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VOL. XVI.; NO. 811. " ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY, 6, 1923. l>ubUaheJ 1 i M"~ PRICE 5 CENTS
IT WAS A HARD
FOUGHT BATTLE
I'.iul (irejjorv, of W'ootl
. \v.is the winner of the
; . ? ;.l Mode! I.ijjht
v hhakcr Automobile ill
jS I>KPENDENT'S cir
t hnilditn* salesmanship
? i ? 'i which closed at 9
Saturda\ ni^lil. June
? . Soiith.uate Maim, of
0r ? > k was the w inner of
?i I 'imo and M rs. t \ II.
of Kli/abeth City car
?' i riie handsome console
r , : ' \ ictrola.
I. tif - xva . also the xxii.ner of
? prize of a \vri>i xxateli.
I> -r of the winners as ;m
:>x 'in' jml^.'s. M. ?? I leu.
. \V. (?riffiti ;iii<1 \V. \V.
l\ Vx. Ir.. i.. published in au
? ? i ??laiim.
s \:. ? a eontestauts battle.I to tlie
? i.taiitTi! prizes offered bx
? . xx iper: probably in i'.. eain
? ? X ! ? ? ???? Ill?-f e.l by a newspaper
i.? 11 .? r <>f the Stale did >?>
? ? xx.e-her- v:i,!x to rite finish.
\ 0'??I ti.'xx' vi;ie.-rilier- xxere
i'.-l ?. the in.tiliii^ list of TIIK
|\!'l |-IM?i:\T ami i:n?re than a
11,. I ..h| subscribers rellexveil
^ 'I-. V.'TX I -' XX of
. ? ,.1 reeet\'e.[ xx.ie f.?r
-.1 .. of more th?iii one year.
The prizes went to the har.le--t
Mi <!i -ory. xx inn r of
? . . . ' e. ii..r only in.ele a
x.i >>f a la rue territory herself.
???I members of her family
*. x. for livr. Ami Mrs. tlrrs
... ? -i ii" xx.I - ilesiiiatolri|>
? i !???! -i -.'lit effort.
W ? . ? ? ? -.-.I the r.iiiip.tivai she
. aexx aiii Site
? .. _. ie xv atitoiuoSile ami went
I in the raggedesl looking
h fiml. She
I* XX - folks to sabs.
I t.. - help her yt a new
iw saxv her iu tli.it xlilu
r Wise
.'in ? not a Uartler v.nrk
. ? i r . ,!i than Mr. . <
' K i; t"ity. Mr-. J?in -
io-i -inue !i.iittt< ? l
? , t ? r ,i . \ out l>v that .-lit' ilitl
? a ..!?! ri-|>"rt. Another
- -M'r.ll ll|i'!tiio|| is |
I' Xr .ia?? -1.
\ - f ?? ? . it -h<- liveli'
t Mi-- Powers It .ule j
;? i ? ? >t ? I. 111? r work has
t n ? v to l-.Ii/a -
i t a. - Kii/aiieth
< ii -lore of Norfolk
. \ .. ko|:e->.
I .-ititiilienjif that the capital
; !'? i-| : -i.ati t'o .i y
_ t)l |,o rin- home
? ? ? of T'o- l.ew.?
? ? . ? ' tt
mm: ini?i:p!.ni?i:nt.
?il ? llo'.ilile that tie- -eeolitl
v.or: . . i t 'urrititekintl. Tile
? . mil i\i?i:i kni?i:\t
always Iieeu >tri4i;rr ill <"i?rr?-|
1 't! .IV eoimt i oilt-il|e of i\
I' .va altuo t a certainty
" ? ' r 1 ? ? , otio ( ...
' '? : ???'.? v tto !?< a .a
'? r o r i :it?-in|*lu*? 'I the j
r!o i i: |i.i -ii ? 'ii a k- en
;? . ; -otiie tin-re were
I more reutiineratiou'
? ? iw >| f. r lite effoi r they
? ? li.el to ;|. .e
-V ttiu. Kver.v one
ami tt tio re i- any
?: tio- |>ait of any one.
? ?!' !i at "lie I |o e
-a .-at.it-lav n:-iit.
