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Um- " '"'""" ""? c- J?"- ?? """,. ELIZABETH CITY, #. C, TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1922. l'ubiislii'l Kvcry Tuesday and Friday by \V. 0. Saunders ?
at Elizabeth City, X. C. PRICE $?
ItODlENCE IS STARTLED
IBY DEDICATORY SERMON
?All Christian People Given Something To
I Think About, In Sermon Dedicating
I $200,000 House cf Worship
RcV K?c I.. C'?nii?|?Kim.|
pastor of First
t httrch and now
; Scarritt Bible &
Sf' <?<?! ?"it Kansas
v .. startled l;is audi
^ I ? , ? iy a thousand at
u t'? ?n of tin- new
nc>t in the South.
-nin.tr. After a few
remarks delivered
...... : tones that had
. die rapt attention
vice. and after con
... the contrreiration
completion of its
i tuitions and ina^
! ?' i'1!nipped house of
. (.'uninjrtrini ex
? ;tie>ti? ?ii: "Will all
- and pains and
you have >pent on
-i !>e justified?"
p;ir:. >c i'f the i-hnrrh
? ii.flit of tin- ImiioI'Mi
i-ui-th. Thi-rr is always tin
? akin-: tin- i liu-i-h itself
i !i"l i-;ji| of onr cii?|f.i
? o'fii in i >rh*iital tint ions
? flini?In-s rri-aIfil at tin
<? rriiievly fortuin* ami a lift
r. T?i ila.\ many uf tlii'in
- S.-n. s.mif tliriu lira usail
>ral ]>nr|u>si-s .nul hiili- un
ivirki-ilnrss within thi-ir
Sii.i-lv flu- livi*s ami niiim-y
r ri-i-lii-n "f ill- sf filili c s
hi- lii-i-n s|>i-m in vain.
i-i- an- ihurilii-s witlioot nuin
-iluy that art- m-vi-r grimily
? ?it nn-r any I hinjf i-xi-i-|it thi-ir
? |i?w mi-tit ami thi-ir hwii a|?
liiUiifiifs In i-vi-ry
i-ri-af nr small uhi-ri- tin- sti
1 1 i js f ,r^ >tli-u. it Im-i iiiiii-s
I to-If.
"! v..- g ..f :i danger ?\rra"l
liiurcii in some d-itanf city.
' of :i danger licit
- :ln- elmr-hc- right lierr in
i , t'ity.-- that threaten- this
?; tiic hour of it- grrat
K'>r whenever a church
? ai?'iit it- own cmlow
i|oi-< iln.hi a hungry
- no lou;or a church <f
)???
J.a: i - f .'-I .IT
f . ;? ?? "ii it- guard against
> !! it. 1 >r. I 'iiiitiiggim
:it'wial!-ii>- feeling of
ii a personal l?i?d. now
. lainl. "The church ?
1 !/.e I\vor|?l." lie
'iv institutions ami our
?? ? 'liri-:ian. ?'ur ambi
? t<? rnii!?<?<} hv a
; ?? ami po\\cr than f >r
Kn-ia"-y. education, iudus
? ? ?-. pleasure all must be
the domination of .le
?-ir-r. 'I'll - i- (he task to which
I'i"iiru.. ;aj. church '
i fail to meet it. I care not how ?_
he your building or
? *"i ni'uo'v ami -went jam may
? "ii if. its erection will
vain."
i I .OOO people |i.*o*k isl the
?iitoriuiii of ilte new church . 1
? |>lai m-'l to seiit 7">tt. A
un>re were 1 uracil away
for lack of -pace. The I
' Komi Methodist
I Ii.-i 1 ?ti-; turned out to
"" - the dedication.
