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f THE INDEPENDENT VOL. XIV. VNo7n2. t BK*" ELIZABETH CITY, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922. gr jLS> A YEAR CAM. MORRISON FAVORS HELP FOR FISH INDUSTRY Out of Governor's Trip Over Sounds With State Fisheries Commission Board May Come Important Legislation. Governor Cameron Morrison will send a special message to the next session of the General Assembly asking for an appro priation of $50,000 for restock ing the depleted oyster beds of Pamlico Sound and its estuaries. The Xorth Carolina Fisheries Commission Board has invited Dr. H. F. Moore. U. S Commis sioner of Fisheries to meet with the Board at Wilmington. N. C. next Wednesday, April 12. to confer with the Board in regard to re-opening certain inlets on the Xorth Carolina coast to make the inland waters of Xorth Carolina more accessible to anadromous fish. Plans are on toot to secure the propagation of fish for stocking the rivers, ponds and lakes of Xorth Carolina and for etter policing of the fish and yster industry of Eastern Xorth Carolina. s The foregoing are some of the things that came out of a meet ing of the Xorth Carolina Fish eries Commission Board last week on a cruise over the' Sounds with Governor Morrison himself. To impress upon the; Budget Committee of the Gen-: era I Assembly the reasonable ness of appropriating certain cms for the advancement of the ?'-h and oyster industry, Gov ernor Morrison will invite the Budget Committee to go over; til e ground with him this sum tnt" and see what the Governor r. i nisei f has seen. Morrison Thoroly Enthused Sr- nping a-horA at Morehead City Ti r-.| y afternoon after a three-day ?>t" inspection of the inland water Ka-rern North Carolina. ? r Cam-run Morrison told the > ? Fisheries Commission Board that w.>uld back the commission in any able program for the restoration V "h Ca oliaa's fish and shellfish -try. Am! if it is humanly possible waters of North Carolina to be ? ; lied with fish and oysters Gov Morrison is for it. W rhe Governor launched his live campaign a few weeks ago he . " "f fish in connection with the : grear.-r production of turnips. ? 1 fowls, ??flow about the fi>hV" G<o rr.or. And all anybody 11 him about fish was that the important edible fish are rapidly v...' ?' rivers of Eastern North Caro Governor Sees For Himself. Governor called the Fisheries I i ;sj;>a Foard Into conference in I r. sr.lt of that confer - that the Governor was invit (I | ? - nallv visit the Sounds and i - ami see for himself the prob ?mf.onring what should be North ( ??"s greatest industry. That was ginning of the Governor's cduca ::i the alarming decadence of one r greatest natural resources. V is ago before we thought to enact <i <>r fisheries legislation, we per Virginia oysteriuen to come iti "s to the inland waters of North :i i and c;.rry off our oysters to h the oyster beds of Virginia, r <?> ster industry was nearly de i at a time when North Carolina ivt- ' , p. i ading the nation in yster production. In the meantime immense seine fish s on Albemarle Sound were taking ts of -I I and herring that come "-s waters to spawn. Miles and s of nets-were used in surrounding ? schools cf an(i taking them I'-s-iJ... Tfie seine fisheries depleted ad herring an I ?d only whrn fishing with steam i led -fine- became unprofitable. Regulation Comes To Late. insulation of the fishing industry too late to save it. When the I of regulation and conservation ' ? fig] rits ('ommission other destrncthre agencies over ii the commission had no control '? already at work. The shifting of the Atlantic were closing the ?r inlets on the North Carolina the gateways through which the ' I and herring come into our inland vaters from the ocean. One by one 'h?-sM inlets have closed until today ? i>u't an inlet north of Ilatteras - which the shad and herriug ''g an inland spawning ground can " North Carolina waters. "d the few fish that do enter these a .1 make their way to the great 1 spawning grounds on Albemarle "id are trapped at the spawning i by scores of fishermen operat pe-raits from a monstrous I'''"Utinueti <>n Page y>.) ??****??*?