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VOL. XII. W. 511
Published Every Friday by W. O. Saunders at
o05 . E. Fearing St.. BUiitabeth CSity, S! O
ELIZABETH CITJ, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post-office
at Elizabeth City, N. C.,' June 9, 1908
$2.00 A YEAR
VIRGINIANS INTERESTED
N DISMAL SWAMP ROAD
Virginia Highway Commission Goes Over Route
State and Federal Aid Granted for Pas
quotank's Part of Project, Elizabeth
City to South Mills
interest in the proposed hard
.-ur faced highway between Eliz
al'cth City and Portsmouth via
South Mills and, the Dismal
Swamp Canal, is growing in both
t;iu. Virginia interest in the
wuposed highway was again de
monstrated this week when the
Virginia Highway Commission,
members of the Virginia Legis
lature. Norfolk County officials
and other interested Virginians
went over the proposed route
from Portsmouth to South Mills,
Wednesday of this wreek. South
Iills folk were on the job and
greeted them with a hearty re
ception committee and a big dinner-
Chairman Frank Page and
Hon. John E. Cameron of the
Xorth Carolina State Highway
Commission were guests of the
party.
The Virginians were impress
ed with the importance of the
project and to encourage early
Virginia legislative action advo
cates of the proposed road have
1een invited to appear before
the roads committee of the Vir
ginia Legislature one day next
7 , l ; ; ;-,(.;.fj; . : : ;
small comes clean W May 011(1x3.0 F or Cooemor
His Position on Sterling
Sedition VBill
MISS MARY WINSOR
i
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MARY WINSOR
TO SPEAK HERE
In a telegram to W. O. Saunders
dated Jan. 29, 1920, Congressman
John H. Small says:-
"Your telegram relating to Ster-
ling and Graham Sedition Bills re-'
ceived. I have given careful consid-
eration to same. The acts sought
to be prohibited and punished by
these bills are evil and unpatriotic
and no good citizen would be guilty
of same, but I believe we would best.
rely upon public opinion to correct
same. Our people have paid too
high a price for freedom of speech
and press and individual liberty to j
jeopardize same by any effort to
correct abuses.' , " ' '
JfLMN M SMAt I
DECLARES HUSBAND
HELPED DEFRAUD HER
Mrs. W. Harrison Bruios Sensational
, Charge Against Husband Who
' Spent Heavily on Her
Brilliant, Brave and Eloquent
Suffragette Here Sunday
February 8
The first equal suffrage speech
ever staged for an Elizabeth Citv
W. L. Cohoon and W. 0..audience win b delivered bv
Saunders of this citr have ac
cepted the invitation.
The proposed Dismal Swamp:
highway has nothing to do with
the District Highway project
v, hich proposes to build a road
from Edenton to Norfolk via
Elizabeth City and Mo3rock. The
two roads-serve two entirely dif-
ferent and equally important
needs. The peculiar advantages
of the Dismal Swamp route are
many. To begin with, it puts
Elizabeth City ten miles - nearer
X-.rtolk
r'.r.te. It gives a hardsurfaced
Carolina and tidewater Virginia
highway to a section of Xorth
that i- sadly in need of transpor
tation. It will not only provide
a trade outlet for the South Mills
.-ection of Camden county and
tl ' black lands of Norfolk coun
ty, but opens up a new trade out
iet fur Gates county, puts Eliza
beth City on a line with Gates
county and links Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck counties
with the state highway system,
via Gatesville and Winton.
The first link. in the proposed
a
sure enough suffragette at the
Alkrama Theatre in Elizabeth j
City Sunday afternoon, Feb. 8.
The woman who will claim the
unique distinction of being first!
of equal
tobring the message
Mrs. Pearl Aarrison, wife of C. W.