? 1.1 y for Southern
M.inv of the oldest tiielii
1 former pa-tors were pre.-- I
' ' I' 1 .l ilt S'-rij?tlire
"It- Pad hy Kev. .1. T. Whir- *
"? Xwrfolk. ??Ide.-t living former 1
' .e I'lnircli. The betiedic- '
Itv Kev. J. A. :
K- liekv. "Ide-t no'iidter '
?- wL hureli in the minis
evenin- sermon was 1
I lie Kev. J. I'. Wootell. '
"?'its elder ..f Kulcigh l>is- ? J
former pastor of thej?
['"'r-ii. 1
? 1 the uetr church 1
v <ed In ovcl'llow ill" 1
s v g. f,i- tilled again '
?fi'stii ;I: u musical reci- .
C a-:ii:i at Sumlay night's scr- '
tin- church whs
reception to llietn
1' - of tin* congregation
,el et| : lie edifice '
L ' " ?- ;? la'.ity of the re- J
mt* '
' ''??'ii-..:? rv exercises will , 1
- ? ill an organ re- '
- -i "f Ii;. worth AI '
'1 of Norfolk.
' V V
j ^ a cash income ' 1
despised. A. Ii. ? s
?S - lociulisi at Hal- ?
,u" '"ii W ' ,
WHY WE HAVE
NO ROAD FUNDS
One Begins To Wonder How
Many Ways There Are to
Spend Money and Get
No Roads
The latest method of giving
away the good money of Pas
quotank County came to light
last week in the findings of
the Grand Jury which show
that former Road Engineer T.
I.. Higgs has been drawing
since the first of July, a sal
ary of $200 a month white
Perquimans County has been
employing him for his full
time services at a salary of
$300 a month.
Voder the scii-rosily nf Pasquo
li.nk County added to t!i?.' salary paid ?
him by Perquimans. .Mr. 11iggs is fa
viiri-tl with a remuneration higher
tlian that of the (lovcrnur of North
Carolina. Perquimans County pays
him Si"i a month more than his full
time sala'y in Pasquotank. If is'
said that Mr. Higgs has done no
work for Pasquotank County sit:ce
lie wont with Perquimans on July 1.
hut tlio records show that he had
been drying his salary of S"_*<KI a
tuonlh allowed him by the rommis
sion.
Sinee Mr. Uigg1- resigned Ids pnsi
ti??M with Pasquotank Count.*'. the
engineer's duties have been per
formed by IJ. I>. Kllioti of Hertford,
lie received Nit cents and hour for
lii.s services aid is sahl to be a ca
pable engineer.
The findings ot the t>raml Jury are
left up to the Solicitor to investigate.
Among other things it was disclosed
that various implement s belonging
P? Pasquotank County have been tak
en to Perquimans without any pur
chase price or rental. Tint 11 rami
Jury's report follows:
???? ncii iiuir ,?tr. i. i? uiggs.
who was formerly wlu>U> time engin
eer to the l'asquotauk Highway Coiu
liiissintt :in<l resigned to accept ;i po
sition with the I Highway Commission
of lVr<|tiinmtis County at an in
"?ri'.isitl salary, is still on the paj
roll of the I'axpivtank ('utility High
way ('ouimissioii at a salary of Two
Hundred Dollars a month, or Scven
ty-live dollars less than his salary of
whole time engineer. Further inves
tigation shows that since .Mr. Higgs'
resignation one Mr. Kiliott lias been
employed at N't cents per hoar. This
with the now heing paid Mr.
Ilrggs is more than the amount for
merly paid Mr. Higgs for his whole
time segyice.
'"We further liml that various
tools, wheel shovels. slide sroops.
hoes. axes. ete.. used hy llo* l'asipio
tank Highway Commission on the
Newlaml Koad have been carried to
l'cr?|uiinans County and used in the
I'onstruction of roads there.
'"We fail to find that there has
been any rental or purchase price
paid for them.
PITTSBURGH MILLIONAIRES
TO FISH AT DUCK ISLAND
Among the parly of members of
the Dark Island Club located near
V'aneliese. who passed thru Elizabeth
City enroute to the club for a ten
lay fishing trip were K. W. l'argimy.