** * WHAT MAKES A MAN. ? * * By Rev. Geo. Studson DeLano * for The Independent * * It is not words that make the *, * man; it is not pen or typo which * * records the man among men. It is * * the man within the human machine* * * he speaks thru actions, writing, by * * the force of his power, the history * * of a soul. And that soul refines * * mankind by the force of its purity, * * the unselfishness of its purposes, * * the suffering it has to endure, the * * opposition of weaklings, the tena- * * city with which it holds to the * * God-given heritage of likeness to * * the Divine. * dresTup week not over with That Ford Contest Stunt Will Hold The Boards Sat urday. Elizabeth City's first Dress-Up Week which was inaugurated here Tuesday; night has been a notable success in' many ways, tho its trade stimulating [ effect is yet to be appraised. It was; a great idea if it accomplished nothing' more than the cleaning up and decor ating of Elizabeth City stores. Mer-, chants vied with each other in dr tssing ' up their respective places of business and thousands of people turned out Tuesday night to see the blinds removed from shdw windows, revealing the mer chants' displays. It was one grand op ening. There were many things to enliven the opening Tuesday right. The J. II. Ziegler. Cornet Band furnished music for the crowds; the Elizabeth City Fire Co. co-operated by using its appratus in a parade preceding the opening and the police did fine work in maintaining remarkably good order thruout the ev ening. An expert judging ot tne many win-1 (low displays gave the awards to !I. C. Bright Co.. for the most artistic window: Ptiff Piano Co. for the most original window and P. Walter Harris, the City Tailors, for the best direct sell ing window display. A living model from the Society Brand Clothes people demonstrated the latest things in men's appareling by trying them on in the Walter Harris show window. M. Leigh Sheep Co.. the Woma: "s Wear Store, with one of the handsomest window dis plays ever made here. I??>t place among the prize winners because of the awk ward design of the store's windows. MsCabe & Price. Bucket Shecly Co and Mitchell's Department Style wen similarly handicapped. Press-I'p Week exhibitions have giv en the public an idea of the extent o! stock carried by Elizabeth City stores and of the progressiveness of Elizabeth City merchants. ,Ford Contest Saturday. I>ress-l*p Week will continue thru Saturday, and on that day cash prize; of ten dollars each will be awarded foi the vehicle coming the greatest dis tance to the celebration, the one bring ing the largest number of people, am', the one that is most dilapidated. Specia' prizes for Ford owners are offered by the Auto & Gas Engine Works, of this city, also on Saturday. They will com prise a Sir. Superior lock steering wheel, to be given to the purchaser of the newest Ford from the company here; a $10 aufomobile tire to be awarded to the owner of the oldest Ford: and a $."> spotlight or auto horn for the Ford that comes the greatest distance. All vehicles must be parked in th? vacant lot at the rear of the First & Citizens National Bank between the hours of 2 and 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the awards will be made at the latter hour. WAR DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A HEARING Will Consider Elizabeth City's Demand For Closing Water Street Bridge. A Public Hearing will be held in the Chamber of Commerce Assembly Room, at Elizabeth City, at 1 p. m., Friday. April 14. 1022. for the purpose of con sidering the request of the Corporation of Elizabeth City, N. C.. for approval of plans to construct a fixed bridge across Poindexter Creek, on Water Street, within the corporate limits of Elizabeth City, N. C.. to replace the draw bridge now located at that point. All persons interested in the above matter a*e invited to be present or represented at the hearing at the time ( and place designated. As all of the papers in the case are to be laid before the Secretary of War ! for action, it is desired, for accuracy I of record, that all important facts. d j all arguments, either for or against the approval of the application, be sub i mitted in writirg end iu triplicite. Oral ' evidence will, however, be .'icard. The Governor Catches a Shad ? IT was Governor Morrison's privilege last week to visit a pound net while . it was heing fished, near Roanoke Island. The Governor wasn't content to stay on board the Fisheries Commission yacht and see the fish taken; he crawled aboard, the shad boat and helped draw the catch. He had just lifted a five-pond