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VOL XVI- NO. 826. M" fV-S. x^..Mj'.,n,r aVms1W"'ri?' ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1923. Nw00 8""d"* SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
?WE ARE GOING TO RUN I
THIS GODDAM COUNTRY"
Such Boast of Ku Klux Klan Organizer Who |
Tries to Kluckerize a Reporter On This
Newspaper I
? : two million tnem
,,, Uti Mux klau in
two thousand in
\ i .and before we
."oint* t?? run this
c nitty, believe me.
want to yet in on a
oav in votir $10,
? t a year pay eiyht
? v and you can stand
? .s anvhotly who he- t
? Nobody will know
e. and n< >hodv will
.1' who you are: you
" ! 1 'ii that it" you join
<lrliw;v?l himsolf to
, In- ootisiilorisl a pms
? 'ii'f. *" !??'? 1 "* Monro.
:i?;iiiist a t)'|r|)||n>it> |M>|?k
, >r :i ilay or two aim ?
rp-o ntifo moro at at pro
!i tiis plans for oruatii/
f'i > f tlio Klan in Ktiza
I.-I. I V.
? o niointiors is alt wo
w.'il take moro l>ttr wo ro
? ivo that many to start
n T !' iivrr with tlio Ihivs
-.??t tliioir~ smim: in this
. m .a will s.t> all. hoar ail
?t!!. Ami von nor m? otlior
? ? >M '? " anythin-.: a ft or you
' ,n? ? n tin- Klati oath: If yon
w.?n't toil i* auait:."
In ?!illar Teh. Kk*:i*iuun Mnoro.
ii ..a tht> aoYantaun i.i" .lot nine
' ? Km K1m\ HI::::, Mi- i?! It s
? town wa< fiinr-ia. that tlio
S'oi was |iav:n-j iiiin a wook
? I al! ??\ji"':si's i.i oarry o:i tl:o
?.ani/atioM work from town to
ii. ami that ho was only uivina
>.-rf timo. ami mak'n^ many
? a wook no'-o than his salary
? for.
T ? !n?ni Jlo-ir^ wlin en me ?t>
t't ??:.! i i, ? ? 11 ?; town. i<
? " r ii' Im.-I. ?!???? -i\ f--"l ilt
'? ' v . ith a l'?:rc fini'. :i three
. ? \'? :i T ? I. I lir Ice! Il of
. ill- ?.????. the hri-ath nf :i
l. i mI.-; of a tinker
:!i?l ?lio :i|i|H'iiriiiiiv <>!' a
? ? :i w! ????! ( f fortune
?r ? irtiivn!. lie wore :i
? ? . press :i 1:11 eoveit il
:? soupy vest, a iliuuy
? ? a enisla-il-it:
slih pair of .-lews, ale!
' a Mark l?rief i-ase. Some
? rse for wear aiel heavily
! M-avs ? <hi | am la it I
anl i.e- a:el see one of
i a ii vtilue. We
. .'??In r oruatii/er in litis
".\hl| lie |l;is uiit
!i Mill ate1 site is an or
riie Kin's." tinea nitty
i. the KInn's feminine
. . out of town rinht
.? ani eotnit|o Pack." la'
\oit will le-ar from the
tiii- eity." Ami wit It
- hrief ea a ml went
i'--t. laekinri from
i haek luain, ami ?
aie-.s t?m? -ki:iu ti stiff!
? ' || ilisettssion of the
o-..ini/er talkeil fainil- j
i|iiaintanee with Col. |
'aimuis, the 11:.|M-ri:t 1
reviver of the Khali.