Harrison, formerly of tlys city, makes
the sensational charge that her husband
attempted to defraud her. The story
is told in the New York-papers, the fol
lowing account being given by the New
York Herald " issue of Jan. 22. The
Herald says:
Mrs. Leona Pearl Harrison, whdge
husband, Charles W Harrison, a ship
ping man. is reputed to have made
and lost $1,500,000 durin&tbe war,
filed an answer in the Supreme Court
yesterday denying she is indebted to
George T. Williams, also a shipping
broker, to the extent of $7,000, for
which he is suing.
. ttefore the present actioiT was
brought. Mr. Williams forclosed a
chattel mortgage on the defendant's
furniture. Mrs. Harrison declares
she was induced to sign the mort
gage papers by her husband without
knowing the contents. She said her
husband and Mr. Williams were en
gaged in a series of transactions and,
as a result, Mr. Harrison became in
debted to the plaintiff for sums of
money advanced and commissions.
On January 2, 1919, declares Mrs.
Harrison, the plaintiff and her hus
band, "by taking advantage of the de
fendant's ignorance and lack of busi
ness knowledge, caused her to sign a
paper." Later, Mrs. Harrison says,
she discovered the paper was a chat
tel mortgage. T;hey representee it
ilifii
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suffrage to an Elizabeth City au
dience is Marv Winsor, of Fliil-I was just a matter of form,'' she as-
delphla, jvvho.issaid to W;one;on
the most brilliant speakers of that her husband had discharged his
the Woman's National Party.
--Miss Winsor. comes to Kl-.zabetli City
tliru - the influence of W. O. Saunders
who thought " was just about time Eliz-
abeth City folk lieard something direct
than does the 3doyockon the subjec of equal suffrage, since
a nutiority of states in the union may
ratify the suffrage amendment ere an-
W COL. ISAAC M. MEEKINS
THE RALEIGH AJMEFUCAN, the new Democratic afternoon daily published at
the State Capital has discovered in this distinguished Elizabeth City man a strong
gubernatorial possibility.; The Raleigh daily under date of Jan. 24 publshed the.
following article on its front page:-
Believing, whether it e true or not,
that they have a fighting chance in
tin election next November to carry
the State, the leaders in the Republi
can party in North Carolina are perk
ing up and there is considerable talk
in the various camps about candi
dates for Governor on their ticket.
Thus far there hare "eeri no out--spoken
candidates fbr ihis coveted
prize, but the namexofHoaJames E.
Elizabeth City, mentioned as a strong
possibility.
From what can be gathered Meek
kins' friends are numerous and repre
sent the militant element of the party.
In party wrangles the Elizabeth City
man has been classed as a Duncan
man. though not a fool about any man
or thing. The friends of Meekins
claim that he combines many elements
of strength. He is just about fifty-
two years of age, a prominent lawyer
oyd has bn ibjou1bfL5s eiial jasastump -speaker is
istler. Mr. E. Carl Duncan, who at Iiartffo"7in3in any party.-" hosewEo"
!.
one time was the king pin in the par
ty and who is stilF one of the domi
nant factors to be dealt with, has been
spoken of. and in every gathering of S
the faithful, it is asserted, you can
hear the name -of Issaac Meekins, of
obligations to the plaintiff and adds
that a claim against her was satisfied
by the surrender-of her automobil to
Mr. Williams. x
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are now said
to be livins in Baltimore. Her hus
band has been president of the Alpha j This boost of Col. Meekins from a Democratic newspaper at the state cap-
l. . i - -i j a i - : A I : : -i a. a,..; a r - - - .
;ieamsuip company aiiu me ivrguna- ; iwi is sam iu ue jei;uiiariy gramying 10 nis irienas in inis uisirici, oecause certain
are up on the situation say that he is
a man of independent means and
would be willing to make the fight of
his life for the success of the party
with his name at the head of the ticket.
Carolina Navigation Company. He is
well known in shipping circles.
In meantime stories of a split be-
other national election.