roe shad from the net and was admiring the glistening beauty when The Independent's camera caught him. BEGINS TO LOOK LIKE BUSINESS City Employes Consulting En gineers In Municipal Own ership Problem The first definite step toward municipal ownership of electric! lights, water and sewerage in Elizabetn City was taken by the Board of Aldermen Wednesday afternoon in the employment of the J. B. McCrary Engineering! Corporation, of Atlanta, Ga. T*T< Aldermen have engaged the Me- j f'rnrv Co. to make an appraisal of tho j existing privately owned light, water! and sewerage properties"; to make an estimate of the cost of making neees- J sary repairs, improvements, alterations and extensions of the present 'proper ties to meet the city's requirements; and to submit a separate estimate of the cost of constrneting new eleetrie light and power, water ard sewerage plants outright. Tiie appraisal and estimates will be made within the next few works and a definite offer will be made the own-! ers of the existing companies. If the proposed offer is refused, then it is th intention of the special eommittee oil municipal ownership to advise the con struction of new properties and to bond the city for the amount the construc tion of a new plant will cost. No spe cial election or act of the Legislature will be required to bond the town for lights, water and sewerage. The J. H. McCrary Engineering Corp. is an Atlanta, Ga. firm of consulting en gineers and contractors. It is one- of the largest and most reputable concerns in the South. / GOATS STILL AT LARGE. A large and highly scented flock of goats continues to roam at large on the public roads near Weeksvilie since Stock Law went in effect and the own er is said to have indicated that he doesn't purpose to keep them off the roads. This newspaper is informed that the goats are the property of Dr. 11. 15. Davis, of Weeksvilie. a member of the I'asquotank Board of Health. HERE'S GREAT NEWS FOR THE MOTORIST Proposed Edenton-Mackeys Ferry To Nearly Bridge Albemarle Sound When T. R. I layman of Elizabeth City puts his auto freight and passen [ g? r ferry on between Edenton and I Mackeys on or about April 15. hundreds I of people in the counties of Washing ton. Renufort. Tyrrell and Hyde may be expected to motor to Elizabeth City. The proposed ferry should do more to bridge Albemarle Sound and cement I the relations of the counties bordering t immediately on both sides of the Sound I than, the -railroad has done. Hundreds of people in Tyrrell. Wash ington. Beaufort and Hyde Counties now do business in Elizabeth City, but they can't get here in their cars with J out making an almost impossible detour of more_tban a hundred miles thru the counties of Gates, Hertford and Bertie. Thousands in Elizabeth City would liite I to motor to Hyde County this summer aid see the wonders of that isolated county, including the great New Hol land drainage project. Ilayman's Ferry will solve the problem for all ihesp motorists. Mr. Iluyinan has converted the steamer. Chadwiek. originally built for general cargo service for the 1*. S. Coast Guard. The Chadwiek is 0." feet long. 1!? feet wide and four feet draft. She i> equipped with a fill II. I*. oil burning engine and can make the trip from Edenton to Mackeys. including the time consumed in mailing landings, in one hour. She will carry four auto mobjics besides freight and passengers. It.v rililing sponsons to the Chadwiek Mr. Ilaymnn expects to provide accom modations for eight cars at a trip. lie | centen plates a - heilule of two round ! trips daily and is also considering lnnk ! ing a side trip daily to Avocn, Bertie I county, which point is only seven miles j or so from Mackeys. SHORT 152 DWELLINGS. i There were 5.S41 families and S.tiSO I dwellings in Pasquotank according to | the last official census. In other words j Pasquotank county needs 1.52- new dwellings to provide a home for. every family in the county. DECLINES CHARLOTTE OFFER. . Rev. Geo. F. Hill. Rector of Christ Church. Elizabeth City, has declined the superinteiidercy of the Thompson Orphanage, Episcopal, at Charlotte, I One Reason Why the Shad is Disappearing HERE is a Saunders snapshot photo of the laboratory of the U. S. Gov ernment Fish Hatchery at Edenton, N. C. It costs the government up wards of $12,000 a year to operate the fish hatchery. It is supposed to propagate shad; it actually