?.i' /..iIm-'Ii ? "ity
? ? zl.o|l|? l|i i| t lie
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I LMM 7 Mi i.iTH HUNOi-5
I ' LIScUl N S ASSASSIN'
I ??. ; ci, ' .?jtiicrii State erect
I ii"? 11i (? Liuuth Liii
I
I * A i ?... i i.i tii. payer hopes
I I.1, viio'.e to our
I v. ? ? (Jiir? mi The
I ?' 11ittit 111 todays
I ?' ...in /Vi, .'*ir tolmua
it >ii| li.<vcn't actcs to 7? ~ ;
1 I honks. and there is
I ' mi umlion you
I - .?- :, it. Write tu oili
I ^ ?! m.'ii 1><:ri .iii. Ttiey
I *''? i"i'. !>) tiuil t!ie answer
Library u( Congress or * t
? Write cut your
I V" Villi-, and plainly.
I mil! .m:t addres >,
I W i .hia-jtnn
I iHt INUF.PEN
' losing a iwo rent *
A Standard Oil
Type of Man
*
J. NORMAN WHITEHURST
THE stupendous success of the Stand
ard Oil Co. is due in no small measure
to the high character of its employes
j The men in charge ot the thousands
of agencies and sub-agencies of the
Standard Oil Co. thruout the world
arc carefully rhoscn for their cheer
fulness. courtesy, probity and depend
ability. The lirst word in Standard
Oil policy is Service. The man who is
put in charge of a Stuidanl Oil
agency must be a man who will not
only render the greatest possible
service to his employer, but who will
scive the public as well and at all
times command the public's confi
dence and esteem. In Elizabeth City
Standard Oil picked Mr. Whitchurst
for its local agent twelve years ago.
There lias been no change in the
agency since. More could not be said
in a thousand words. The Elizabeth
City agency of Standard Oil supplies
: the counties of Pasquotank and Cam
den and all water points served by
boat lines from Elizabeth City. Be
| sides being local manager of Standard
'Oil, Mr. Whitehurst is a director in
the First &. Citizens National Bank.
Zoellcr photo.
DR. SALIBA WITHDRAWS
HIS HOSPITAL OFFER
Elizabeth City Will Carry on Hos
pital Free From Doctor Control
I > ?. John Saliha ha.- withdrawn hi
(?> take hi- lo-pilal property
i>lT the hands of I lie l'asquotaiik
M .11:1 irial l|.?|,it.if A-soriatiou ami
pay ?!.'? iailehti-'ltie-- incurred hy that
hoily. Til- iin-p'tal Association heltl
a liieelitlR Fri'ltl.V liight to consider
I >r. Saliba".- proposition. hut it" ac
tiou was takcu. "I will tint press
the matter further." sa>s I >r. S.iliha.
Ti e He-| iial .\--i?-iarieu i' intteh
.'a I ill" predicament ttf tile llltlll who
n??* iiohl ot a hear ami iliilut kuow
how to turn loose. That's why 110
action u.i- taken Friilay night. A ma
jority of the Itoard of Directors might
hive heetl iltrlijird to hale let 1 ?l".
Salil.a take hi- property hack. I'.ut
?I. Ik Ilhriiighait.-. who wrote the
> h.i ? t?? r for tin- ll.i.-pitnl Association,
????fvi'l notice on the director. that
they had no authority to caned the
l-.t-e. Mr. Mhritisliatt- eontetnleil
? hit. in in opinion. only lite itiror
j.y.iti.r- of file -i ?-oeiati- n. named in
the original eliarter. had ;? right to
eat.i ei rh" |e;i-e. Alid llohody . eelued
to ree.ll! ju t who t!|e ilieorpor.ltor.
were. .-Iliee no ot|e had brought a ,
eopv of the charier to tiie merlin;:.
Mr. Kliritigliau made a passionate !
preell for I he eoiitiiill.llii II of lite
ho pital a a eoiiilaiinity enterprise,
fho it (outturn* to operate tit a io.
He i tire that tin-re are enough puli
!"? p.'riled citizen- like himself who
wii' go down into their jioekets from
time to time and make up any deficit,
lie a1 > voi'-es .1 belief tii.lt llo deficit
iii the future will he anything like1
11 ?? t: ? ? i r incurred in putting r is?
