent medicine vender and his meet- Court to $2,400. The Highway Com ings are conducted after the fashion of mission, I understand, is going to pay public demonstrations made by the ven- the County Auditor, Air. Carmine $400 ders of quack nostrums. . on the side for his services to that The patent medicine faker employs body. With his .present salary that ad a minstrel to humor and entertain the ditiorial compensation should take care crowd with jokes and songs until reason of him. The sheriff of the county al has been relegated to a point remote ready gets more than he is worth. The from the flaring lights of the platform. Register of Deeds, by some queer twist When the audience is in its happiest of the law," also holds the office of Jus and most thoughtless frame .of mind the tice of the Peace and does a land of quack himself jumps the platform and fice business irfarrying couples who ob rattles off a line of talk at a 250 word tain license at his office. His revenue a minute gait. The audience marvels from this encroachment upon the pre- at the aflibness of the talker and hangs , spell bound upon his Niagara of words. The vender always has a plausible line of talk and he never- fails to unload his fake nostrums at a dollar a bottle. He l often ropes in the most substantial and most tight-fisted citizens in the crowd. Billy Sunday has a man named Rode- Iheaver, a baritone, soloist and trom- oonist, ana a man named Brewster, a icuur soioist ana pianist, who supply the free entertainment and catch the In terest and good will of the cfowd. Rode heaver is a master spreader of the bo vine manure. He knows how to jolly and entertain a crowd as no other show man I have ever seen. And Sunday does the rest. But he puts the old time quack shame. He doesn't sell the crowd somtthing for its belly ache, back ache, if iiTnd corne- That were a bungle- rMJ,-.;, anticipated scheme. He makes i them believe their hearts and souls are out of order and he S3Us .em a thing electric light company, the water com .'which he calls old time religion. It bears j Dany and sewerare company. But about as much resemblance to religion as a bottle of colored water bears re semblance to a home made mustard plaster; but Sunday gets away with it because he has the crowds, the music and the backing off all pious frauds in every communitv in nrv.is.vi v. - inousands are convinced that Hell Fire Bill has the only reliable evanglical dope because Bill 'himself swears that - - VV.H.( when he was called to preach hat the said "Here's my hand old top; put her am quoting Billy Sunday ver And yet he goes about the country i pulling this sort of stuff and is acclaimed j howling success and the world's great est preacher. Why does he thrive? I'll tell you; he thrives because humanity desires entertainment and will pay for it even at a sacrifice of its highest ideals f rellSlon Rev. Wm. A. Sunday has the greatest show- on earth. Sunday makes a caricature of God Almighty; he knows as much about the religion of JesUs christ as a hS knows about Heaven; he is a screaming, howling dancing, dirty-mouthed, bullet headed; sneering, conceited, blating, - arrogrant g Chr. The t&n h-m and emplQy hlm Decause the clergy are more an3d0us for higgej: churches than for Detter churches. Sun day corrals a lot of old men.-old women and cniidren into the churj3h adNPads religious statistics to the liking of lazy preacnera who have found their mem. berships falling off. V . ' . CAPITAL PUNISHMENT STAYS North Carolina will retain Capital Punishment. The Senate finally killed J my bill Tuesday morning, even after the-1 bill . had been terribly mutilated by anfendments In the House. I did not expect more of the Senate. It seems x. to mo that TnoinritTT of the Senatnrs rf seekers after further political honors it be retained in all its hideousness. It -will be easier to get another hearing ies Qf the Register of Deeds,, the Ciuik Gf the Court, the Auditor and the sheriff of Pasquotank county, I am opposed to increases for all of these nmfo-ra with tvio oviontinn nt tvio r?iOr Cf the Court. All officers, excepting the Clerk of the Court, got increases in 'x i j j A. .