hatches cut the eggs of less than a thousand shad in a seascn and destroys the natural spawning of untold thousands of shad in its operations. The hatchery also propagates some bass and perch. Bass and perch are taken from native waters and kept in ponds for breeding purposes.'' The fish hred from our native stock arc shipped to other parts of the country. BE SLOW TO PAY NEW SEWER RATE Board of Aldermen Note Appeal From Corporation Com mission Order Patrons of the Elizabeth City Sew erage Co. who have received bills for thb quarter beginning Apr. 1, 1022 and ending June 80, 1022, should hold up the payment of such bills pending the settlement of the question of rates. The State Corporation Commission has granted the Elizabeth City Sewerage Co. authority to charge all sewer con nections in this city a rattf of $1.50 a month, an advance of 50 cents a month over the last quarter's rate. The Sew erage Co. lias billed its patrons accord ingly. But the Board of Aldermen of Eliz abeth City has filed notice of an appeal f orn the order of the Corporation Commission and intends to carry the matter up to the Supreme Court of the State. If the Courts set aside the Cor poration Commission order, these pat rons of the Sewerage Co. who pay for the present quarter at the $1.50 a month will be out of pocket just $1.50 for this quarter. A good plan to pur sue would be to give the Sewerage Co. your check for $3.00 for the present quarter pending the settlement of the matter. EDGAR CHADWICK DIES IN BUFFALO Capt. Edgar Chadwick, 54 years old, died in the U. S. Marine Hospital at Buffalo. X. Y? at 11:2." p. in. Wednes day niglit, April 5. following an illness of several weeks. Capt. Chadwiek was Superintendent of the Seventh District U. S. Coast Guard, with office at Eliz abeth City from the summer of 11115 to September 1020 when he was trans ferred to the Tenth District of the Coast Guard, with offices at Buffalo. Edgar Chadwick was born at Man tro, Iloauoke Island. Nov. 4, 1SGS. He entered the Coast Guard when a young man and worked himself up in the ser vice. rising first to Keeper of Little Isl and station, thence to Virginia Beach, thence to the superintendency of the Eighth District, which latter post he fdled until transferred to Elizabeth City to succeed the late P. H. Morgan in 1018. Capt. Chadwick was one of the most lovable men in the Coast Guard ser vice and news of his death came as a shock to Elizabeth City people. lie is survived by a wife and four children. Arrangements for the funeral and inter ment had not been disclosed when this newspaper went to press. Miffin Ilolton. young whit efnrnier of near Bridgeton, has been missing since Saturday, when he drove to New Bern. Mrs. Holton and friends of the young man are completely at a loss for any explanation of his disappearance. TOO WOMEN TOO MANY IN ONE HOUSE FOR HIM * ? R. C. Lowry Left Home But Came Bark When Blood Hounds Were Sent For / After liis neighbors had searched the woods and dragged the creeks for his body for twenty-four hours, Robert C. Lowry, Jr., a Salem township farmer, showed up in his home early Sunday morning. Mr. Lowxjr stormed out of his home about 10 o'clock Friday night after a quarrel with his wife. His parting words were. "I'm done!" It was beliorcd that he had left home with suicidal intentions and fifty or niore of his neighbors scoured the neighborhood for him Saturday and Saturday night, but' found no trace. Saturday night the neighbors put in a 'phone cnll to Suf folk. Ya. for bloodhounds and the hounds were expected Sunday morning. Mr. Lowry showed up nheqd of the hounds, slipping into the kitchen of his home about sunrise Sunday morning. It is believed that he had been in hiding in a tenant house on his farm and knew what was going on. Mr. Lowry is .'10 years old. has been J married about 15 years and has two children. I lis domestic troubles are common talk in the neighborhood where he lives, growing out of the incompat ibility of his wife and. sister living in the same house. CHEAP LENSES There are no bargain days nor substituted for good eye glasses. Cheaper materials can be substituted for al most anything except a cor rectly fitted lense. "Cheap" lenses oftentimes cause trouble of a more serious nature than the de fects they are supposed to correct. Only people who have been trained to recognize defects of vision and to know how to