I: ? ;>;m! in urtlt-r nml rilit; it ??.-i.il>- i
li iinl on its preent ba>is.
.Mr. diringhuus i., of the opinion
Hi.it ;t privately operated hospital in
Kli/.alii ili City would be a calamity
n v!?*w of flic jcaloii.sie and aniino-i
lic of local medical men. .Mr.
hlirinsbatis believes that if any one i
doctor i r group of doctors undertook
to run a hospital here, other doctor,
wonltl antagonize the hospital and
i< opardi/e its sneees . And so the
I'a plot.ink Municipal 1 !?> pi'al Assu
i iation will continue to function for
the ah. of liarmom. Certain citi
.'ii- have already pledged subscrip
tion. in a sufficient stun total to take
iare of the rent of the properly for
mother two years.
G. Do any of tho States permit
Hie manage of a girl of tweive?
A. Yes. with the parents consent, 1
;ir|s of twelve may be maricd in i
Kentucky. Louisiana, Maryland, Mis- I
:s. ippi. and Virginia.
Co.nl eyesight is ineyoensive. See <
L'a. J. L>. l'..tii;..vay ',r>'--:"trist t
GOSSIP FROM
THE CAPITOL
|
Ute Boom For Everett For
Governor Will Not ?Uy
Down
Cy O J. COFFIN
Special flaluigit Correspondent of
THE INDEPENDENT
( UAI.EItill. July Having - '
j com.' more or Ic. s of a neutral when
failed io demand tlit* immediate
i fulfillment . of .1 promise of a kicking,
1 haven't lieen great ly evereiseil over
the explosion of tioveriior .Morrison,
Saturday i I'le rui ion at I he Slate t'api
tal (luring the course of which ho!
? iIciioiiii. oil \V. T. 1 tost correspondent |
of tho (Jroonsboro Nov... .is "sneak
ami a common liar." onlereil him out
of the office ami tohl hint iliai if ho
eanio hack again ho'il have linn "kick
oil mil."
Strong words, those; hut our tiov
oritur is given to speech, some of j
which if it isn't hasty, certainly hows j
signs of lacking the flush ami pre
cision of his predecessors.
Cost retired ouitelv and left the i
tioveriior in possession of tho field.
The tircon shorn News panned his
I
o.M'cllcticy ami intimated that the tiov
eriior was in reality sore because
Tom had happened in during the
com e of a visit from Als. Walls and
Jim llartness of Stale villc in (lie
head of the State Administration.
The t'harlotic Observer, whose lire
less local reporter had not deemed !
the story worth the telling, inter-j
viewed tioveriior Morrison at Char
lotte Tuesday evening and the tiov
eriior said that Host had hern caught
eavesdropping sometime since hy
Supl. tic age |J. poii of the State
Prison and William II. Uiehardsoii.,
the Coventors private secretary.
Most denies this. IJichard-on will
make no statement. Poll has not at
I his ?writing.
Tin* (Inventor lias hern bawling out
t In ? -?? newspapers Wllifll (111 llnl fetch
and carry for liiui. .mil lias said fully
a> lisirsli things sis tills aforetime pri
\stirly. Hi- probably realized that he
> was making a s -ene. hut didn't care
' if he did. .Mr. ltust is about as well
known to the new spa per readers of
North t'arnlina as the iJovernnr. Mr
l'uu will lie mighty careful how he
mixes in. Mr. Kiehardsuii would bel
ter be.
The whole nffsiir is just the sort of
thing that nobody enjoys; hut if it
doesn't turn nut well, the (ioverimr
knows who inside a personal siffair
tuthlie.
The Stale Chairmanship.
I lave Norwood of Salisbury, who
lisis had his hsink and cotton mills
tsikeii a way from him through finuu
eisil shortage, is to give tip the Stsite
Chairman-hip of the J lelimersitic
party. There was some support
of him in some ipiarter-. the (Sovir-.
nor apparently tlesiring that lie stay
on. Ais. Watts stud this same Jim
Ilartlo ss, commander a ml first lieu
tenant fesjn-uively of J tenioersiey's
lisittnlioii of death, however, lost
some thousands eaeh in the collapse
of the chairman'.- fortuio ami appear
to have themselves stood from under.
