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_ HAVE YOU A IIAUD QUESTION? ?
VOL. XV. NO. 756. >t K||>jtv.tl, (1,.. y lcr Inn(. 9* i^qs"""ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1922 l'llWisla-J Kury Tmsjay ;.n:l Kri.iuy by W. o. Saunders PRICE jM
??i^???????fc??^^?t KHaalwtli City. X. C.
proposes state park
of our entire coast
("apt. M. P. Hite ^ 5 Elizabeth City Thinks
State Should Acquire Title to Strand
from Virginia to Bogue Inlet
. \'it think of the
? ikinv: a State !kirk
North Carolina
! the \ irtjnia State
Xori ,i to l>opue
? : , South ? It's a
;o e aei ive l !>y an l.liz
I- titv mail who knows
. > . ,iu?I dread- the day
! ohcst hue will
e hand- ami the
? ???? .1: people can not s?t
? ???. :! I v. il'ioat the per
? . , ate nil ner.
i ? M IV H.i
ci>i|vi i-'ii tioii work i:i
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: !aii- f..r Nor:!i Car
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? S..,nnl? .Hid l!i" to;
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!' i - trji: i'o " ifi n:'l
- .- H'l ;?!<? Co;; til:
!??;-(> >>r l?'^^ isolated at..;
? - l.'il ill llellK'lltl. I'.tit it will
i|l|t'>t illll of :l few VIM'S
|to>^:l>i|i; il?v will 1m.
i:. t t-ry rii li ami it is nj* 'in
? I" fr;:r that tin* \\ a ?!??
?? w I. |?a>s into private Yiml
- ii-aih' a'S'i'ssihlc In f
? <i? .oat, t?.." :t; ?.
o
\ Carolinian mui hnut from tin
? -s ..f this coast. Ii-ii in its
vr>. hallo- i;i its snri' i>r camp
?s samls without paying toll to
iii' uiMicrs. Vast tracts will bo
!?> tiro public altogether. Now
? iii:o. thinks Cap;. Ilito. for
\ r: Carolina t>> ts.akc a ;? cat
S:ar?' Park of the entire I'jas!. a
?m of 17." miles from Virginia
?? l: Inlet, with an average
i ?f about a laiic. ("apt. llite's
:bl be to biiihl for posterity
t 1 r ul foii:ulatt?>n. taking title
?I- v. : v in oO or To years. The
>? woii'ii begin acquiring title at
v. iierever ^rsit ticf'rle birr, in
:n. eotibl buy the 1 mil f'ota
???iii: owners siihject to tin- life es
rlie present owner anil his
? i . prospectivi- eliiblren. The
? ?f the laml has almost
i ,..w ami Ca|?t. Uite t'iink>
. : i i-ffer-|ivi- effort - this
????;?! easilv be si--nre?| at the
? ? ? ? r's il-.itb at no net. 1 u
r ?s, . if a nominal value, of.
> l.u.l aere. were ofTcreti the
? III owner ill- WollM illlllieiliute|y
' s -?11h 1 pass tir|(. iii
s !' r this eoiisiib-ratio;:. otli
? ass ;i|b- oil ileatll. while
. pa.ss ti. !e when
. I'Mreu attaitie'l majority. The
?piestion amounts to aroiiiul
?? a value of si.(HI
;-t aere a< an average?woi:M
? only SliMi.lNai.iMt ami if
? ? ?' -11 ? i J at the rat e <-l
?' M' > , yea - tin- whole park
- ? "??j>iir?-il with ?:t the i-otit
?I:n? it. If the nuiit%-r
r- j.nr on a community **r ser
' "? - - thru *>M*ak:?i? and ftews
(l-ajwr i :ili:|i:ii;;ii- MTV lit t Ii? motley
in ri'i|iiir>-<l ii> M-riiri1 til!** to
' Hit** -ay> In* would make li<?
d .'I 'l fi-t re-tri**ti*?tis u- t<* use.