make a proper correction are capable of advising on such an important subject as lenses. Avoid trouble by consulting reliable professional people and taking their advice. DR. J. D. HATHAWAY Optometrist Bradford Bldg. Eliznbeth City, N. C. MR. TULLY WILSON LET THE BEST CATCH GET AWAY With Three Men In Jail Threatening To Expose Big Moonshine Organization He Let's Them Go On Small Cash Bonds morrison will be cnrs guest Governor Will Bring Notable Party To Elizabeth City in July Elizabeth City is going to en tertain Governor Morrison, members of his Council of State and the Budget Committee of the N. C. General Assembly some time in July. Governor Morrison promises to take -the Budget Committee and several members of his staff over the North Carolina Sounds this sum mer to show them just what North Carolina needs for the betterment of its fish and oys ter industry. - The Governor has told TV. 0. Saun ders that lie would be glad to assemble his party at Elizabeth - City for the cruise, the party to be met here by the Fisheries Commission yaett Atlan tic. The Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, the Itotary Club and the Merchants' Association have formally in vit? d Governor Morrison and party to spend a day in Elizabeth City and get acquainted with the cleanest and best town in the state. Elizabeth City wants just such an opportunity to entertain the Governor and give expression to the city's appreciation of the Governor's interest in the development of this sec tion of the state. The Budget Committee of the Gen eral Assembly is composed of Hon. It. A. Doughton, of Sparta; It. S. MeCoin. of Henderson; L. It. Yarww, of Lum berton: \V. X. Everett, of Rockingham and It. A. Pewar,. of Murphy. They are real wheel horses in tjie General Assembly and upon their friendliness and good will depends the fate of most appropriation measures. A visit from this committee might well be worth more to a town than a dozen conven tions. LAWYER FL,AYS PASTOR IN SUNDAY SCHOOL Walter Cohoon Says He Will Not Be Subdued by the Lash of Orthodoxy Declaring tlint he did not purpose to submit to the lash of orthodoxy being held over him by a narrow gauge theo logical pismire, or something like that. Walter L. Cohoon paid his respects to the pastor. Itev. Ilenry K. Williams, of First Baptist Church, in his talk to Jhe Acme Bible Class of the First Bap- J t^st Sundhy School last Sunday. Mr. Cohoon's arraignment of his pastor has | caused much talk about town. It seems I that Mr. Cohoon's methods of conduct ing the largest class in the Sunday | School are objectionable to the pastor and Parson Williams voiced some of his objections when Mr. Cohoon invited Dr. John Saliba to address his class on the subject of "Judaism's Debt to Bab ylon." That was too much for "lid and-all" pastor and he up and said he didn't like it and wanted to reply to Dr. Saliba. Thereupon Mr. Cohoon girded himself and paid his respects to the pastor. And the teacher may have the best of it in any row that may fol low. as it is generally known that Mr. Williams doesn't set well with his con gregation anyway. DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT MEETINGS TO-MORROW Democratic Voters Urged To Meet At Their Respective Precincts at 2 P. M. At a meeting of the State Democra tic ? Executive Committee held in Ral eigh Thursday, March Oth. a resolution was unanimously adopted by the corn mittee that the Democratic voters of the various precincts of the State be called to meet at theirs various voting places at 2 o'clock on Satnrdar, April 8th, for the purpose of electing a pre cinct or war<j executive committee com posed of five voters of the ward or precinct, and delegates to the County Convention. The County Convention is called to j meet in the Court House of Pasquotank County on Saturday, April 15th. at 11 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of elect ing delegates to the State Convention and to transact any other business that may come before the Convention. At this time the newly elected chairmen of the precinct or ward committees will meet immediately after the County Convention is adjourned and elect the chairman of the County Executive Committee for the next two years and also a secretary. Put a shingle on the roof of TIIE I INDEPENDENT'S new building. Re new your subscription. R. A. Kohloss, Federal Prohi bition Commissioner of