The Stsite committee is to meet
here July 11. presumably to a<cpt Mr. '
Norwood's rcsignsitiou siud to cl-el
his sufce.-sor. Hugh iCIial ha in of
Winston S.,|eni. who it app".n never'
lists to borrow siii.v iii'iney, may have
tlie job, if he want. d. 'Uher pmmi- .
ticntly. more or less, ui-'iitmueil are i
I. it. Carr of Wilmington. Will Nail
of Marion, Speaker John II. Haw. on. i
of Kiiiston and Cli.irle. I . Harris of i
.K.ileigh.
The Everelt Boom
Tin- I .'harlot!? Ob.-erver. which
through its Raleigh corrc.-poudence
?"line day.-, ago tool: cognizance of the
boom for Secretary of State \V. II. j
Kverett for Governor, has made
amends through t!ic same correspond- j
cure this week by c< needing the Slate |
to Align- Wilton McLean, for whom j
it i- claimed that Claude Kitchin spent j
a part of his last hours "electioneer- '
itig.'' j
That is a- it may he: but tlo Ruiley |
people won't admit it. while the j
Kverett boom is steadily growing, j
In fact, the pressure has hcrone- so !
? trotig that Mr. Kverett will have I
great difficulty in denying his j
friend-. The Charlotte Ob.-erver lias j
di po.-etl of the two I Hit'd Slate
Senators. the entire membership in !
Congress and of all the Simmon.-.: I
Ki'chin. Gardner, l'age. Craig, j
I'alight ridge. Home and lliekett lead- |
ers; but there must be some of the :
followers who have not. heard that !
.McJ.ean was the elect of the elect; - j
for daily there drop into Mr. Kverett's. j
ofliec at the State Capitol simple- j
minded business and professional meu i :
with a sprinkling of what is some- J
times known as personal workers, all {
urging him to shuck his coat and beat j
I he two candidates in the field.
The Farm Loan Commission has J
:oue to Wiseon.-in and will go to !
California to find out how settlement |
vork is worked there. That is to i
, .. ... ' .. >, . r i ... .'j.
(' ? ? 111111 is -1 < ? 11 ( iiiii|him>iI of I' it :i 11" lit .1II .
1 >. i'\ <? i!???; nf .Marion. T. I.riioir
(iw.vn of Spriuadalr ami I'ruf. ("ail
C. Ta\lor nf Stair ('ollege will go.
Tiir iilra is In tiI out what tlnrr I:
ill < olnuivalinn ami whether tIn* ti n- J
ail! farnirrs of North Carolina ran!
thrillJf'lvr- lir I oloui/ril or taught i
liow lo I'aiin through tlir important,
if ro|n|ii.-ts.
Tlir first of next Week tlit' roiumit-j
trr of tlir Legislature having in liauil
ill'1 i|r|ri liiilialion of tlir Stair's: fill-j
air ial status will roiiir to tlir city to'
rrrrivr I In- report of ihr auditors of
I'rii r, Walrrhott r .V Co. There II hr
solurw 11 a t of Mailt of roiirsr; llinr'll
lie a srorr or more of pages of ar-,
nnmling theory, loo. to ponder over, i
The i oinuiii liv will ineliulr the audit
in its report wltii'h will he made pah-j
lir. it s rxpri ted. sometime along to- !
ward the sh.iliU of the week.
tSovernor .Morrison is at Asheville j
or on Ids wav I here, to take up iiis <
? .1
siiiiiuur rrsidriier iii the l.aii'l of the
Sky. The rest of the State Admin-'
is I rat ion is in ami out of tlir city, r
Nobody is overheating who ran avoid
it.
EXPECT SYKES' RETURN
IN WEEK OR 10 DAYS !
John 1>. Sjkes. .Ir.. former teller '
in llie First \ Citi/.ens National Hank !
? it" this city v.'lm abs "inleil wit 11 more
than nf tin hank's funds la.-t ?
September atel who was arrested in I
(Ileal Kails .Mont. last week, will ii"t I
fight extnnlitinii. lie waived a pre- i
limiuary examination before a I'nilcd i
Slates Commissioner in Montana. I
Young S>kes i> now iiieareer.itetl in
Helena. M"tlt.. hilt it is le 'ieveil I hat 1
he will III' relieved !<i North Carolina '
within the next week or ten (lavs.