,i * n;t~ll lease ItllHi
lli (III ! |io-i- eVI-ll
: '/.in;:. i t.-.. I? 111 woiilil insist i>n
in - i.t I t?> years on leases,
hi i-m-otirage tin* li'tilding ?f
num-r home- ami grant for this
ii-rely nominal lig
1 a* ! -tiger term*. 1 hi any
i-a-fil r ???r**ai i*?tts; I
a la! > .il.if. I would liave most
ainl ?-??ll ?iiJi* i*i?
'
"it.- t.. friciul. ?'j?i?t. Hit**
ly iti-.-li.-.-.l what is i:? liis
mi i-iiti-rtainilig ami enligllt
II- -ai?l:
!'?? Mm r-ali/.** that you cutitiot
?in- ' t.?ati Uracil i
?*?'*:* l.-txM?a till* IH*lawan* ami'
? at i??? i ini-~i? 111 ? I"
r *'?r*l> in .ill tSuit spa-** :t single
I. >iay away from
*M-**an ami lit** law will
r* 'Mm i;j?. li., yoil rarr to see
??Hi.? a- ha|>|>?*n down her**.'
*li*-ire to walk l?y the ol*l
- ..a artii-d Klin d
? a-v tinm ami for any ohi
' to onii-r you away? Do you J
a!! la*- .?a h*-a**I? of
?"' ".* lias- into tin* liaittl.
?? I . .*
amilirrti land halllrra who
11**- r own iileasv.re as to
not yott rati walk along
An* tin* gradual ?*u- {
? Noii hen* jfintiersj
'??asiiiiii-Mnt clubs und
-ri, ?| . ..
:? -?ittifii'iit iinlica
w''*t lit ions will Ue on
f-w il--ad'*-, when
I***-* want a cottage at
j. mi:-: t'umr "Nags Head."
of the glider it* here now*
ami t wentv years more will likely see
some form of flyer as common as lite
Ford of to-day. In that day the
sounds will be uo bar and the beach
es will be ns close to you as the
Fair 1J rounds wo now. When that
day rentes will you hear your ehil
drt n say. 'Let's run over to our cot
tage on the beach" or will they say j
'The beach is tine, but they won't
let you 50 near the ocean any tnoreV* |
'"If the whole North Carolina I
lleach is a siate park the state can
lease little home sites alt along it.
The state 1 an keep the whole beaeh
free from fenees and armed guards.
It can give every man his share of
the beach and o-ean when our state
has even ten limes the population it
has today ami "Nags Head' is like
Asbnry I'ark or Atlantic City. Let
the state now deelare the whole
beach a public park and take title
when ii can. Let all the people own
these beaches instead of a few
Northerners with their armed
guards."
IS PROHIBITION TO
BLAME FOR DIABETES?
Statement That Diabetes Is on the
Increase Borne Out By
Local Facts
l?r. Zeiias Fearing. I'ily 1 !<?;> 11 It
Officer de-lares tint diabetes i* on
I In* increase in Kli/.abctli Fit} ai <1
I bat tbv number ?f case* developed
: here within tin* past ??:??? or two
yrars is alarmiig. This newspaper
asked 1 >r. Fearing about i?*
cases because of statements made
??Ngwhrrc that America i- booming
a nation of diabetics slice the ad
vent of prohibition.
J)r. Knianucl Donbeiser of the
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies,
of New York City, "declared in a
statement the other day that prohibi
tion and the result'ng influx of con
fectionery and French pastry shops
are making America a nation of hi;
hetics. lie . explained that wit 11 the
withdrawal of alcoholie drinks the
men of llie country have turned to
sugar as a substitute. This phenome
non. lie said, was the logical result
. of a biological law.
"Take drink away from mail." said
I>r. iJoiibeiser. '"and lie will naturally
turn to something else as a substi
tute. His craving for sweets is tiiu
intensified. He becomes an inveter
ate candy cater end a constant
miuc-lier of pastries.