- j. ' i nave inn uuuueu a. uili iu nierebLse Liie : rogative of the ministerial brethren, in addition to his salary ' as Register of Deeds, should take care of him. Phil Sawyer Still Eager . Phil Sawyer has again Implored me to make him Prosecuting Attorney of Pasquotank and has sent me petitions signed by a lot of folks who would cuss me from now until the next war if I complied with their petition. The petition instead of impressing me favor ably, has nearly disgusted me with a lot of Elizabeth City people who have always pretended to be hostile to any- I thing that had the Sawyer smell on it. I am publishing a list of the petitioners. You will note that the petition Is pad ded. It is not enough for T. T. Turner & Co. to sign the petition; they sign for the firm and then as individuals. It is not enough for R. E. Lewis. super- inten(Jent of the public utilities cor- nAto f irno r oicrrt' . Intx Ciena nr fho that isn't enough; somebody digs down into an old drawer and finds a rubber stamp of the Elizabeth City Electric Light & Power Co. and puts that on too. I wonder why Phil didn't go out to Hollywood and copy some names off the tombstones ;' But here are the petitioners: ' '' ' S. G. Etherldge, C." B. Morrisette, N. (Continued on page . What Wilt He Do Nejt? RECONSTRUCTION WILL BRING OPPORTUNITIES Hon. O. B. Baton thriled a good sized audience at the "Alkrama last Sunday afternoon, in the splendid address he! gave on "Eliabeth City and the Recon- struction "Period." For fifteen years as j mayor of Winston-Salem, Mr. Eaton became intimately acquainted with the various problems facing every city in ' t!;rse days, and his varied experienc? j as a federal agent during the war has . brought him into contact with the lar- ; ger needs of the state as a whole. In part, Mr. Eaton spoke as follows: "The War demonstrated the greatness of our people. It proved thl patriotism not only of the boys who went to the j front, but of the people Who remained a i ' mi K-n i7K-nvfi. MA i V1- ' ponded grandly to all of,the nation's calls" Th nobly backed every cam- uaien ior iunas 10 prosecute xne war. . . . . . .- . cul- a D1S wor- y" remaans to uon jand " s soinf -? take a iner kindt o patriotism to do it. The boys' are coming ! abouts on the night of January 20. home from the trenches, some crippled , Mayor Sawyer claims that Roughton for life, all looking for opportunities for ' should be dismissed from the force be self support, and they must be given J cause he owes so much in the city as every chance. The starving millions ! would reflect upon .the administration, in Europe, who fought our fight, must j Roughton was given 'ten days in which be fed. : Contracts 'entered into by the to settle these accounts or else be dis government must be met." charged from the force. In other words "The great lesson we learned," said he was given ten days notice to look he, "was that of forgetting our differ- ! for another job. ences, and working and sacrificing to- It seems that before this investiga "gether for a common cause. And if tion of our police came to the public we will not only forget, now that peace 'eye, Officer Roughton told Officer has come, and will carry that same i McHarney that he wasn't going to pay unity of spirit and purpose over into any of those debts. The former did our community life, the great war, ter-:not deny this allegation. Officer Rough rible as was the cost of it, will not have ton then threw a bomb in the ring by ,,i, i koo ranAii.lsuivincr that Officer McHorney told him ed continents in blood, caused rivers to! i"-n crimson to the sea, sacrificed money . and life unparalled in the history of mankind, .to preserve democracy, to establish brotherhood, to wipe out the distinctions and differences that have divided men, set nation Ugainst nation, class against class. And to win the titanic conflict. ' we xstartled the world l,,. ,,-k , .ThiT,;tinn nt nnitv oacri. fice and service as it has never before witnessed. Unless this same coopera- j ttn-r. id onrrioH intn our- rlailv life as : I .j! -e AToio tv. ... III l.f ll l J 1 Lllia HJ W 11. .LlSl CACUUI.l&i t-iivii the war, as far as Elizabeth City is I concerned, was a failure, and the sac rifices of the boys in the trenches a useless sacrifice. ' , CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOW HAVE NEW SLIDES The Elizabeth City Chamber of Com merce, has initiated a movement that will surely interest the people of Pas quotank and ' adjoining counties. ' The organization has purchased a -standard stereopticon equipped with . both elec tric and acytelene lights. A number of sets of stereopticon, slid es have already been secured. Most of jl'ie pictures are beautifully colored.Each lA.tnvA iaola urltVi artrviA enVtiant vitallv reiaieu 10 ue ua.ny uj.e, prosperity anu - happiness of the people who live on IQMna r-v in - h o rural pnTnmnnirioa Lecture centers have been established throughout Pasquotank County. The Chamber is" trying to get in touch with the various communities In adjoining counties. All are' invited to address the Elizabeth City Chamber of aw aw a a n-n. oelr onir oil svP 4-V? lectures. The communities who apply eye specialists and there, are first,' will be served first. Don't fall hundreds Of gOOd eye glaSS man to write the Elizabeth City chamber ufacturers, but it is worth sonie of Commerce If you are interested in . x nur riii,, nnA trt . . x. . . , thina to ElizaDeta City ana vi- having the course of stereopticon lec-v & . J T ,. . -: tures given in your community. cinity t6 knOW that both Can be w. T. old sustains injuries found !n this town. r3r. Hatha w. t. oid, formerly of this-city, but way is not only a;reputable ard now President of the Seaboard National skillful optometrist, but j-" fie Bank of Norfolk, Va.. sustained painful and fits glasses On his injuries last Friday afternoon while out . ' ; hunting wnth a party of friends. The premises. This unusual service party in some way became separated is seldom found, except in mUCh and Mr. Old stepped 'in range of sl friend's gun, who did not discover his, mistake until after he" had fired. Mr. Old was -injured in the face by several small shot. He was painfully "but; not" seriously injured. Mr. Old Is a son of irs. J. Y. Old of this city. ' - . BOARD OF ALDERMEN COMEDY AGAIN APPEARS 'Officer Says He and Mayor Together-' Drink -The Board of Aldermen held their monthly one-ring performance last Monday Night and the comedy was up to the usual Barnum & Bailey standard, Alderman Anderson expressed himself as being "with no confidence in" the City Manager" while Alderman Owens wanted -to fire Patrolman Kqugjhton light away. Mayor Phil. Sawyer, fseemed to be after Officer Roughtbn's scalp also and is hot after this officer's "dismissal from the police force. Roughton claims that this is because he had two warrants cuimr-n nut rckf tnck nf)rt1ASt i?nTtnfCten r " T TToVZ'tCot with the "Y" affair anJitimates that our Mayor Isonnectedithit In stich i w n cmuai t """"a .... all the facts in that case be brought out. The Mayor should explain his where- that he and the Mayor were regular friends and often drank together so he was in no danger of losing his. job. The actual facts might come out in a subse quent issue of this paper. Officer Cherry was also put under fire because of his alleged humane treat- ment of a woman aunng one w muBC cold January nights. It seents that Cherrv saw this woman and hearing Jjjom her that she had no place to sleep that night, he kindly consented to let her Sleep UDStairS in IU vlty nail. v-ri tMrfr nhprrv is one of the night ponce- - men he gets his rest in the aayume. No official action was taken on his case at the regular session but immediately thomaftpr a. -secret meeting was held where our aldermen could straighten out their own personal matters in a municipal way. . . . " TO BEGIN OPERATIONS HERE ON MARCH 1ST The New York office of the Maritime Engineering- Corporation has advised Mr. Vandenburgb . their Elizabeth City representative, that the reorganization of tha corporation Is progressing rapid ly. Judge Daniels, brother of the Hon. Josephus B-aniels, Secretary of the Naw. has been placed in charge in" charge of - - ine ae ta.ua ui reurgauum.i.iuu. The Maritime Company is. making every enaeavor xo oeimiuu 1 V by March 1st. AN UNUSUAL SERVICE The country is full of good larger cities. v. : DR. I. D. HATHAWAY, o PtO M ETRI ST v , S "- Over" McCabe " & Grlce ; Elizabeth City, N. C.- Would take Pasquotank Coun ty Out of the MudVand' Put !t in Good Roads Column The following is, a copy, of the suggested draft of a bill fpr per manent road improvements in Pasquotank county submitted) the (Chamber of Commerce of Elizabeth City by Representative Saunders. The enactment of this or a similar act; will . take Pasquotank county out of the mud and put it in the good roads column- in North Carolina. A BILL. ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE BOARD OP COUNTY COMMIS SIONERS OF PASQUOT A N K COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCT ION AND MAINTENANCE OF PERMANENT ROADS OF THAT COUNTY-." . . The General Assembly of North Caro lina do enact: ' ' Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of Pasquotank County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds not exceed ing five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.) to be denominated Pasquo-i tank County Road. Bonds. That said bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than one . hundred ($100.00 ) nor more than five thousand- dollars ($5,000.00) to bear Interest at not ex ceeding-six per 'cent (6) and- be evi denced by coupons attached to said bonds. Sec. '2. That no bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be sold or otherwise disposed of for less than par and accured interest. Said Board of County Commissioners are author ized and empowered to sell or dispose of the said bonds either by public or private sale or by sealed bids, as to them may seem best, and in case they sell at a public sale, they shall give notice thereof in one or more news papers published in the state of North Carolina: for at least thirty days and said Board of Commissioners may also advertise the sale of said bonds in one or more newspapers which may make a business of advertising such sales, published within or without the State. Sec. 3. That the purchase money arising from said sale of said bonds is sued under the provisions of this act shall constitute a separate and distinct fund to be applied and appropriated to the-laying out, construction and maintenaince of the public roads "of Pasauotank County, and the said Board of Commissioners shall cause the treas urer or disbursing officer acting m the place of the treasurer of said county to keep separate accounts of said funds so that the conditions of same may, at all times, be shown, and they shall also keep a book in which the number of bonds sold, and with them the date, the amount paid for the same, and when the. interest shall fall due. Sec. 4. That the disbursement of the said funds arising "from the sale of the bonds aforesaid shall be under the direction of the Highway Commission of Pasquotank County created by chap ter 126 of the Public Laws of 1915, their successors in office. Sec. 5. That in order to pay the in terest on said bonds as it may accrue and create a sinking fund for the pay r ment of said bonds at maturity, the Board of Commissioners of Pasquotank County shall annually levy a special tax of such amount, as in their discre tion may be deemed to be "necessary to meet the interest accruing upon said bonds and to create a sinking fund to pay for the bonds as they mature. That said tax shall be levied -and collected as other county taxes and shall b to posed upon such property and other subjects of taxation as are now or may hereinafter be subject to taxation under the laws of the State and it shall be collected by the officer or officers charg ed with the" collection of other county taxes, and he shall in respect thereto be liable officially as well as -personally to all the requirements of the law now prescribed or which may hereafter be prescribed for the faithful collection and payment of other taxes. Sec. 6. That immediately upon the sale of the bonds', herein provided for, the commissioners of the county of Pasquotank shall turn over to the High way Commission of: Pasquotank Coun ty said funds to be used by them in the manner provided for other road funds of the county. Sec. 7. Tha t the purchaser or pur chasers of any part of said bonds shall not be required to see to the applica tion of the proceeds of said funds by the commissioner of Pasquotank coun ty or the Highway Commission of Pas quotank County. Sec. 8. Whenever in the discretion of the Board of County Commissioners, it may be necessary or advisable, they may make an assessment vupon the lanria ft.huttiner bronerty owners or those owning lands directly benefitted by the construction of roads-nere.unaer, unaer the provisions of chapter 284 of the Public Laws of .1917, sections 48 to 61 inclusive, which are hereDy maae a part of this act. Sec. 9. .That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the county of Pas quotank or its duly constituted authori ties from tatine advantage of the pro visions of the Clark Good Roads Law to encourage road building or any other legislation that is now or may nere after become effective in this State. m io. Nothinsr herein contained shall be construed as repealing the road laws now in effect in the county oi Sec, 11. This" act shall be in, force from and after its ratification. ' -. l ' ' ; NEW BOAT LINE ; The steamer Greensboro of the Vir ginia-Carolina Navigation Co., left Elizabeth City Monday on her maiden trip between -Elizabeth City and Nor folk, Va., ' returning on Wednesday. Tp Blue Gun Barren "- -A simple method of bluing a gun J barrel requiring no heat-is as foUows: Clean the barrel, carefully and apply a solution of one part nitric acid and 'ten' parts water. xWhen blue film has formed on surf aceC wash with warm water, wipe thoroughly dryland rub' well irfth linseed oIL J a-;' h;- Senator Ferebee's Scheme nent Highway Fr6m Albemarle Sound via Hert ford and Elizabeth Cityto Virginia Line DARE IS REPRESENTED HON. BURGESS G. CRISP ONE of the most unique personalities in the Lower House of the N.'C. General Assembly this session is Attorney Burgess G. Crisp, the Representaxive from the county of Dare. His legisia- . . i - I C .nrJ a 1 C tive hobby is juaiciai rei" usually on the side of progressive Having lived long by the roots of the Mother Scuppernong Vine on Roanoke Island and having drunk of ... . Um Calces not the'vintagevoT wax 9 '" " any too kindly to prohibition . He is also opposed t city -wyers try ing to make all the Uw. for the state; He is also opposed to n.pw..w-.. miss oners in ware - pointments thatcan be rnade Dy - Democratic uegisiaxure - ia t make his county at iea, for Democrats, if not for Democracy, in so far as his power lies. ,: - Hill ISP W IP fid LblUUU 1 TO START CAMPAIGN . M c g stanworth, president of the wmicsPwifesV League of Norfolk, Va., will visit this city Saturday afternoon forthe purpose of addressing all women who are interested in',, cheaper - ana ( jTiTiii Tn m mi liMH BiUMJUMLillilLlMi CllllUilIim-U-illlJU---U.--l cleaner food. A plan is under way tot miles; ana uurntucK.witn z,yt)U,-.v organize a Housewifes' League in this; 000 would get 12 miles. Pasquotank City as the readers of this paper were ( would pay four ninths of the cost of ; informed in last week's paper, and Mrs.the road and get about one eight of the Stanworth will tell the Housewives here how they do it in Norfolk. . When the women get together to have prices on commodities put at a reasonable price, to stop profiteering, j wnnranizA:a clean up campaign, aiiu w vm. i something is sure to happen. Mrs Stanworth will address the lad-j ies of this city at the Alkrama Theatre ; ders moved that the commission to .be', on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock P.M., i created, by the proposed act be em-, . and it Is hoped that every woman in ( powered to acquire any existing tollV EUzabeth City will be present to meet(road or build any bridge at any point ' Mrs. Stanworth and to hear her address at the Alkrama Saturday afternoon. There will be no admission charges to hear this lecture. NORTH CAROLINA'S WAR. LOSSES FOR THE YEAR '18 North Carolina had in round numbers 90,000 soldiers in this war, of . whom 30,000 were colored. . The bulk of these soldiers , were scat tered among other organizations, so that we cannot ascertain as yet the snoum be exempt from taxation-on a v total number of killed and wounded ( scheme which would build a road not-.-from this State, but we know that there jby "ay South Mills township. Re- - were three regiments almost entirely from this State, all of which were in the Thirtieth Division, and that the Thirtieth Division sustained losses nearly as high as any division in ser vice. Of the regiments composing it," the 119th, Colonel- Metts, lost 453 killed, ; w Keep everyoody else at home, wounded. and missing. " ' !' Representative McMuIlan of Chowan- . The 120th Infantry. Colonel , Minor , opposes the scheme because he thinks V bn which was the Raleigh Conipany ) , Chowan would have to pay more for its lost 475. . . , .part of the road than it could build the 113th Artillery, Col. Albert Cox, lost road rr by Itself. This Is hardly true. in killed and wounded- six. . xbut It is good enough for an argu A large number of North Carolina ment. There- never was a . general -' troops were in the Eighty-first Divl- road scheme on which everybody could i slon, which lost 370 killed and wounded. ' unItedr--;'r;'..iv:;i: . The Thirtieth Division lost in all : ' - - 1,772. Besides the three North Caro- BARS SHOOTING OF GAME ' " Una regiments above ' named '. therein., there was a Tennessee and South Caro lin regiment in the Thirtieth Division. DEATH OF EDENTON WOMAN "., Mrs., William Hblloman of Edenton, N. C.,. "died of a stroke of paralysis at her home in that city on Tuesday. Mrs. Holloman was the mother of Mr'. A. B. Holloman of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Holloman are now in Edenton. .BONP. ISSUE ENDORSED . The proposed "half mllllori bond issue for hard surfaced roads. In Pasquotank was endorsed by a., rising unanimous vote by the Pasquotank Highway Com mission on Tuesday. ' . , See back page of this paper' for McCabe & Grice's- great ten . day' Win ter - Clearance Sale. Special bargains are offered In almost every department of this big store.' ' .. .',. 