There is some talk of his ease being '
tried ill the 1 niteil States t'olirt ill '
Kaligh. hut it is more Iik? ? I\ that he '
will he tried right here in the i niteil '
Slates Court al llli/aheth City in '
Itetoher. A Federal .liulge may order '
a ra-e tried hi any court in his dis
iriet. no matter what place in the
list rift the i a e originates. '
FREE FANS FOR CHURCHES. ,
The Fir.-t u Citizen National Hank *
? f 'his eilv reeeivd a liig .shipment 1
of I n tin we'd; which if purpo.es '
to supply t" country churches upon i f
ipphation of the pastors or offi- 1
?in Is. ; (
i
Has Timber Supplies to Run It 50 Years
'"** ? " ???*?? " "" """ "" " I I " I
VVKSLE l!ie country generally is bewailing tlic nation wide sliortage of lumber and innny big lumber manufacture
it.ij plants arc going out of husinew for lack of timber to out. the big mill ot the Foreman-Blades Lumber Co.
at Elizabeth City has timber reserves in twelve Northeaster North Carolina and Tidewater Virginia counties that
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will teed its ravenous saws lor lilty years or more to come. Somo remarkable facts about this big home industry
arc published elsewhere in this newspaper this week. The illustration is from a photo by courtesy of the First
& Citizens National Bank.
$6,000 FROM A
CABBAGE PATCH
And $3,000 of TI113 Was Pro
fit From 12 Acres of Cam
den Land
The !?rr?>.ss receipts from a
cabbage patch of 12 acres cul
tivated I?v Merman Xewbern
of Camden County is $h.U0().
Mr. Xeuhern has just finished
harvesting his crop and esti
mates his profit at $3,000, and
all made between March 27.
and lulv 1, with still time to
plant another profitable crop
on the land.
Mr. WwImtii got -l.'mni crates of
cabbage from (lin.se l'J acres, ami
saySN.be believes his yield was cut
?hiwii at fe.rst an per rent on f.onunt
of dry weailier. I lis cabbage patch
Wits loeiiled on sections of dark and
gray soil, and lie says I lie dark soil
lid best. It was a little heavier and
i'i>iisei|ueiiily mure moist. The land
was just "pretty fair land." savs Mr.
N'ewbcrn.
Mr. Newhern put SSOO worth of
fertilizer under his cabbages. lie
finished planting nn March L'7. and
iiegan catling on May ."1. The entire
Top was marketed in Norfolk, and
>11 top of the big rush front oilier
ruck growing sections farther south.
Put The North Carolina eahlniges
ivent heeause they had the size and
lie appearance to make them go.
Those 1- acres tire already to lie
dautcd in another crop. Mr. New
>ern will have his choice of planting
?ov beans or late sweet potatoes witli
?ut having to fertilize the ground
igiiin this rear. And by the use of a
it lie fertilizer, lie ran use it this
all for Irish potatoes or May peas.
MRS. MARGARET WOODHUOSE
Mr-. Margaret G. Wondhouse, wife
>f Major \V(.miHimisi* of Grundy, died
Monday ;ii tin' age of (Is!. Silo is siir
;ived by her husband and four sous:
1". '".. L. It., and II. (!. Wood house "I
? randy and A. Woodhou -o of ( af
i-ys liiht: two daughters, Mrs. .1. .1.
?Ivans and Mrs. R. T. IVnvdy of I
I randy; and by 1J grandebildr'I#
+? ? ???-T
The Winners of the Prizes.