"A person is Imruted more physi
cally by pat roi.-i/.ing a French pastry
shop (ban be ever- was by going in
a saloon and drinking a glas^ of beer
or light wine. Heaving out (lie sell
ing of whijky. French pastry shops
do more harm than the saloons ever
did. Folitiniicd use of heavy sweets
I between meals will soon make a
healthy, normal man a diabetic sub
ject."
Mr. Fearing dors not profess to In
prepared to say whether prohibition
is responsible for the iiii-iciisi' of di
abetes. but In- is convinced that the
increase is alaruling ami that ?vi<r- ,
consumption of swim-Is is tli<* cause
of it. Then- an- no French pastry
shops in Kliy.abrth City, but Cora
< oht ami other sweet drinks supply
tin- same amount of sugar for those
who have the craving.
ELIZABETH CITY MAYOR
BACK FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK
Mayor W\ Ben Goodwin returned
Sunday night from Boston, where lie
attended the Biennial National Con-'
veutioii of the Bed .Men of America.
Mayor Goodwin was aeeouipanied by
Mrs. Goodwin who slapped in Salis
bury. .Md.. to spend a few days be
fore returning home.
A. C. Garret of this i-ity was at
Boston also, us one of the five rep- 1
resent ill ives of the North Carolina
I ted Men. While away the party vis
ited < iimbridge I'niversity and oth
er points of interest near Boston, in
eluding Plymouth Knelt, wnere the
Pilgrims landed in KKltt. The Bed
Men ereeled a handsome nionnmeut
to Massasoit. the friendly Chief of
tlie Massachusetts Indians.
WILD CAT KILLS CHICKENS
laist Friday nivlil a monster wild
eat raided the prize winning lloek of
Brown Leghorn eliiekens ou Grceu
hali Poultry Farm, in Chowan coun
ty. and before the eat could be killed
bad destroyed BS of the best of the
Hock. Green hall Poultry Farm is
owned by Newby & White of Hert
ford. and lias grown to be of con
siderable importance as an industry.1
and is still growing. The eat made
bis entrance by digging under the
wall of the building, this one being
the only bouse 011 the place with a
dirt floor.?Hertford Herald.
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HERE is a reduced facsimile of a map by Capt. M. P. Hitc, of Elizabeth
City, showing the location of a proposod State Park, bequeathing the beauty
and rec cation,".I possibilities of this most delightful area to all posterity.
What do you think of it?
TWIDDY CASE
UP THIS WEEK
Most Brutal and Cowardly
Crime Ever Committed by
a Local Policeman
Perhaps the most serious
case on the docket of the Su
perior Court in session in Eliz
abeth City this week is the
ease of the State vs. (Jcorgc
Twiddy. Ralph Cuthrell. Lin
wood Cartwright, 11. S. Sey
mour and Pete Sawyer. *all
charged with assault with
deadly weapon with intent to
kill. The prosecuting witness
in the ease is Davis Overton, a
16-year-old moron negro.
In tli<' early morning of Sunday.
April 2. I'.cJll. Twiddy, who is a
night pHlirrman in Elizabeth City,
organized a nosse and went three
miles or more into Pasquotank Coun
ty to look for the negro hoy. Davis
Overton, who was wanted bv the
eounly authorities on a rliargr of
vagraney. Twiddy liad no warrant
for the bov and Sheriff Chits. Iteid
has stated that. Twiddy had uo au
thority to "o iu the futility for the
boy. Kut 'J'widdy has a thirst for
negro blood.
.Messrs. X'ynifHir. < iirinnjin iiim
f'tii ln-ell. wlio accompanied Twiddy
1 ami helped liitu in tin- man ?limit an
Camden County men in ill knew abso
lutely nothing about tin- negro tlu-y
won' limiting for. Tliey Just went
along to help Twiddy. at Twiddy's
ropiest.
Tin- negro boy was fotiiul in a
shanty on tin- 1'nrki-r fiit-in on Umly
Komi. several miles from town. It
was hardly daylight when Twiddy
lliishi-d his prev. The boy. seeing
five armed white men pursuing him.
ran. As lie rail he was shot by one
of lite party. A "2 ealibre steel bul
let penetrated the boy's back just
below the twelfth rib. narrowly
missed a kidney, traveled obliquely
upward thru his liver and right lung
and bulged behind n rib in bis chest.