('resident of the American Sheet
Metal & Tin l'late Co.; Grant Me
I'argo Col. C. C. Butler. and J. ('. j
Wussoti of the 1'ittsburgh lintels
I'o.: .las. 11. l'ark. and a Mr. Gra
liaut of New York. Besides the oth
ers with the party were two sons of
Mr. McCargo. ?>. F. Gilbert and Dr.
William l'arker of this city will join
[lie party ou the fishing trip at their
iiaguitieeut quarters, during the hit
ter part of the week.
DOTTON CROP IS SHORT
IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY
In spite of a doubled acreage of
?ottou in I'asquotank County this
rear, the crop is no more than that
>{ last year, according to ltobert
bearing of the Elizabeth City Mill
ng Co. large ginncr.s of cotton in
his city.
('ottou in the seed brought six and
t half eeuts a pound during last
veefe. The grade was poor, di^e to
"tins. Bains spoiled the bolls early
iinI liiudered their growth to half
>ize. iu spite of the good size of the
itulks
The Woman in the
White Slave Case
MRS. MAUD POWELL
SHE is the woman in the White
Slave case to be tried to the United
States Court iif Elizabeth City in
October. B. J. Ashley, a young Cho
wan County farmer is accused of
taking her from the homo of her
husband. Chas. Powell, a night
watchman who lives in Brooklyn, N.|
Y. Mrs. Powell was formerly a
trained nurse and the photo shows
her in the costume of a nurse. She j
is five feet two inches in height, has
dark hair threaded with gray and her1
skin is light and pale. At the time1
the photo was taken she weighed 147
lbs., but has since lost some weight
and has bobbed her hair.
MR. CROOK HERE TO
TALK TO THE FOLKS
Public Utilities Head Discovers the
Value of Public Opinion At
at Late Date
Howard K. Crook, president of the
public utilities companies arrived in
Klixnhelh Cil \ yesterday and i- ex
peeled to lie here for several days.
It is sjiid that Mr. Crook's visit here
i< uuiinlv one of inspection of his
properties, but a keen observer can
not fail to note that Mr. Crook is
chiefly interested in the attitude of
the public and is spending a lor of
time meeting and conversing with
re|H*esentalive btisutcss uuru. At. n
late date the utilities companies hit**
discovered the value of public opin
ion and public good-will and are eag
er to diseuss their problems with
the people. At the same time Mr..
Crook is finding a lot of folks who
will listen to his own side of a case
that has begun to look mighty black
for !ti> companies. While the public
as a whole is disgusted with the pri- .
viite control of the city's public util
ities and eager for :t ninnieipal own
ership of these things that will give
the town the service it tlemnmis ar.d .
deserves, there tire a lot of hard
headed business men who are a little
ehary about entrusting a three tpiar
ter of a million dollar enterprise to
our prevailing type of City Hull pol
iticians. There are others here who
are financially interested in the pub-j
lie utilities plants and Mr. Crook is
going to get a lot of ears to talk to.
KNAPP WOULD HELP
BUILD ISLAND ROAD
Offers To Make tt Easy To Bridge
Gap Between Coinjock and
Cliurclt Island
Joseph I'. Kuujip. wealthy New
^ l?u>ii.rss exexeutive and world
famous s(>i>rf?.iii]in who owns ami en
j??ys quite an est ale of his own iu
Currituek County. 1ms offered to
make it easy for the Highway Com-1
mission of that County to build a.
iniie'i needed post road from Coin-1
joek to Cbiireh Island. The road in I
question is about tlie worst in all of j
Currituck County and is pceuliarly
embu passing because liiii:<)rr<ls of vis-)
itilig sportsmen have to use this road
getting to and from some of the fin
est hunting preserves in the county.
A contractor, who is doing cotisid-.
erable road work on .Mr. Kuapp's es- ,
lute says that tho road to Church
Island can be built for St>..">00. .Mr. I
Knapp offers to donate $500 of thei
eost of tin- road and lend the county j
the remaining .Sti.OliO. to be paid huek
in four equal annual installments
without interest.