i
Wi\ ilie Judges of the "Salesmanship Club" campaign
now closed on THE INDEPENDENT after carefully
counting the votes of each and every candidate do hereby
declare the following to be the winners:
1. Mr. . Paul Gregory. Winner Studcbakcr 5,.7<>.7,o00 A'otes
Mr. Koutlignte Mann. Winner Piano 4.0U2.000 Votes
Mr.-'. <>. 1?. Jones, Winner Victrola .7,(i00..700 Votes j|
?I. Mr., It. P. Sawye.r Winner Watch H.OOS.OOO Votes j i
r?. Miss Lois Simmons, Winner Watch -.Jtst.ljOO t uets j j
C>. Mrs. 15. A. Williams, Winner watch l2,4.7l2,.7oo Votes j j
7. .Miss Lena Powers, Winner Watch 12,4120,000 Votes j :
S. Miss Lillian ltoyce. Winner Watch 12.-1212,000 Votes j
0. ."Mrs. Cliff Perry, Winner Watch 12,1 <>.'5,000 Votes j j
10. Mrs. (t. F. Spencer, Winner Watch 1,11.7.7,<K>(> Votes j i
11. Mi..., Wilma Colioon, Winner Match 1.40S..700 Votes j|
112. Mrs. Claude Kailey, Winner Watch 1,-07,DUO Votes j j
i:;. Mrs. W. A. lloggord, Winner Watch 1,0.712,.>(X) totes - 1
1 I. Miss Lulu White, Winner watch 747.700 Votes j j
1.7. Mrs. .I. It. ltowdeu. Winner Cash Coin. 1500,700 Votes j j
1(1. Miss P.crlha Colioon, Winner Cash Com. 5012,0U0 Votes jl
U. It. LITTLE, I j
First Judge
tV. E. GRIFFIN.
Second Judge j
W. tV. WOODLEY, JR.. I
Third Judge. 1 j
tV O. SAUNDERS,
Publisher. | ;
O. EDGAR ATKINSON. | :
Campaign Manager. !
June .70. 1012.7. j j
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! WOMEN ON THE 1
SCHOOL BOARD
The Aldermen Select Mrs.
Fearing and Mrs. Worth
For Vacancies
Depend on it from mnv on
the women and mothers of,
Elizabeth Citv will have a I j
? voice in the affairs of the !.liz- i
aheth t it\ graded schools, the 1
Hoard of Aldermen Monday |!
night having elected Mrs. A.
II. Worth and Mrs. |. ( I. hear- i |
ing, to serve terms of two !
years and four wars respect-j'
fully, on the Hoard of Trustees.
At (lie lime .Mrs. Fearins .Mrs. <
Worth were ;>|>|>.0:11I .1. ?'. Sawyer I
and IS. S. Sawvcr. members whose,
' (onus h?d -iust fXJiireij, were reel- j
pelrtl to serve fur six-year lenns.
TIip resignations of Mrs. 1'. Brown,'
and .1. Ken)oil Wil.-oii. made it iippps- .
sary lo elect four trustees at this!
, meeting.
( The new women iciuhers of tliel
hoard are well known socially and |
?'(lucatioiially. .Mr.-. Worth is a worn- ]
an who is inueli identified with civic ,
I ? ? i
and edueatioiiul affairs in the city; (
and .Mrs. Fearing i> si former teach-!,
er aiid now director of Safety Kdio |
cation in the eastern half of the State. (
Other candidates nominated were 1
W. J,. Small who was a iiieniher of '
'the hoard , until his term expired '
this month: .Mrs. A. B. Iloutz and '
.Mrs. W. T. Duff. '
MILLS BELL SHORT IN !;
ACCOUNTS WITH CITY
Former City /Auditor Also Owes The j
Town For Coal Bought in ! !
1821 ji
'I'li.'it Mill K. Hell, fui'ie.erly Clty|.
Auditor of Elizabeth Cit.v is short j,
| nonrly in his accounts ami lias'
Inutile no effort tit a settlement wasi
inaile public this week for the first
time since I>f|| left the City admin
istration in Ileceiiiher. lttlil.
It was brought out at the meeting
of the Hoard of Aldermen Monday '
night, that the shortage in Mr. Hell's
accounts was di.-covered by the audit !
company of A. Lee ltawlings in June.'
1022. and the matter placed in I he N
t
bauds of the finance committee of the ^
Hoard of Aldermen at that time. I'.!'
II. Williams was chairman of the 0
Committee. Mr. Williams resigned j
to take a seat in the State Senate in j
January. Nothing was done toward 11
getting a settlement with Hell before 1
Mr. Williams went to the Senate and ''
nothing was done afterwards.