Twitldy and bis men left the boy to
die and eame baek to town, saying
nothing about the shooting. Four
days later the boy was found weak,
emaciated and exhausted frotu loss
of blood in a ditch far from the road,
lie was taken to the 1'asipiotunk i
Municipal Hospital and hovered he-1
tween life and death for weeks. His
recovery under the surgical care of
l>r. John Snlibu was nothing short
of marvelous.
A more cowardly, brutal or un
called for crime was never committed
by a police officer lit the police his
tory of Elizabeth City. For weeks
Twiddy walked the streets without
having a warrant being served upon
him. Finally he an-1 his alleged ac
complices were haled into court, giv
en u preliminary hearing and hound
over to tin- Superior Court under
bonds of SoU each. The Hoard of
Aldermen by whom Twiddy is em
ployed as u policeman never did any
thing about the ease at all and
Twiddy remains on the police force
with two mnn-killines to bis credit.
Twiddy confidently expects to In* ;?f
j ipiittcd l?y the Court this week, in
[which cast* the life of a negro with
j in three miles of Twithly will hardly
be worth a lmir of paper hreeebes in
! a rainstorm.
MAY CLOSE DISMAL
SWAMP CANAL NOW
House Kills Bill to Buy Canal For
$500,000: May Result in Clos
ing Waterway
j The refusal of Congress to buy
i the Dismal Swamp t'aual for S.?OtI.
two mav result in closing the
j miles of waterwav connecting the
I'u.si|uotunk Kiver in North Carolina
with the Kli/aheth Kiver in Virginia,
i It was elaiined as operating at a loss
when several months ago (lovern
tnent engineers recommended its pur
ehase as a measure of justiee. since
the operation of a free canal paral
lel with it had virtually put it out
i of business.
The House killed the hill Saturday
by a vote of 77 to LM.t. no Kcpukli
rnn members voting for it. ( otigress
tuatt Ward made a determined stand
for the passage of the hill. In his
} speech before the House Mr. Ward
said:
'"The Dismal Swamp canal was
here in line condition, serving this
large area, representing what is now
L'K.tttMt population, with acres
of holdings. .Tt.tttHI acres in active
cultivation. The (loveriiment saw- lit
to take over the Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal and make it toll
free, in furtherance of the great
' ? - :... I
III eoltsirilci lug nil in..i.iv.
; waterway from New Knghiml to the
South. When thin was (lone, ship
ping was diverteil from the Dismal
Swamp (.'anal to the extent that its
ineotue would not sustain it. It must
go under, according to the report of
your engineers. The people living in
i the territory thru which it runs, say
if it noes under, our only opportun
ity of transportation is taken from
' us by an act of the Government.
I Is it right that this should
be done? Can the Government in
justice to these people afford to do
it?"
What is the situation in Congress
as to the Dismal Swamp Canal fol
lowing tlit4 rejection by the House
of the Senate amendment providing
for the purchase of this waterway
by the Government?
The answer is that the fight for
the project seems to be. over this ses
sion. but that it may have a better
ehnnee at the next session than it
I did at this, when it really came much
l nearer bein;p successful than would
I appear from the vote.
DOESN'T HAPPEN TO BE
OUR DR. CLAUDE KELLAM
The Dr. I!. C. Kellum held in Nor
folk on a cliurge of iirst degree mur
der in connection with the death of
i a pretty 21-year-old telephone op
I erator of Cape Charles, Va., is not
the Dr. Claude Kelluim formerly of
Camden County, now of Norfolk, and
well known in this city ami section.
The Dr. Kellain under arrest in
Norfolk is not known here. He was
arrested last Saturday morning fol
lowing the death of the Cape Charles
girl. He is accused of having per
formed an illegal operation result
ing in the girl's death. A woman
rooming housekeeper was indicted
I with him.