White's Game Preserves and!
Hampton's Gunning Lodge. both;
served by this road, turn into the
road fund of Currituek about *-.."00
annually for game liccuse*. Mrs.
Kussell A. Griggs, of Waterlily. who
takes an active interest in every
movement for the betterment of her
neighborhood, declares that no see- j
tion of Currituck County stands iu
greater need of a road improvement
to-day and that failure of the Curri
tuek Highway Commission to accept!
Mr. Kuapp's generous offer would in
dicate that the Commission is not in
terested in the whole county.
For your eyes' sake see l)r. J. D.
Hathaway, Optometrist, Bradford I
T'L'-oVA'L P'k" "NT P1
LIVE WILD FOWL
SHOW AT FAIR
j -
Scene From Currituck March
es To Be Transplanted
To Fair Grounds
How wild ducks and wild geese a^c
, bunted from blinds or batteries i.s $jo
I be shown in an unicnie exhibit at tlie
Greatc Albemarle District Fair ' at
I Elizabeth City, Oct. 10. 11. 12 and
I 111, snys Uuxtoii White. Secret it r^.
| Mr. White plans to transplant\ si
f seeue from the hunting marshes J of
| Currituck County to the Ft''1'
! Grounds at Elizabeth City. The
waterriew is to be obtained ',by
1 throwing a dam across the ravuye
j that iutersccta the Fair Grounds bo
| tween the midway and the parking
| lot, thereby creating a small lake or i
! lagoon lilled with water to the depth
of a foot or eighteen in'-hes.
On the banks of this artificially i
created lagoon there will be con
structed ,a blind of rushes smdi as
hunters shoot from on the marshes
| of Currituck. Another blind of
bushes and foliage such as one sees
iu the waters of Currituck Sound will
he constructed in the water and a'
| regular duck hunter with his auto
matic shotgun will crouch in a skiff
behind tthe blind. Ucal wild geese
j and wild ducks such as are used As
decoys by the hunters will be staked,
out iu the water about the. blind*'
(just as the hunters stake out their
decoys for real shooting.
The exhibit is expected to be one
of the most attractive on the. Fair
Grounds. Thousands of Northeast-;
ern North Carolinians have ii"veF
? seen a wild goose or a wild duck in
its native habitat or know how these,
birds are bunted. Curtis ISautn; who,
is associated with Mr. White in the j
Iiuxton White Seed Co.. is going to
arrtiuge the exhibit ami bring real
wild ducks and wild geese from Cur-!
rituck, as well as a raft of the paiut-'
ed wooden decoys. Mr. Rauni him
self is an experienced hunter and I
was raised in the game marshes of
Currituck. His uncle Dr. Julian C. |
ilaum is superintendent of the l'ine
Island Club, owners of l'-'.tHKt acres
of tlie finest marshes on the coast.
radio problems need !
pratfce to settle
Local Enthusiasts Admit There Are
Many Tricks to Radio Which
Can t All Be Learned
At Once
I>; spite of all the efforts and the i
pood machine* ?sed hv 1(|MJlI rmJJo j
fans. the results of many long ami
npated ron.-erta in this city are con
siderably disH,,pointing Often on a'
beautiful niglit the;bovs down town
sat her around the receivers of ltrran
Venters or ltar and Hermit Kra-I
'??ers. hoping for something wonder- '
ft' to come out of the horn, and hear'
only a buzz and sputter like unto the
snapping of a phonograph diaphragm.
Again on other nights when the
weather is damp and drizzly, the'
concerts are intelligible and 'enter
taining.
Elizabeth City is not to,. far away
from the broadcasting stations where I
? be concerts and other features are!
sent our. say both Venters anil Krn-!