This Marv Winsor is a real girl. She Jtween Charlie Harrison and his wife are
is of Virginia ancestry, was educated at 'I'-'atically denied by relatives in this
1...-:..,. .,,,,1 Af., ,.! I ouy. j. no st wno kuv tin iiarnsons
lege, is a post graduate of Columbia and I intimately say that. .Mrs. Harrison was
ir.irvnl snont i.nu li of her life in M" ' '" -touch alll 111 full sympathy With
tf ...'.. iml si.enk-s severn! Ijii.n-nas-es. M'r Imsbaiid in all of his spectacular ex
Ilmi.ur the summer of 1914 she invest- Prieilces
igated the English Suffrage Movement at M vast s,,1,,s ,) money and gifts upon
tin. .. ..f. the Amerienn A.aoemv her when he was prosper.ng. He gave
f PiiH,i s.r.;,.i Xr.ia,.e -nc4he automobiles, diamonds, rich and lux
v..r,... u-i., tin. wnr hroke out nn.l urious clothing and home furnishings
fi;i,r f,.r,m lior.nnnv to Aiistrin. nd Kavc 1,,r a country "home on Long
thence to Switzerland and across France
to England, she witnessed the niobiliza
tion of five nations.
While in England she addressed i
Republicans who -only recently butted their way into the party councils are 'trying
to give Meekins a back seat. It used to be that a man who gave the best years
of his life to an unpopular cause and suffered social ostracism and ignominy to
get the thing on its feet, was held in the greater esteem when the cause triumphed.
But that doesn't seem to be the way of the Republican party in this district right
at this time; there is a tendency to try to kill off the men whose life time labors
kept the party alive until the day when a man could be a Republican without be
ing ostracised. Col. Meekins has been active in the Republican cause 'for more
than a quarter of a century and is the one nationally known and genuinely popu
lar Republican in this district. His friends in this city will urge him to seek the nom
ination. Democrats as well as Republicans like to see Col. Meekins lead a fight.
ANOTHER EDITOR FOR CHESEBRO ORGANIZATION
- SAUNDERS FOR CONGRESS 1 NQT STRONG FOR SHAD
SAYS SOME ALDERMEN
NEED HEADS PUNCHED
Retiring City Manager Says That's The Only Way
a City Manager Will Ever Make a Go
of it Here
"The man who ' makes good in
the office of City. Manager ii
Elizabeth City must first punch
the heads of two or three mem
bers, of the Board of Aldermen."
Thit is the opinion of Fred
Simonds whose resignation as
City , manager of Elizabeth City
became effective Saturday, Jan.
24. Mr. Simonds says there is
top much politics and too little
civic righteousness in Elizabeth
City. According to the former
City Manager, there are some
gies, tadpoles, angle worms, co-.jmen on the present Board of Al
CHLORINE GAS
FOR CITY WATER
And With-New Filtration Plant
The City May Get i
Pure Water
r
Chlorine gas, that deadly. chem
cal with which the Germans wip
ed out the Froggies inFlanders
will be used to destroy the frog
Ion bacilli and other Vermin 1
Knobbs Creek water before it is
piped to water consumers in
Elizabeth City. 'Water experts
have discovered that chlorine gs
will destroy every vestige of bac
teria in water and this gas .is
now being successfully employed
by Water companies in many sec
tions of he country. The effi
cacy of -the gas in the treatment
of infected water may be guessed
from the statement, that only 3
pounds of the gas is required to
treat a million gallons of water.
The gas in such small quantities
diluted in such a vast quantity
of water is harmless.
The Elizabeth' City Water Co. is now
making extensive improvements at its
plant with a view to solving the city's
water problem. A Pittsburgh Water Fil
ter with a capacity of 1,000,000 e&llons
a day is now being built and will be m
operation in a few weeks. In mean
time the big concrete sedimentation tank
at the water plant has been i-emodsled I
and improved.
With the new sand filters in opera
tion . in connection with ..the. perfected
iatllit
believes it will be able to give i!ie city
in abundance of clear, wholesome water
free from vegetable coloring and Bacte
ria. The problem of avoiding salt wa
ter which backs up on the city water
sheds with every southeast wind will be
solved with the opening of warm weath-
dermen who are more interested
in being re-elected than in serv
ing the community.