INDICTED HERE
ON CHARGE OF
! WHITE SLAVERY
> B. J. Ashley of Cho
wan Accused of
Taking New York
Man's Wife Away
I Charles Powell, a night
watchman of Brooklyn. X. V..
lost his wife on June 16. 1622. j
He found her this week on a
farm in Chowan County, liv
ing with another man. 15. J.
Ashley, the man with whom
Mrs. Powell was living was
I indicted under the Mann
W hite Slave Act l>y the L*. S.
Deputy Marshall J. W. Wilcox
i of this city and is now under
a $400 bond for his appearance
in the Federal Court here on
jOet. 12. 1922.
Ashley was given a iiroliniitiury
hearing before tlie 1*. S. Commissioii
| er at Kli/.nbetli City Monday after
noon. 4'has. Powell, the husband of
the delinquent woman had been in
Kli/.abeth City since Saturday nn
l.uown to his wife and her lover on
it farm in Chowan Comity .">*> miles
away.
15. .1. Ashley is ;i native of Chowan
County. prominently connected in,
thai couuly. He had been away from
home for several years. part of
which time lie was in the Navy, lie
showed up in Chowan this summer
with a lillle Mick-cyed. hluek-haired
Irish woman of 2S years whom he in
trodueed as his wife. "I'liey settled
down to life on the farm of II. 15.
tioodwiii. a relative of Ashley, near
Kdciiton.
Til ineantiine ('has. Powell. who
claims lie never saw Ashley until this
week, was seeking his wife. The
Powells lived in a rooming house in
llrooklyu. N. Y. There Ashley met
Mrs. i'owell several weeks before
their elopement and I'owell didn't
know anything about it. Months af
ter the disappearance of his wife.
I'owell says he learned that -'ic had
been intimate with Ashley and had
gone away with him. Some one hud
seen a wire from Ashley from Kdcn
tnn. N. C. I'owell sent photos of
his wife and Ashley to Chief of Po
lice Hubert son. of Kdenton. who iden
tified them and notified I'owell to
come. Powell met Chief Robertson
in Kli/.abeth City Saturday afternoon
and a Federal warrant was procured
for Ashley's arrest.
Powell is an englishman, small,
dark, nervous, neat of appearance, i
He was in the lobby of the Southern
Hotel Monday when Deputy Marshall
Wilcox walked in with Ashley and
Mrs. Powell. I'cholding his wife for
the first time since her disappear
ance. I'owell was iiotieeahlx agitated
and secured control of himself with
great difficult,v. He lost eon I t'ol of
himself again at tin' preliminary inn
and when Ashley had testified that
lie took Mrs. Powell away because ,
Powell was cruel to her. Powell
walked over to him. shook a clenched
lis| in his face and said: '"You lie,
you dirty, contemptible cur!" lie was
sieged by the Deputy Marshall and
pushed out of the room.
Ashley and Mrs. Powell were es
corted out of town by the Marshall,
both fearful of a more serious dem
onstration from Powell.
15. .1. Ashley is a man of apparent
I ly .'!"i years, tall, spare of built and
has light hair and blue eyes. His
! bond was fixed at $-H)0 and II. (>.
I tioodwiu and Ceo. S. (Goodwill of
I Chowan stood surely for him.
WHEN JACK MUNDEN
SPAT A MOUTHFUL !
There probably wouldn't have
been anything to it. but Jack .Miliidiii
stepped to the window and ejected a
big mouthful of tobacco juice into
the night air back of the Shrine Club.
The whole mouthful landed sipiare in
the face of nighf policeman P.en
Ttoughton who was snooping about in I
the darkness trying to see what went 1
oil in the rooms of a Shrine Club.
The next day warrants were is- |
sued for nine prominent Elizabeth !
City Shriuers. charging them with
gambling. The affairs was hushed '
up. so far as police court records
show, but Officer Houghton hasn't
gotten over that baptism of Ja -k t
Mlinden tobucco juice yet. (tumbling I
is not permitted in the rooms of the |
Shrine Club and responsible Shriuers
i say that the police are welcome to
do all the spying they want to do. i
The Shriuers have another rule now |
that members shall not spit tobacco
juice out of the back windows of tin*
club, an extra lot of cuspidors being <
provided in the card rooms for the j1
I likes of .Tuck Monden.