'tier. Mr. Kramer admits tlmi a '
great deal of the trouble is due to,
'be lack of experience oll t|,r pi|p,
of the operators. There arc a lot
of things to be learned about the op
eration of a radio set. according to
Mr. Kramer, whi.-l, canT be learned
a' a jump. Continued practice with '
the out lit helps t he operator to fa- !
tuiliarizc himself more and more. j?Kt!
as it. anything else. Then sometimes I
a fellow may get his set adjusted '
just right after continual effort, when !
different atmospheric conditions on !
the following night will make it uce- !
essary to do all the work over again. I
'llryun Venters sa.vs there arc no |
static disturbances on a drizzly
night. Static means ntuiosjiheric i
troubles, which arc usually in the air
during sultry weather, and especially
in electric storms. This breaks ill
on the radiogram and destroys it. I
tearing it to pieces as it were. Mr.
Centers says be often gets good cou
'?crts. and it just seems his Juck to
get everything just right after the
audience has grown impatient and
left.
HOUSING SHORTAGE IN
ELIZABETH CITY AGAIN,1
' - - s
Elizabeth City needs 100 more,
houses, according to E. ]{. Twiford.
local real estate man, who says lie j
lias many applicants among people in!
other counties who are waiting for a!
house in order to move to Elizabeth j
City. Mr. Ttvifora states that peo
ple all over town arc anxious to
move this full to other parts of the 1
city. Muuy country people arc anx-1
ious to move to Elizabeth City in
seareli of better schools for their !
children.
Good eyesight is inexpensive. Set,
i?,1!- J-LL. Hathaway, Optometrist, j
p;t? v n r
I . City's Newest Business Block
I .
I m .??. ? |."I'? I II . i I , )
j RECENT improvements on North Water St. have shifted the heart of
the wholesale merchandise business of the city a block from Main Street.
The three-story building in the picture is the new store and factory of W. H.
Wiatherly Co.. wholesale grocers and candy manufacturers. The block to
the right of Jho Wcathcrly Building contains three stores, two of which
a.? already occupied: one by the Stevens Jobbing Co., another by B. S.
Banks. Pljoto by The Independent.
MUST GRADE POTATOES
TO BUILD UP MARKET
Government Report Says N. C. Potatoes Have
Poor Reputation in Most Large Markets
Because of Dirt, Poor Grading
and Slack Packs
i
More attention to grading',
to packing and to the elimina
tion of dirt from Xorth Caro
lina potatoes will he necessary,
on the part of growers u? thisj
section, in order for their,
crops to gain a reputation on
the large markets, in competi
tion with Eastern SI:ore Vir
ginia potatoes.
This much is evident from the re-,
port of the P. S. Unreuii of Crops j
titid Markets. just furnished this
newspaper by. Richard .lob. Sec
retary of Jh?! Clkiuubrf of Commerce
of Klizabeth City. Tin- inforiuatioii
eoiues as the result of the othce es
tablished here thjs summer by tjic
Durcau. The report of the repre
sentative follows:
The office was located at Klizabeth
City because it is one of the heaviest
loading stations in the State, ami al
so because of the fact that the
Chamber of Commerce offered to as-,
sist in defraying tile cxpcuscs of the
field station.
The potato Motion of ."\orin i sir
olina cxtvnds from Virginia on tlii'l
north to South Carolina on tin* southj
ami takes in all of tin* coastal coun
ties. lining widely scattered. It is1
really divided into three distinct dis-1
triets as follows. The Washington
Aurora district, the Mount olive dis
trict. and the Kliztibclh City district.
The Klizaheth City district ships ap
proximately one-half of the potatoes
shipped from the State, and about
two-thirds of this'stock is loaded at
l'ilizaheth City, shipments from this
loading point being approximately j
1.1 lo cars. Tin Klizaketh City sec-j
lion consists of Currituck. Camden
and Pasquotank counties, and is sep
arated from the Washington section
by the Albemarle Sound. The load
ing stations are fairly well coiicen-1
trated in a small district, and prac- :
tically all of the traveling buyers j
make Klizubcth City their head(|iiar-i
ters. Practically till of the stock
from Currituck County is brought
down on boats and loaded at Kliza- j
belli City. Other loading stations in
this district are Ivlenton. Chapanoke.