North Carolina came to Elizabeth City this week and departed aii angry man. Upon information which he gleaned from the news col umns of THE INDEPENDENT two weeks ago Mr. Kohloss came in person to Elizabeth City hoping to get to the bottom of one of the most important illicit whiskey operations yet uncov ered by his men in this section. But when Mr. Kohloss got to Elizabeth City he found that U. S. Commissioner Tully Wilson had released the very birds he wanted and probably thereby circumvented a rounding up of a wealthy gang of moonshiners Several weeks ago revenue officers found the most elaborate distillery ever seen in this state, about to be erected in the basement of an old house on Church Islnnd. The outfit is said to have been worth over $.1,000. Three men engaged in the erection of the still were arrested and brought to Elizabeth City to await the investiga tion of a Federal grand jury. The men gave their names as Walter .Tones, Clias. McDonald and William Wilson, all of Norfolk. Va. They claimed to be simply mechanics in need of work who had sold their labor to wealthy men in Norfolk to erect tho "still on Churches Island. The men talked freely ip jail and threatened to expose the men high er up who were backing this illicit ven ture, if thf men higher up didn't fur nish bail. Walter Jones, the oldest of the party was released by U. S. Commissioner Wilson under a cash bond of $300, which was $200 less than his bond had been fixed at a preliminary hearing fol lowing the arrest. The money for .Tones' bond came from 'Norfolk, Va. and that very fact should have aroused the suspicion of an alert official. But the only thing that seemed to arouse Commissioner Wilson was the sight of $.100 cash money. This newspaper published the fact of .Tones' release under a $.100 bond and also published the information that Mc Donald and Wilson, the two men left in jail, were threatening to turn state's evidence if the owners of the stift did not put up bonds for them too. This was what brought Commissioner Koh loss all the way from Salisbury to Eliz abeth City. Mr. Kohloss was shrewd enough to appreciate the possibility of holding McDonald and Wilson to secure the evidence necessary to land the Vir ginians who are financing moonshine operations in North Carolina. But when Mr. Kohloss got to Elizabeth City Monday morning he found that Com missioner Wilson had also let McDon ald and Wilson go, each under bonds of $2."0. Kohloss groaned audibly and swore inwardly. Commissioner Kohloss hurried from* Elizabeth City to Norfolk Monday af ternoon after having wired the Prohi bition Commissioner of Virginia to meet him in the Virginia City. lie hopes to yet locate Jones. McDonald and Wilson and have them re-nrrested and returned to Elizabeth City. He is convinced that the government may have lost a big find in the release of the three men. Ttnt_ Commissioner Wilson thought he had done a big week's work when he hauled in $800 in cash for bonds. The attorney for the men under bond is W. L. Cohoon and the bond money was paid thru him. ELIZABETH CltY GIRLS SHY AT KNICKERS Cut One Who Has Dared Says They Will All Come To It An other Season Many Elizabeth City women loolced longingly at a display of knickers at M. Leigh Sheep Company's woman's wear store this week, but none had the heart to buy. Mr. Sheep received sev eral suits on consignment from a well known New York tailor, but sent them back after making only a half hearted showing. So far as is known only one Elizabeth City girl has developed the courage to add a suit of knickers to her wardrobe and she hasn't found the heart to make a public appearance in j them as yet. Miss Lula White, head of the ladies' suit department of M. I Leigh Sheep Co. is the^ possessor of flie one suit. Miss White is sure that women generally will take favorably to knickers' as soon as the public recov ers .from the first rude shock and she expects to have lots of company before the summer is over. Miss WhPe says many Elizabeth City women will take their first suits of knickers with thcia on their vacrlions t> the mountains and ? seashore this summer and will jet ac customed to their new habits away from the snickers and comments of un- / appreciative neighbors. Another se:? on they will wear them openly among i their neighbors. (Don't ^put a h'dj I ,-rou" i-ntstrwttioa ? upon the fo-t going j sentence ; . /