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PUTTING YOUNGER MEN
IN CHARGE OF AFFAIRS
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JAMES TAYLOR
YOUNG Taylor, just 25 years old,
is tho Democratic nominee for the
office of Register of Deeds in Cur
rituck County, where the nomina
tion is equivalent to elecfion. Cur
rituck's next Register of Deeds is
another result of the modern spirit
that prompts voters to give the
younger men a hand in the adminis
tration of government. The fast
growing idea that the yn.nger ele
ment have had better educational ad
vantages and more efficient training
to fit them for such work, against
older heads of an earlier day, is
no less apparent in the progressive
county of Currituck than elsewhere.
"It won't hurt to give the youngs
ters a chance," says Major E. Wood
house. the venerable Currituck vet
eran to whom this newspaper is in
debted for the above picture.
WHIPPING THE DEVIL
AROUND THE STUMP
No Waitiiio for Sand for Camden
Ferry Road, When It Can Be
Duij From Stinking Gut
1 sins solid ni ihe rate of OIK) ions
a day, the Camden Kerry Hnad is
gelling in shape. according in <?. K.
McXiitt. engineer in charge, and will
probably be read* to concrete by Oct.
1.". Already half the steel reinforce
ment for the road and a fourth of
the concrete has arrived in Klizabeth
City and is waiting to be unloaded.
Mr. MeXuit Males ilial 15.000 tons
of sand will be used to lay the road
bed from Stinking Gut to lite bridge.
The sand is brought down the river
from I lie Dismal Swamp Canal, in a
bargie carrying ?1(10 ions. The sand
is brought ashore on lighters and
during the wails between loads sand
is scooped from the bottom of the
river to keep Ihe trucks busy. It ?
was accident ally discovered that sev
eral feet of sand lay in the bottom
of Slinking (Jut. Mr. MeXutt is dig
ing this sand out and lias already 1
placed about SotMl worth on the road
without extra expense.
Vsing I he sand from the hoi torn
of the liver has several advantages.
Ii is saving several hundred dollars
b?r sand, saving the time of the
I rucks and keeping I hem busy, as
well as deepening Stinking fitil. Stink
ing (iiu now boasts a depih or thirty
feet, the greatest depth of any wat
erway in these parts.
PERSONNEL UP LUAi 1
GUARD GETTING STEADY
No Enlistments in Seventh District
This Year, Old Men Being
Returned Home
The personnel of the Seventh
(.Twist (itianl District is settling down
to iiurinnl. There have been no en
listments in tli?? district to (ill va
cancies this year. lint men from dis
tricts north of here luivc been trans
ferred to the Seventh. All of those
men were natives of the Seventh
District. Old men remaining in the
stations for some time add to the
efliciency of the serviveo. There have
Intel! fetv changes; the following be
ing the men Itrought back in the dis
trict. since .tannary first:
\V. U. Toler. ('. D. Tolcr. .I<?lin K.
Readmit), Dock -Fitlelier, Luther (J.
Hooper. A. Harris. John J'?. (iray.
Emmet Evans, Fred O'Neal, YY. Jl.
Eeacliam. Theodore S. Miiigell. An -
gnstiis AI. Austin. Herbert I/. (iurd,
tiud Baxter Af. Jennett.
The following men have been ap
pointed keepers of stations with the
rating of Chief Boatswain's Alute:
AY. (5. Kthoridge. Station 171.
Nags Head; YY. H. Lcwark. Station
17.'?, Kill Devil, near Kilty Hawk:
\Y. II. Harnett. Station lStl. Hatter-,
us Inlet. Their appointments were
recently confirmed by the Navy De
pa rtmeni.
(i. (?. Snow iif Station 177 near
Duck, and 0. J. (iray of Station 181
near Kittle Kinnekeet have been ap- '
pointed but no eoufirnied.