Hesides the shortage in his ae-j?
counts. Mr. Hell got his coal from
the city while lie was in office and
still owes the city a coal hill of $"!> ?
which lie has not paid. Mr. Hell is ! a
now manager of the Oak Grove Dairy
ami was recently one of the pro-)'1
moters of tin unsuccessful scheme to ! a
start a crcamerv in Elizabeth City.
I v
GREAT DISMAL SWAMP I*1
FIRE IS BURNING OUT ,
"What is said to have been one of s
the most disastrous fires in the Great!
Dismal Swamp in recent years is
about to burn itself out after having
devastated an area estimated at -0,- ?
000 acres between Wnllaeeton and v
Deep Creek. The timber burned was t
largely property of the Richmond >
Cedar Works. The fire is believed \\
to have started from a logging loco- I
motive.
Don't neglect your eye :. See, I
TT" h-r:, zi:. I1
Published By
Request
MR. GUIRKIN COOK
A FEMININE readers of this news
paper says she is tired of pictures of
yood lookina women and would like
to see the front page of this news- '?
paper adorned with the picture of a |
good looking man once in a while, j
just for a change. Thereupon the!
photographic division of this news-1
paper set about to discover a portrait
of a good looking man.. After a long
hunt tho rara avis has been found.
This rare bird has his cage in the t
First & Citizens National Bank In
Elizabeth City. He is Guirkin Cook.
Son of Mrs. Annie Cook and the late
F. M. Cook of this c'ty._ Young Mr.
Cook is gifted with a good tenor)
voice as well as good looks and is a
singer in the vested choir of First M.
E. Church, South. Zoeller photo. ^
PENNSYLVANIA TALK
HAS REAL FOUNDATION
Elizabeth City May Presently Find
Itself on Main Line of A Great
System
ltuinors tlinf the Pennsylvania It.
It. System contemplates taking overj
lie Norfolk Southern It. It. are tnk-'
?n seriously by Norfolk real estate,
ueii who know something about the
Viuisylvnnia's plans. It is a fact
bat tlie Pennsylvania has purchased1
.tHMf acres for terminal sites at F.it-'
Ic Creek near ("ape Henry. Ya.. and J
las elaborate plans for barging its
rains from Cape Charles to Cape
leiirv and running its trains direct!'
nto Norfolk, instead of ferrying 1
?verytilling from Cape Charles to f1
Norfolk harbor as at present.
Pennsylvania freight does not go i'
nto Norfolk at all now, but is un-r
oaded :it I'inuers Point where it isi1
istrilmted over the Norfolk licit Line I
{. K. With its treminals at Cape '
lenry the Pennsylvania will not only [
i.ave shortened the time between Cape j1
'harles and Norfolk, but will put itsi|
rains right into Norfolk. To ac j'
ecomplish this, the Norfolk South-11
ru It. It. trackage and rights of way!
rom Cape Henry into Norfolk are |'
cress,iry to the Pennsylvania, it is [
lointed out. It is also said that, once'1
laving successfully conquered the!'
rater gap between Cape Charles and p
he Virginia mainland, the Pcnnsyl-1
ania contemplates running thru|
rains from News York to points |'
ionth. Here again the acquisition ?'1
f tlie entire Norfolk Southern sys-I1
em would be desirable to the l'enu- '
ylvania. Elizabeth City may wake)'
p some morning and find itself on 1
lie main line of a great railway sys-I1
fin. 1
TORES CLOSE HALF A DAY '
FRIDAY IN JULY AND AUG.(j
IVopio who expect to shop in Kliz-I
beth City on Friday during July I'
till Aiu i.f. Hd best start i-j lime | J
o do tiu-ir shopping in 'ho form ? >"t,
s the members of the Merchants i
LSsor-iation will "lo-e "hair stores tdi
'ridny afternoon, in order to give
lietn a li.il fluf.d .v during the lio. '
unimcr months. This is a custom
hat lias been observed yearly for ?'
onie time by local merchants.
NEW SODA FOUNTAIN
?
| <
A new soda fountain installed this . ^
reek has added much to the attrnc- j}
iveness of the store of the King.j
Tews Co. on Main Street, details of 5
hieh appear elsewhere in TIIE IX
)EPEXDEXT.