Inr- I that Col. Sini
? !o |wrs mal I'rieml
? lint |iot lolia a-'1, lie
' ' i?" io\"i| a hi. party
i ? ?? III- a little too pi. k
l|e s;| ]i| the two of
?i? -ante I .is | in a hotel
-alary is ir?w a
? or-a?i:<nfion |mys.
e a!i exjwlises. Jtuly-j
?livef-atioll. his r\
!i more than his
? In rial that Col. Si lll
?I up Ihoiisamis of
ti." Kin ti. ami that
? Colonel hint tnaile
as his intent ion to
Mopping tip was an
rati- h?' was yoiuv:
? ?!. i "ell sin apieii*
Jm i. w l "never he
i': a town.
i of tie* K!an
iiio-t inexpensive
lie -aii|. NoIhhIv
are. yoll uo ollt to
t In- wimmIs to meet.
? outlay for the rent
aly Iliiii.tr to he
ry i loss, he SJtiil.
niyyers eoiihl he j
i ii'ilmily wotihl }
K!. ', rnei'tiiix.
le-eessit \"
i'lejit ity of I lie
-??I that the Jews
u nt: !-;ijc; J)
Making a Go cf
A. & P. Store
c K ki;H>
THIS then. folks is fits* manager
??f Hit* I treat \llaiuir A. I'aeific Tea
Store in Klizaheth City ami lie is
making a 50 of it. lie knows the.
Klizaheth 1 its- traile ami lia> had,
years of experience in holla the re
tail ami wholesale grocery liusiiiess.
wliirh means that he knows how to'
Keep Siis stork ti|i and have what
folks want when they want it. .Mr.
Keid ln?s heen with the Atlantic \
Pacific folks nearly a year now.
il" st'irfcfl with their first store in
KhzaiieJi C'ii.v last Slimmer, just
three weeks lic-forc the plac was
e'esed kerattse it wasn't paying.
The A. \ I*. folks ?ave nji Kliz
ahetli City then for a season. Imt
they had found a good store man
ager and liiey held on to (iarenre
Se ::i. sending him lo their (iolilv
fiore store. When they found a
:n ?ee favorable location in Klin- 1
:?l?e?h <"ity this spring they sent Mr.
;:-i'? hark to Fli/aMh City. Hut
it is i?ef likely that lie will stay
here. There are 8..~>00 A. \ I*.
slop's. say nothing of their *.M
mamnioth warehouses. lit gigantic
bakeries, four coffee roasting plants,'
four salmon canneries and lott
other nianiifaeturiug plants. These
stores liaudlc million pounds of
flcMir. tin ncillion pounds of coffee
and II million peuueis of tea a year. ?
among other things. There is al
ways room for promotion in the At
lantic \ Pacific* organization and
'lie continued growth of the luisi
cirs, of the Kli/a'M-th ( iky store will
mean that Mr. Mei'l will have to
park up and step up where he may
serve a lug organi/alion i:t a bigger
way. ^oung Mr. fteid is a .son of
SliercJT ( has. i'cid of tliis city.
Zoellcr photo.
SAYS GRANDSTAND IS
A HORRIBLE FIRE TRAP
lire In Exhibition flail Kelow
Would I.caxc Hundreds Help
lessly Entrapped Above
TIii* grand sliinil at tin* Fli.abcth
< 'ify fair grounds is a fire trap of
ilf first order im<i should be con
demned as such. is tlit* opinion of
!!. T. Widgeon. president of till*
' Hum View lCaeing & Fair Assovia
lion.
?.!r. Widgisin en mo out to Klixa
brih City last week to see how
Klixaht Hi t'il.v puis on a fair ami
!i" was astounded when ho discover
ed thai our folks had huilt a grand
si a ml seating more than 1,."5UO jico
plo and had provided only one exit
from that grand stand. In event
of a fire in the exhibition hall he
low the grand stand, hundreds
of people would he t or: f ?|>?-d in the
grand stand a hove, miahie to imike
I heir i-scape before the whole iliinsy
stiu.-tare was in flames.
.Mr. Widgeon has huilt a "rand
slam! on his own fair grounds that
is a pattern of the liest in the
country, having eleven ample exits.