Camden, 1'clcross, Shawboro. Cora
peake. and Moyock.
.More f.o.b. information can be ob-j
tuined at lilizubcth City tliiin from
any other point, but because of tliej
poor telephone service it is practi
cally impossible lo secure informa
tion from the other districts. The |
telephone service is probably as good
a this point as anywhere else in!
Kastcrn North Carolina. The mail
connections are rather poor in re-'
gard to serving the other districts!
hut there is no place in North Caro
lina from which reports can. be is
sued and reach all outlying points in j
satisfactory time.
Methods of Marketing
Altho considerable stock was sold |
on the basis of wire orders, f.o.b. |
usual terms and eusli track, it was j
mainly n consignment deal this sea-1
son. The majority of the potatoes j
are grown on contract. The larger,
growers usually bundle their own |
stock, most of this being consigned'
this season to the larger terminal j'
markets, altho u few eurs were sold
to the cash truck buyers.
Yield. Etc.
The yield this season was below
normal and averaged approximately
40 barrels to the acre. This was j1
mostly due to the late frost- which !
* THE NEWS &. OBSERVER *
' SAYS THIS ABOUT US *
? ?
* "The Elizabeth City Inde- *
* pendent has been converted into *
* a semi-weekly. It is one of the 0
* newsiest and brightest and most *
* independent papers in the State *
* and cannot come too often." *
cut flu* stand, and to tin* rainy wen-1
tlicr during the growing season. Very
little attention is given to the num
ber of acres planted in the district,
the grower planting so many .barrels,
and the estimate is then made as to
so many to one planted. The seed
planted this year being large, it was
estimated that from -to -f'.j bar
rels per acre was reipiired. this de
priving upon the width of the rows,
usually ?'! to I'j feet.
Stock Poor
Due to the. heavy rains at (lie be
ginning of the harvesting season)
much of tin- early dug stock reached
the markets in, poor condition. Stock
was generiilly good .after the open
ing of the field station with the ex
ception of that dug just after the
rain during the second week of the
shipping season. The North Caro
lina stork has a poor reputation in
most <>f the large terminal markets
because <>f I In* poor grading. slack
packs, anil dirt, ami is at a great
disadvantage once (he Eastern Slior^
of Virginia stock starts moving.
Very little scientific grading is
done in the State altlio there are a
few Hoggs graders in use. Consid
erable stock is shipped as field run.
while some is graded in the field by'
hand and classified as N'o. Is audi
No. lis. One company ran a large
part of their stock over a grading,
machine this season and branded it
as C. S. tirade No. 1. This stock j
was in greater demand than sto-k i
not graded on the machines, and it
is predicted that a larger part of the
stock will be graded by machines'
next year.
About ."ill per cent of the potatoes
are packed in cloth lop slat barrels,
I lie majority of this stock being con
signed. The remainder' is parked in
the cloth too slave barrels. Stock or
ventilated cars wore generally used.
I To to lit 10. mostly liOO barrels to
(lie car.
Market Outlets
A large pari of the crop from this
section moves to the large terminal
markets of the east, altlm consider-'
able stock moved as far west as Chi- ?
eago this season. A fairly wide dis-!
tribution was obtained this season,
the destination records showing that
cars moved to approximately 13 A
towns in li.'i States. Canada and Cu
ba. as far west as Illinois and as far
south as Cuba. New York was tliej
heaviest receiver with l'h'iluiiclphiu
and Chicago second and third.
Telegraph Service
The telegraph service was fur
nished by a local company whose
business was handled over the West
ern I'nion lines. The shipments wire I
was often delayed as it had to be
relayed in Norfolk, and delivery was
not very prompt from the local of
fice. The market wire was sent di-,
reel from the Mix office in Wushiug-1
ton and always reached its dest,iua-1
lion in cpiick time ami good shape.