At the same time Mr. Simonds does''
not relieve a growing suspicion that the
public has not been given the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
about his resignation. The Board of
Aldermen which began its very exis- '
teuce with a Star Chamber session, held
a Star Chamber session to fire Simonds. -The
public was left out of the councils
of the Aldermen and the public will lean
toward Simonds till the Board of Al
dermen explains its . Star Chamber ac
tivities and takes the public into its con
fidence. People don't elect public ser
vants to do the publics business behind
closed doors. The public's business is,
the. public's business and officials who
hide behind an executive session to do
things lose the confidence of the people
who put them in office,. There never
was a legitimate excuse for a Star
Chamber proceeding in a democracy.
'One rumor has it that City. Manager - -Simond's
troubles began when Aldermen
P. C. Cahoon took him up to Halifax
county to survey a piece of land: The
rumor says the survey didn't suit Al-:
derman Cahoon. It certainly didn't suit
the tax payers . of this city very well,
because even tho Cahoon paid the city
for Simond's time, no one likes the idea
of -a. City Manager being used- by mem--
bers -of 1 the. Board of vAldermen. jto - do:,;:
Mr, Simonds talked freely with the
writer of this newspaper just before go
ing out of office'. He made no criticism .
of any member of the Board of Alder
men and indulged in no personalities.
He says his greatest conflict with the
er. by the building ot a dam acros
Knobbs Creek, 'just below the water in-
ake. . This dam will be provided with
automatic gates ' which will open from
the pressure of water coming down from
the swamps and close when the tide
omes in with salt water. 'All neces
sary permits to build tins dam nave
been secured."
The filter construction now Under way
at the water plant is along lines recom
mended by former City Manager Fred
W. Simonds who all along Delieved that
Elizabeth City could get good water from
Knobbs Creek if that water were pro
j Board was over the matter of expendi
tures. The old Mack Sawyer Board left
the city in a notoriously run down con
dition and with no equipment for work
ing' its street cleaning department. The
streets were dirty; garbage was collect
ed about once a Week; ditches were' fill
ed up; not a cent had been expended in
repairsto street paving since it had
been laid; the market house was runn
ing a a loss; the city was at war witli
the Electric Light Co. and the Water
and Sewerage companies. i
Shortly after comipg into office Mr.
Simonds made up abudget of the mon-
Island in addition to their sumptuously
furnished quarters on New York's fash-,
ionable Riverside Drive. Gossip say-
that Mrs. Harrison herself spent money
InvitJilr siiifl thought nothinsr of hnvinfir
mass meeting in iijue l ar uere iue , - ,. ,.f Buul, af w;fu
High Point. X. C. Jan. 2r. jSam Chesebro, Head of Fulton Market
anti-suffragists were ' so bitter that the
iMal Swamp Highway will beiohn ofslhe "fe Enh Tat hlp" of BhoeK Her ,ingerie biUs alone
.. 1 J 'a pistol. fche told the. English that I. ,.,10 .i,i i,OM ja
uilt by Pasquotank County, 'American women would never let politi-I.'i;-,Knl,
r",r t- rn 1'n 'cians imorison or ill treat women.. And
hi ijllArtlll.l II l,II V III 1 IA111L 111 :
A't-wland township near South
-I ills. South Mills township
promises to carry the road on
tlunce to the Virginia State line
tloiiM- the banks of the Dismal
v;tmp Canal. It is up to Virgin-
then she came home, helped to picket
tKe White House in Washington, was
many pairs of silk hose to match every
m a year would nave aressea a uozen
middle class families in her old home
town.
So far Hallet Ward's Congressional
... - ' 1 1? APT .1 I
nerseil rnrowu in jan, spemuug ujbiBooiu .g about the coldest thillR wove
m the woiKnouse at weoquan ana -to seen this winter,
in- solitary confinement in the city jan or
Washington.
This brilliant, daring, eloquent ex
ponent of the suffrage movement pro
mises to run Billy Sunday himself a
close second in drawing the crowd
There will be no charge for admission.