Mr. Widgeon wasn't down here lo
rilieise our folks, hut having in
>l?eeicd a number of the best grand
stands in the country before build
ing his own he was quick to see
win re somebody had made a terrible
mistake in the grand stand on our
fair grounds.
Here then is a suggestion for the
Chief of the Kli/..ui>eth City Fire
Iicpartnieiit and the Directors of
Um> Albemarle Agricultural Asso
ciation. The grand stand on the
Elizabeth City fair grounds is uoj.
safe.
For your eye-.' sake sec Dr. .T. D.
Hat ha way. Optometrist. Hradford
I'ddg., Elizabeth City, A". C. adv.
SHRINE CIRCUS
ONONEWHER
Police Develop a New Streak
of Efficiency and Cut
Rest of Wheels Out
The widely advertised Shrine
Circus which opened in Eliz
abeth City Tuesday night for
a week's stand is running
wobbly on one wheel. The
police put sticks in the rest of
the wheels Wednesday after
noon And now the circus is
thumping along hoping to get
to the end of the week some
how.
ll seems that tile local policn au
thorities have deveh ped a ltaw
knowledge of law all of a sudden.
The Shrine Cirrus lias advertised
for weeks to give awnv an nuto-i
mobile to the holder of .1 lucky
number, eontrary to all Slate laws,
and no one made a move to stop
'hem. ?>ne of the rottcnest carnival
aggregations that, ever pitched its
tents in I'asipiotank squatted on the
'?'air ali last week and ran every
kind of gambling device from crap
to shell and pea. Nohody stopped
them. The police walked about the
grounds. sworn to keep the jieaee.
but with no authority to lay holds
on a gambler.
I'.ut they lit In on the Shiiucrs'
froiie Wednesday afternoon and In
stentorian tones proclaimed. "No
wheels of chance shall turn to
night !" And when they cut the
paddle wheels out of the Shrine (Mr
ens there wasn't much of a circus
left. The vaudeville show that is
supposed to furnish the main amuse
mints for the Shrine Circus is a
sorry show, to say the least -about
as tntteh of a show as one could cx
pert for the price of admission, n
dime.
The nearest thing to it circus
Wednesday night, with nil the
v. lu-els shut down, was an alterca
tion between Shfluer Jack Mumleii
and Night Officer Winslow. Offi
ecr Winslow showed up at the main
entrance and started inside the
tent. Mr. Mirden was on'the door
and demanded to see his ticket.
"We're not running a free show,"
said .Mr. .Mt'.ndeu.
"I'm here to search your tent,"
said the officer.
"You'll show me your search war
rant before you search anything
here."
? >:i<' worn iouoweu auoincr mm
both nu n pur up a sort, of an imita
tion of wanting to fight. Rut good
natured Shriners into:uiiimI. the
officer was admitted. anil Mr Mim
ifen was shown a place to spit.
T!ie Shriners are very laiieh em
barrassed as a result of polite in
terference. They went into a ileal
with the eirens company to put on
a show her with a lot of panics of
elm nee. such as usually accompany
sueli things, for I lie money they
?bought the affair woiihl releas ? for
charitable purposes. It was agreed
an? oiiv: other things that pari of the
profits should ?n to the Woman's
?'Inh. the Shriners keeping only a
part of tlie profits for their own
Charity work. The Shriners didn't
know they were getting Into a law
Im?akiiig proposition. In faet the
law has iieen hroken so freely and
so often by the riff-raff that comes
to town, that everyhoily thought
that there wasn't a piece of 'he law
left big enough to hrcak.