Tlie local office was somewhat han
dicapped by lack of competent help,'
(Concluded on Page 3.)
IN THE MESHES OF THE
U. S. WHITE SLAVE LAW
i "
B. J. ASHLEY
THIS is B. J. Ashley the young Cho
wan County farmer and ex-service
man who is under a $400 hond for!
his appearance at the October term
of the Federal Court in Elizabeth |
City on a charge of taking a woman
fron. one s^ate to another for im
moral purposes. A picture of the
woman in the case appears elsewhere
on this page. The picture of Ashley
is from a Kodak snapshot.
?????????? I
BURDEN OF $300 FALLS
ON PASQUOTANK CO.1
This Time Expense Comes From
City Policeman's Pastime of
Shooting Negroes at
Daybreak
Tlii' burden of paying the hospital
expenses of David Overton who was
shot on the morning of April - by
l'oliee Officer (leorge \V. Twiddy,
falls on the county of l'usquotank.
Twiddy was lined i<l!."*0 in Superior
Court here last week after having
been found guilty of an assault with
a deadly weapon. A fine of $100
was imposed on Kalpb Cuthrell who
with Deputy Sheriff Iloratio Sey
mour of Camden, I.inwood Cart- '
wriglit and l'ete Sawyer aeeompan- 1
ied Twiddy. in the search without a
warrant, outside the city limits for!'
the negro youth who was wanted oil
it charge of vagrancy. The latter
three companions of Twiddy were ac
quitted. the evidence showing that,
only Cuthrell assisted in the shoot
lug. j
CuthrcH's tine of Slot! goes to the j
school fund. Twiddy's tine is t*> pay
tlu* court costs amounting to $120.
iiiul $2." to Dr. C. R. Williams. The (
balance is to go to the negro in in
stallments of $8,553 a month.
Twiddy's testimony resulted in a
clash with the Chief of Police and
Sheriff Charles Koid. These officers
contradicted (he claim that Twiddy
was sent by theni to hunt the negro 1
without a warrant.
The opinion of the court was that 1
an officer who was obliged to kill in
the discharge of bis duties should
surrender his badge and find some
thing else to do.
In his address to the jury, Hou. J.
C. 15. Khringliaiis expressed the fol
lowing opinions;
''I have no personal feehngs in
this ease but the feeling that rises
within a human being when somej
weaker creature bad been imposed
upon
"1'wiildy wanted to sliov off b ;fore
his visiting officers from Cauid*!!.
Vmlcr the law they had uo right to
go nor lie to ask them without he
produced a warrant and showed his
authority. He hud no authority
what ever to ?o out. in the county i
after a vagrant, and under the law
the negro had a right to stand his
ground and blow daylight thru theui
all. j?
"What lie needs is a little more
guts and less pistol. His desire to
use his pistol simply means that lie
is lacking in nerve. The verdict of
guilty is needed if others are tof have''
their rights as well as policemen. It
looks as if we have gotten to the
point where we have to protect our
selves not only from lawbreakers
who are not policemen, but from po- :
liecmeii as well. Heaven only knows !
when we are going to get shot, with
men like that running loose."
t,
DODGE SEDAN $I,5G0
I
Due to a typographical error, the ]
Dodge sedan advertised in Friday's j;
issue of this newspaper read $1,0001]
instead of $1.."JOO. Geo. C. Culpcp- ]
per. local agent, calls attention to i
the error, stating the car to be sell
ing for $100 less than was adver-jj
tiscd.
Permanent pastures properly '
fenced are gaining rapidily in North
Carolina. The family cow will fol- j
low,
1
PAY $410,000
IN TIMBER HA
Foreman* Blades Lumber X
Acquire Big Tract in
Bertie
i A timber deal of itnme?
'importance to Elizabeth Cif
| and said to be the largest re
estate transaction of record
I Bertie County, was consun
| mated.a few days ago by tl
j purchase of the holding of tl
Cashie & Chowan Railroad '
Lumber Co. by the Foretna!