PASQUOTANK ASKED TO
ADOPT 33 ORPHANS
I; to pick up Jhe work at the
'itc line and carry it onto Deep
1 " k". V a. where it. will
t the present hardsurfaced ! STORE AND GRIST MILL
into Vnrfr1k- The" TCI ' LOST IN MID DAY FIREfpIe of Pasquotank county have been ask
Thousands of Armenian and Syrian
Children Starving to Death
In response to the appeal for food and
clothing and a chance to live, the peo-
iylnvay Commission has ap- j
T 4. I
j a-uuidiiK & cuuiiiy ctr . - St.wart M. Rodsrers.
in,, ... i, - w -
up)
1
ed to adopt 33 homeless Armenian or-
.- -r c ivlin O T tA1ot' f OT'l'lKT llaat ll 1T1 O
Xlie expios ou l u s " hand where hopeless natives known noth-
.rrist mill of Stewart M. Rodgers, I . ... . .
,i f, c4- .,,1 fAr o,l 'r. " ........ t. , -i mg out sorrow. beginning .-5unaay,
- . t. . . t . L i - . I I I . 1 1 ( 1 H I llt'lMU JH.H ,, U-I.. U ..w X,., , B1 .
roaa irom iiiizaDetn uiviri nn -n.j,
quickly wiied out Mr. Rodgers mill,
store and stock of goods. The explo-
land.
which means that
ill be an eighteen foot
Work on this road will -be
under wav this summer.
POTATO SPRAYING
CAMPAIGN IN FEBRUARY
- -.i-'ia the last week in January-,
!'""iin throughout February, an
: '':'! Spraying Campaign is to be
': in the eastern part 'o.f the
! ! imrpose of tin's campaign.
! '-'tirist of a serie-. of talks
from tin? State Depart --Agriculture,
is to. present to
r.- ilie advantages of better
- potato culture, particularly
!..-.-iy.i: ,,f plants with the home
""""H Bordeaux Mixture. Ex-
'' .'nr- conducted by the Division of
M,"""!'Ky. in botu tne eastern and
' st,,i'ii part of tho. Sfoto
'" 'it. prove conclusively that it
P'ay.
sion and fire happened about ll!:15 p. m.
Tuesday, The grist mill was insured
and Mr. Rodirers expects to rebuild at
once. '
-V":ii'
I'llt ''1j.: Iaf;kage of merchandise in
a'v, f' wner can got same by ap
i,vi l to JAMES M. WHITEHTJBST at
Elizabeth City, N. C. ,cj30-lt
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arv ll a camnaisn oi reiier win De
waged in the county under the direction
of W. O. Saunders as chairman of the
drive. The campaign will run for three
weeks.
It is not a war fund that the people
of this't'ouutry are being asked to raise.
It is only an act for humanity's sake.
Nearly 300,000 naked, starving boys and
girls - are weeping and wailing for a
hance to live. They are homeless and
parentless. They are suffering because
their parents were murdered and their
comforts of home destroyed yes, all be
cause the Armenians would not discard
their Christain faith for that of the
cruel and barbarous .Turks.
T'nder the leadership of State Chair
man George T. .Bellamy,' North Carolina
will conduct its campaign, for the odopt-
tion of 3,334 orphans in the Near East. '
.$60.00 will provide for one orphan for
one year. l'racticaiiy every county in
the State has been systematically or
ganized for the campaign and indications
now point to a successful drive in every
county. Some havealready raised their
quotas.
all their orphans during the first week.
Mr. YV. U. Saunders,
Elizabeth City, N. C. . ,
My dear Mr. Saunders:
I have noticed in the newspapers that
you are a candidate for election to the
house of representatives. I see no rea
son why you should not be elected.
Of course. I have known you more or
less vaguely, but I have a habit of form
ing opinions.