't:r-JP adv. to Build a Great Perma Senator Miles W. Ferebee, col laborating with State f Highway Commissioner Fallis,' is the author of an interesting con structive piece of legislation de signed to give the northeastern North : Carolina -counties the much desired permanent high way between the Albermarle Sound ; and the Virginia s State Line. . ,. V- The proposed legislation took-" tangi ble form in a meeting held in the assembly-room of . the Chamber of Com merce, in Raleigh Monday, night when a committee was appointed to draft a bill to authorize the counties of Chow an, Perquimans,- Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck to form a road district and jointly build a hard surfaced road from Edenton to. the "Virginia state line, the proposed road to connect Hertford, Elizabeth City, Shawboro and Moyock and to tap the proposed hard surfaced road from Norfolk. Va. to the North Carolina state line. ( ' ' - The meeting Tuesday night was at tended by the Senators and Represen- tatives of the counties indicated: and ,by th? following citizens: J . S . McNider. Chas.Whedbee and- Thos.Nixon of Per- quimans; E. F. Aydlett, C. JR. Pugh and J. K. Wilson, of Elizabeth City; Wv I. Halstead, of South - Mills; Dr. W. H. CoweU,R. O. .Bagiey and. Sheriff R. E. Flora, of Currituckw- v v The proposed road would be prefer ably of" the most approved type of con crete construction .and would be '14 jto. 16 feet : wide. Its . total . length, from Edenton to the .Virginia line would be. about: 49 miles, and .it- would cost ap-" proximately $860,000 to ,$1,000,000. The road would receive state and federal aid to the extent of possibly one fourth of its total cost; abutting property ow ners would be assessed for another, fourth of. the total cost. This would . leave $460,600 to $500,000 to be raised : r yv,vvv vuwv.wuu. paying according to its taxable proper- jty valuation. Chowan county with "a ; tax valuation of- $300,000 would get S -. miles of the road; Perquimans with a - tax valuation" of $3,500,000 would get". .19 miles of the road; Pesquotank with a tax , -valuation or ?8,uuo,ouu wouia get roaa mueage; dul it. is poinxea put tnat EUzabeth City and Pasquotank woud be tne cnier Denencianes or the proposeoy highway. , -; : . ; The . conference Tuesday night ap- pointed Hon. Chas. Whedbee, chairman --; ; of a committee to draft a. bill along the lines indicated. Representative Saunr: ' .on me rasquoians river necessary xo the carrying out of the project. Mr. Saunders pointed out .that without such powers the commission might find it self at the mercy of existing toll roads-v1 and be forced to purchase such a prop- ertv disadvanta-erAmiRlv TTio Saiindera .motion was unanimously adopted.' The commission to bo created would be composed of one member from each of the five counties. . . " The scheme is opposed "by Mr. Hal -stead t South Mills township, Cam- "en county, wno wims nis ; tpwnsnip presentauve morgan or Perquimans op poses the scheme because, he says, he" is a native of North Carolina, proud of his birtfe place arid doesn't favor build- ' ing any road that will help any body' get out of North Carolina " He says -everybody ought : to atayrat home and BIRDS FROM AIRSHIPS Hunting wild geese, ducks or other game birds .In" airplanes is, taking an unfair adyantageof the birds and has been banned. '; - J ' The director of military aeronautics has issued an order forbidding -,'the shooting of wild fowl ywith machine guns from airplanes. He" has rdirected that airplane flights along the; Atlantic Coast or at -any place rwhere wild fowl may ' be - found "be . conducted in such manner as to interfere as little as pos sible with the habits and feeding of. the wild t&wy' S:-':'::'-':l--! Complaints of hunting birds ' In air planes, have como Jri.v. from several piap ses. STRATED: I ' have on my : premisea 1 one -stray hog.- Owner can - get same by seeing ISU B., SAMPLE, - R-5, City., .- V
The Independent (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 7, 1919, edition 1
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