FOR SAKE: An upright piano
heap. Apply to Airs. J. D. Hatha- ,
way, U04 Matthews St. Phone 818-W. I
pti*nhi>tll City. x. (!. |).8,22-1t i
NEW BANK HERE DOING
BUSINESS ON BIG SCAL
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Two Hundred Representatives in As Mai
Counties To Handle Millions In j
Loans For Farmers
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REVIEWS PLANS
FOR THE FAIR
Buxton White Tells Readers
of This Newspaper More
About the Big Fair ^
Buxton White. Secretary
Manager of the Albemarle
District Fair for October 10
to 13 inclusive, reviews the
plans for the Fair in an inter
esting interview given this
newspaper. Mr. White says:
"Preparations for tlit* Albemarle
District Fair arc in full swing and
arc going forward with great rapid
ity. The Fair Grounds is the scene
of much activity daily, and the prog
ress being made assures ns that ev
erything will be in readiness for the
opening of the big gala week of the
Albemarle Section.
-The new agricultural building
which will mean a distinct addition
to this and future fairs, is Hearing
completion.?only the floor and roof
remaining to be finished. This build
ing will house the county exhibits,
which arc expected to make ipiite it
feature of the agricultural side of
this year's exhibition.
"As an incentive id general con
>i ruction, rivulry in making si>< ex|io
sition of the agricultural. industrial
and natural resources of Northeast
ern North Carolina, for the education
of our own people, and an advertise
ment to the world, the association
has offered liberal prises for county
exhibits. Special effort is being
made to have every county in the
district including Currituck. Camden.
Pasquotank, Perquimans. Chowan.
Dates. Washington. Tyrrell. Hyde
and Dare send exhibits.
"Efforts along these lines have
been meeting with most encouraging
results and the indications are that
at least eight of the ten counties will
lie represented at this year's Fair.
"The agricultural building will also
house the exhibits of farm crops,
fruits, vegetables, women's work, and
school work. Another feature exhi
bit of this building will be that of
the N. C. Experiment station of the
State College, which will be of es
pecial* interest to all farmers desir
ing to increase crop production.
"The race track has been thoroly
worked over, graded and ditched,
putting it iti good condition for the
large number of horses which are al
ready on the grounds training for
the log races. Ten or 12 more horses
are expected to come in this week
lo begin intensive training. All sta
bles have just undergone a tlioro ov
erhauling and all necessary repairs
have been made.
"There is being added to the
grandstand another set of steps for
the use of colored patrons, and a
special section in the stand proper
is being set aside for their use. The
exhibition ball under the grandstand
will be used this year for commer
cial displays entirely, and the space
in this building is rapidly being let
lo merchants, manufacturers* and
banks, whose booths will make a
popular attraction to fair visitors.
"The crowded condition in the
livestock building last year will be
relieved this year by the construction
of pens to take care of the swine
exhibits outside of this building. The
facilities for showing poultry are ai
SO being enlarged by extension of
the poultry sheds.
"The fences all over thj grounds
arc being repaired and the fence on
the west side of the race track is
being extended all the way down to
the stables to keep the crowds back
from the stretch.
"All the buildings, fences and oth
er constructions arc being given a
new eout of whitewash, which when
finished will give the entire pli.nt a
fresh spick and span appearance for
I'll ir Week.
"Adequate provisions are being
made for water and sawdust to keep
down the dust which usually is con
siderably annoying at big races.
"The season-ticket selling cam
paign in which the association is
giving away two automobiles has got
ten under way with a rush. New
contestants are getting in the race
every day, and early indications are
tiiat the sales will exceed all former
expectations, and in themselves as
sure by far the largest attendance
ever obtained by a fair in this sec
tion."
?Sheriff Al. Blue of Moore County
has resigned, and will devote his en
tire ^me to grow ing peaches, apples ;
and tobacco.