Combination, Says North Carolina
. Shad Don't Pay
It is believed that the Atlantic Coast
Fisheries Co.. formerly one of the great
est' buyers of North Carolina white shad
will not work this territory so heartily
for shipments this-season. .One evidence
of the shyness of the Atlantic Coast
Chiefly I have known you I Fisheries Co. this season is found in
through what you have written in The the fact that they have withdrawn their
Independent, which I get hold- of now advertising from this section. Not even
and then, and in The Down Homer. I iTHK INDEPENDENT carries an ad of
ized you up several years ago as a reg-'the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. Mr.
ular he-man, if you know what that Sam Chesebro, president of the Atlantic
means.
As a newspaper man you have x im
pressed me as being the embodiment of
fearlessness combined with a keen sense
Coast Fisheries Co. says that their
North Carolina business has been han
dled at a loss and insists that his. com
pany can't make any money out of North
of propriety - and the ability to discern Carolina white shad.
between the real stuff and the shoddyC j The Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. is a
There is an over-plus of hypocrisy consolidation of eight of the oldest and
abroad in" the land and I have enjoyed Weest firms on the Fulton7 Wholesale
H. . 1 . i- t-. . I.I. . ...... t . Tf
me iiciiv uiowm vuu v utait it. ii
elected, you will have greater oppor
tunities to make your force felt for the
betterment of the conditions under which
we live.
The influential man must keep in mind
the trend of human activities, and follow
the currents of life as they ebb and
flow, because after all the real thoughts
anil deeds of living men and women fur
nish the motive power which rules and
guides the destinies of communities and
states. These current events, impress
ed by high ideals, furnish the inspira
tion to the .genuine representative of
the people.
What the I'nited States, and its cit
izens need, are more representatives of
the thoughts and desires of the people
ami few scheming politicians. Politi
cians are the curse of the land. We
need to get down among the" passes and
do some legislating for them. I believe
you are fitted to jibe in that niche.
Fraternally yours,
ISA 15IGGS,.
Editor High Point Enterprise
N.
C. MONKEY RUM
By a Traveling Salesman
Men have died from drinking whiskey,
Men have died from drinking beer.
Others are prepared to adopt i Men have died from diabetes, , . "
Men have died from dyarhee; ;
lint of all the durn concoctions
Fish Market. The cpmpany was organ
ized about three years ago and has not
isy sailmg
It wasVn
concerns. It was m attempt to do tor
the fish business what the big packers
have done for the meat business. Since
its organization the big fish merger is
said to have had considerable trouble
with the courts. ' The consolidation con
s.sts of Chesebro Bros., N. S. Gates Co.,
Warner & Prankard, Bobbins & Rob
bins, Burnett fc Keeney,. II. M. Rogers.,
Wilson &: Barry and the
Fish Co. Wallace & Keeney
of the original members got out of the
organization about a year ago and is
going it independently. S. B. Miller . &
Co., Jvnch & Co., Geo. T. Moon, Caleb
Haley & Co. and several other old and
wise dealers have steered clear of - the
Atlantic Coast iFsheries Co. All of tjthese
firms outside the Atlantic Coast Fish
eries- t o. win mane a strong D.a lor
North Carolina shad business this sea-
son.
perly treated and thoroly filtered. Spite ! '.vs tbe Clty should expend this year and
6f the unsavory reputation of Knobbs, j his budget exceeded the city's revenues
Creek, every analysis so far made had h.v -SI ",000. Mr. Simonds insists that
hown tlmt the water in Knobbs", Creek city could not be put in any sort of
condition-on a less sum.
is not bacteriologically inferior to the
water in Pasquotank river, even when
water is taken from the river at a point
several miles above the city.
TWO BIG STILLS ON
NORFOLK COUNTY FARM
THE TOOTHSOME SHAD PUT
IN APPEARANCE
So far. the census takers have not at-j North, Carolina gets my goat, .
tempted to list all the Monkey Rum dis- fFor a man who'll drink its Monkey Rum
I tiller ies in this ection.
Must have a 'cast-iron throat.