Blades Lumber Co., of Elizj
bcth City. /, ., , 4
Thi> consideration involved w
$410,000.00 nnd the Elizabeth O
concern comes into possession
nearly 1S.OOO nere* of valuable til
ber which is within a night's bar
tow of their Elizabeth City wills,
means that the Foreman-Hind
Lumber Co. has added enough tiitib
to its already immense holdings'
insure the operation of its mills
this city for u half century at left
This fact is of immense econob
importance, considering the iiuuitj
of big saw mills that have been 4
continued and dismantled within 1
cent years because of exhaust
supplies of timber.
The Windsor (X. C.) Ledger 1
cites some interesting facts in co
uection with the deal, saying: .
'"The sule of the property by 1
Cashie and Chowan Itnilrond 4
Lumber Company closes theopor
tions in tliis county of the largt
and most successful lumber coupd
ies ever engaged in the timber
noss in Uertie County. More tb
forty years ago, Mr. Greenlcaf Jul
sou came 10 uorue ^.oumy wiiu
sons, Howard X. Johnson and Ore
leaf Johnson Jr., and begun to i>i
chase and cut timber in a small wa
They iucrcased the volume of th
business yearly, and it soon becai
necessary to enlarge their cpcrutW
and they organized and incorporat
rlic Cashie and Chowan Railroad t
Lumber Company, which took o
ail of their timber holdings and in
tinned the business in the name'
the corporation. This' company w
owned by Greeuleaf Johnson, and
two sous exclusively. The bushi
grew rapidly nnd was very success
from its beginniug. Mr. Greeok
Johnson Sr., who was well knows
this county for years was a wise I
capable business man. He saw**
once that he could purchase
cheap lands iu Rertie County, ifi
for about the same price be, pro
have to pay for the timber stand
on them, and lie began to buy tfi
lauds in fee simple. The C6iu|yi
after operating n large saw milt i
lumber plant on the Cashie Hi
for many years, liuisbed cutting
timber off of these lauds, togct
with their other timber boldin
about ten years ago and Tiuve
operated here since." ? ??
CAN GROW THE APf lESM
BUT HE CANT SEl^'Ijfl
Mr. James of Weeksville ^Vblceb'j
Complaint That Cornea iffoafc-S
Many Good Farmers' * I
IS. T. James. a ]>ruuiiu<-Utr f:i
.if til" W'reksvillr scetioik of III
county lias brought this nowspapS
specimens of fine apples grown I
his orchard. Prettier, sounder -
better flavored apples have, not brfl
shown on the local market this ycifl
For -ii years Mr. Jaiues has b?*9
harvesting apples from thirty or f<9
ty tree^t on his place; yet in ail tbefl
years he says he has not been ai9
to find u market for them. 9
lie says that on one occasion fl
selected eleven bushels of upplcs uh
packed them in bushel hampers. U
brought them to touui and after j?ecB
illiug them all over town he disposfl
of only three bushels at M.UO I
bushel; the rest be left with I
wholesale produce dealer' to be sofl
on commission und he hardly neltfl
enough from these to pay liirn for hfl
"I nin disgusted with apple 9
ture." says Mr. James. And ibtfl
Mr. James went on to say: "ftH
newspaper men. agricultural ageutB
bankers and others tell us farmefl
we ought to raise this and we ougil
to raise that; but you don't jtcll ifl
how to get our money out of ibtfl
things nfter we grow tbciu. 1 ba9
Ted hundreds of bushels of my afl
pies to the hogs on my farm, wbifl
eon people in town have paid fundi
prices for apples not so good. i?9
ported from Virginia. I'eunsylvfnH
ind New York.
"What we farmers want to kuufl
s how to dis|Kise of our stuff fl
something like a profit after we bs9
produced it."
Now read Saunders' editorial. fl
Don't neglect your eyes. 8 I
Rsthnwnv. R? Knows. ?n I