Elizabeth City is rapidly I
coining the most widely a
vertised town in Virginia a
North Carolina and is regal
ed as the financial stronglu
of the two States by thoi
ands who never heard of Elj
abcth City until a few wee
ago. and all as the result
the extensive organization
a financial institution that d
ly recently opened its doorsv
this city. ? |
So quietly has the Virgini?*;Cat
liii:i Joint Stock Land Bank of t
city gone about its organization ti
many Elizabeth City people will
, surprised to know that in llu
months this bank lias built up uirj
gnnizutiou with a representative"]
every one of the two hundred coi
ties in North Carolina and Virgin
Sixty-three of these representutii
ure banks and every represent#!
is using the newspapers' in bis eo
ty and vicinity to tell about the \
giitiu-Carolina Joint Stock L
Hank at Elizabeth City with its n
lions to lend to fanners.
The Virginia-Carolina Joint Stt
Land Hunk, formerly u Norfolk
stiiutioii was moved to Elizab
1 City in June of Ibis year. Norf
never did much with the Joint-St
Land Hank and Northeastern No
'Carolina needed it. The First A: (
izeiis National Hank group of t
eity quietly nvquired the majority
the bunk's stock ami brought j
bank to Elizabeth City.
With its capital of X-.Ki.UOO. tH
Virginia-Carolina Joint Stock Lafl
Hank is empowered to lend four ujfl
lion dollars to farmers on approifl
real estate. The bank had loaaH
only Sii."it).(Kit MM i during it< ocisie^B
in Norfolk, leaving $J,3o0.<>00.(X)fl
be loaned here. Applications for dl
and a half millions of this umoifl
have been tileil with the bank
within the past three months, a iitijH
ber of which applications have I
' ready been approved.
Three government appraisers |H
now Working every day on the rifl
'of applications in hand und tliJH
more appraisers are to he puljH
this week. It is hoped to have ?
machinery of the bank so orgnii^|
at an early date that loans nuiy|^|
approved und the money uvuilable tfl
the borrower in thirty to sixty
The two und a half million dolhtfl
of applications now in hand til
from every section of Virginia afl
Nortji Curolina. The average ii|dfl
cation is for a loan of $10,000.
inuxintuin amount the bunk may tafl
to any one individual is $.".7..'dki n
there are many npplicafioiis fl
maximum louus.
Only about (JO per ccut of the an
plieants offer approved security
I it may be several months yet befofl
the bank will have loaned up to fl
i present resources. Hut that willfflfl
lie tlie end of lending, because ?
bunk can get more money to imi&H
any time by increasing its mpffl
? stock. It is authorised ?<> h'luUjH
the extent of fifteen times
amount of its capital, plus the c^H
till; to get another four milliom^J
lend. th<> bunk only lias to incrfl|
its stock by $?10,000, wliieb i??fl
small mutter of financing for tfl
; group in control.
TH
WASTE BASKET MAKES GOOlfl
ICE BOX UNTIL EMPTlEl
i A liber waste basket one of ifl
kind ihiii is watertight makes a irafl
iee eIleal when stuffed with iicwmH
j pers. A live pound piece of ice
keep 'J I hours iu such n waste
ket stuffed with old newspapers.^?
certain professional man in I'ili/.abM
City who discovered this fact. ngH
his waste basket to keep his apiH
eider cool and wus enjoying iee e4l
apple juice right out of his wgM
hasket until t lie w ?>ni:in who
up go: in ahead of him one moral?
a utl emptied the hasket. Now etc J
body in the hiiihiing is on to him ofl
he doesn't dure put iee iu his wjufl
basket any more.
BLACKWELL MEMORIAL
BAPTISTS TO BUjlfl
The members of Ithick'.vcll Memo?
inl ISaptisl Church are lookiug abed
to new building plans which will ffl
elude a special room for It. Y. l't I<Q
gatherings, Woman's Missionary >?fl
eiety uieeliugs. in addition to severlJ
Suuiluy School class rooms. No del J
inilo time has \et been set for Qfc|
building, Lutl the hoard of dcaopjB
and the members have vxpreuiafl
themselves as favoring s"ch builtiM?
ns the present ueeds of the chiiffl
tnav demand.