SATURDAY
j first of the season, were marketed in
!Plizabeth City, Jan. 24, the entire catch-
coming from Jethro H. Midgett, of
Manns Harbor, Dare County. The roes
weighed 5 and . 6 pounds each, respect
ively and sold readily at 40 cents a
oftund. . '-
He says also
that the Aldermen never did anything
wih his budget, but insisted that he cut
down expenses so they could show the
jtax payers a notable saving of money by
! the next election,.
Mr. Simonds says the Board of Al
,'dermeu bought him a Ford so he could
1 1 m. .
(run urouuu ana iook alter street lm-
Liqubr Was Being Made at a Lively j provements and gave him nothing to
Rate When Revenue Officers ,make improvements. He says when he
Found Them -fdidnt ride around on a useless chase he
" i was accused of loafing and when he did
Xot a cub. but a f ull-erowu ticer and'nso the his mod Vm-A ho wan anm,yt
the biggest that has come under the ob-'joy riding. To add to his troubles he
servation of Federal Officer Wagner, was says certain Aldermen were continually
captured in Norfolk county- Friday of . after him to fire this or that city em
last week. C. H. Powell and son C. D. I ployee and put in some political favorite
Powell were arrested by U. S. Revenue . who could make more votes for them in
Officers and are now out on $2,500 bail : the next election.
each. ! Mr. Simonds says that in snife .of his
The officers found on the Powell es- handicaps he feels that he rendered the
ate of .1,000 acres, two stills, one of 60, city some service. He points to the
and another of 40 gallons capacity, op- opening of the market house,- to the
erated by a five horse poVer steam boil- drainage of. the Second Ward, to the
er. Twelve hundred gallons of "mash" daily collection of garbage, to the clean
was ready to be run off, the stills having liuess of the streets and to other ap-
a capacity of about 0 gallons per day. . parent improvements. He is particular
The Powell farm is located near Butts ( ly proud of the fact that his recomen
Crossing. dations for the purification of the city's
Beside the two stills which they con- ; water supply are being carried out by
riseated, the federal officers found where the water company, that company now
there had bjeen stills operated at four spending thousands of dollars in the in
other places. ' stallation of a new and modern filtra-
ContinentaVl Tue 1owolls are known to many Eliz- tion system which will be completed at
r nnl abeth City people and some of their pro- an early date.
y -0- OITe I . . . -, . . . . , ., .
truer is sam 10 nave oeeu uiaiseieu neie.j .na men Air,, ftnnonds expressed
.the. opinion which heads this story w He
LAMBERT BROS. ELECT Hs sure a City Manager will have to lick
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR two or three politicians ind teach them
; their place before he can have a free
Lambert Bros. Inc., of this city elec- hand in Elizabeth City. Mr. Simonds
ted the following officers at their an- may have gotten this idea from reports
nual meeting Tuesday night:- F. M. jthat City Manager Ashburner of Nor
Grice, president; W. R. Lambert, vice- folk Hid just that thing with certain
president: E. J. Lambert, secretary and "ikembers of the Norfolk City Council,
treasurer. The Board of Directors for, In meantime F!- r!eth Cityfis with
the ensuing year are, W. G. Gaither, out a City Mn;;..j; v'" An Al'dermanic
W. E. Dunstan, C. E. Thompson, J. G. c nimittee oMHj.ise.i of J. B. Leigh, J.
Gregory, F. M. Grice, W. Ii. Lambert J:. . Bowdon and ". M. Cooper has in
and E: J. Lambert . To take care of,, hand ih" ;;:ii!er of finding a man for.
the increasing growth of their business the job. They are expected to report
the company increased its capital stock - to the next regular meeting of the
100 per cent Board of Aldermen, Monday night Feb.
. 2nd. V . -
AGENTS WANTED Men or women.
A fast selling article that nearly-every WANTED: To buy a farm in Perqui-
nousewue warns me moment cue sees iu mans county, will deal only with owner
Write for particulars. REBICO SUE.- t. direct. , Address "FARM'S O'. Box 387,
FLY CO.,Box 606, Raleigh, N. C- cj30-i Elizabeth City, N. C. V.-; cWBj9-tf
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