1
For your eyes' sake see Dr. J. D. 1
lathaway. Optometrist, EruiijrJ 1
?!:*- - !r 7. ^7 1
I
COMMISSIONER HART
THROWS UP HIS HANDS
State Highway Commissioner Has Discovered
That He Can't Please Everybody and
It Makes Him Sick
State Highway Comtnission
jer Wm. A. Hart, representing
| the First Construction Dis
trict, is a sick man. He has
discovered that when it conies
to pleasing everybody in the
location of public roads, that
it can't be done; and Mr. Hart
is a type of man who has al
ways aspired to skin thru life
being nice to everybody and on
good terms with everybody.
Mr. llart was in Elizabeth City
yesterday to hear contending fa<
tions from Camden County in the
matter of the location of Slate High
way Project No. 111. This project
is a continuation of the Camden
Perry Road. Survey:; for this project
showed that the leuglh of the road
could be shortened ami the cost of
const ruction lowered more than .^'.<1.
OtMl by abandoning the present lilies .
of the road and going via Ifeleross.
Rut when prominent laud owners
a long the old route via Run Swamp
and Hastings Corner offered (o chip
in $lii.Ot? to have the road go tli.it
way. Commissioner Hart ordered the
road routed that way.
Now the Belcross folks are up in
arms ami the const met ion of the road
lias been held lip to give them time
to marshall their forces and urge
their claims. Mr. Hart came 10 Eliz
abeth City yesterday to hear some
arguments. He especially requested
that be be inn by not more than . ix
men representing each of Hie routes
in question. Instead of facing a line
little group of a dozen to talk things
over with. Mr. Hart was confronted
by a crowd overflowing the assembly
rooms in the Chamber of Commerce.
Ill a week voice he told tliein, ill o
many words, that it was all too much
for him ami that lie is going to pa.-s
the buck to the State Highway t'oiu
luission. The decision of the .Stat"
Highway Com mission will hi- final,
whatever it may be and whenever it
is made.
Efforts to have Mr. llart. buck up
and settled the controversy here with
out ati appeal to the Slate Highway
body were being made as this news
paper went to press Thursday after
noon.!
E. CITY VICTORIOUS
OVER EDENTON JULY 4.
Winner of a Score of Two to 0. in
Game Witnessed by 2.500 Fans.
More than >'i baseball fan.-., il is
estimated, the largest crowd to wit
ness a baseball game in Elizabeth
I'ity since the clays of the Tidewater
Neaguc. if then, witnessed tin; game
on the local diamond July 4, when
Elizabeth City ilea feted Kdcutou by a
score of two to (I.
The game was hard fought thru
iiiit. Elizabeth City scored one in
tint first inning^* and kmc at the
fourth. No scores were made after
that. The local team was fortunate
in having Balb'titio to pitch for it.
md Abbott at second base, did good
work. Both these boys are from Nor
folk.
Ksleeck. Kdenton's pitcher did ex
cellent work, and helped the team
very much in making it a hard fougat
rictory for Elizabeth City.
Elizabeth City went to Kdenton
icsterday to play a return g hiip on
lie Kdenton diamond. Kdcnloii is ex
leeted here again next Wednesday,
md Klizabetli City will play in Kden
:on next Thursday. Games between
Elizabeth City and a team from Nor
folk or Portsmouth are expected to
:ake place on Monday and Friday of
icxt week.
The Elizabeth City team is one of
he strongest here is many years, ami
t is the purpose of the management to
ceep the team together permanently,
lohn I<. Wells is manager of the
sain, and among other especially ?<?
ive supporters, are 1). Guy Brockett
pnl Thos. T. Nelson.
SEYMOUR UNSATISFIED
Former Police Officer Se.vinotii is
expecting to take to the courts his
?use in which he alleged that Chief
if Police Charles Urcgory has done
iiin wrong. Mr. Seyuiour says Ure
;ory niitde statements that the foiiu
?r was in league with tin- bootleggers,
>r to similar effect. The Hoard of
Vldennen have gone on record as
saying they hold nothing again ' the
tersonal or official conduct of Mr.
ieymou r.
J. II .Hickman of F.l./.abctli Cii7
ivas one of the 1 7 inju red in n col
i.-.i.-i on a roller coast-r ;it Ocean
klew on the Fourth. Iri n juries
Iff; 310'. SCioiJ