Mcmliers of the Klizalieth City
Shrine Cinh are highly ineenseil
over the ad ion of the police. "It
isn't like we wer running this
thins for the money we get out
of it; we don't owe anybody a cent
and we are not asking any one for
anything. We slaved tills circus
for charity only, fifty per cent of
I lie net proceeds to he devoted to
local charity. Maybe we didn't
make enough fuss about that. Itut
Masons and Shriners are not in the
habit of Mowing about their char
ity: for instance. Shriners don't
blow alioiit the faet that they put
out a million dollars every year for
the relief of crippled children In
America. And they don't Idow ahold
I lie fact that they spend thousands
of dollars annually for tIn* care of
orphans and for the iMliieatlon of
worthy lioys and girls who might
otherwise lie denied educalional op
portunities. The city authorities
knew what we were putting on
when they first granted us permis
sion to hold the Shrine Circus. It
is also well known that similar at'
fairs have been put on in leading
towns all over Virginia and North
Carolina without Shriners being
branded as a lot of skins and gamb
lers. A similar circus in Durham
recently cleared over .<!.???>0 for
charitable purposes in that town.
If would be interesting to know
how much is being spent for charity
by these opjioscd to this particular
Shrine enterprises?"
Don't neglect your eyes. See
Hathaway. He knows. adv.
I
When Rural School Students Came to Town
T\\ (5 jcurs ago the motor hi* was imhrard of in the t transportation of htudents in this section of the State;
hut (lie motor has for the transportation of school children came with the building of consolidated rural
! schools. To-day a score or more of buses are used In the trans|>ortatiflii of school children to fine consoli
j dated rural schools in the Elizabeth City section. Where children once straggled thru a mile or more of
i mud to a little one-teacher or two-teacher school, now t hey are transported In some cases a distance of as
i much as ten miles to a graded school. Xcwhuui Consolidated School In Pasquotank was first to adopt the
motor bus. Now a Bomber of sehools have them. These school linses were a feature of the parade oil the
opening day of the Fair at Elizabeth City last week, bringing hundred* of children from points in Pasquo
tank, Camden and Currituck counties to see the Fair. The photo by Zoeller shows a section of the parade
on Main Street with a number of buses in line.
FAIR BROKE EVEN IN
| SPITE OF EVERYTHING
I'At'ii With a Isttr Kfnrf, Nothing
Isisf anil Exhibits fl'm1
licitor Than Ever.
Aitlio plans lor tin- fair were not
formulated until almost time to hold
it. if is hrlirnd tiint ;io money was
? lost tliia T' lir, n< rdlng to >i stale
. men! mailt' tills work h.v tV. 1?.
t ilovcr. secretary. Mr. (ilovrj- says
I ho hasn't amlitril all thr hills ami
1 receipts. yrt hut U'lSovos the fair
hroku ovrn.
' This speaks writ for thr Interest
of thr people of Northeastern North
i Carolina anil who hy tliotr altoml
anco and tin* great number of ex
hlhlts soul, evidence thr ahilitv ami
desire of tin* farmers to cooperate
in making thr fair inrtin what It
should.
Thr fair this yrar would have had
a laiwr attendance in Mr. (Hover's |
opinion, if thr admission 1'rr had
) Ihn'Ii lowrr. Mr. (? hirer hrlirvrs
i thai 7"? fonts Is t<>o mui'li to charge'
for single admissions. Thr iarrras
i rd attfiidami' would tuori* than
i-oiuprnsatr for thr lowrr admis
sion .for, l.r hrlirvrs.
' ...
? ih new your subscription now.
(JIN lil VS IN ONK DAY
NKARI.Y .100,lino POI NDS
Nearly (1 lllllt' million pounds of
seed cotton was bought tn one day |
last week at the Hertford gin of'
the Easier!] Cotton Oil Company!
which is reported to he the greatest:
?"Mount of cotton ever bought at I
any cue gin In this section of the
.state. East Thursday thlH gin*
bought -INN.PNs pounds of cotton,
'paying ten cents a pound or a total
| of *tx.NPs.so. Less than a ipiiirtcr
of a Million jtounds of cotton Is '
said t<> bo the highest amount ever!
purehasod 'n one djiy here.
It looks as if rcri|uimans farmers ^
are growing as much cotton as the
t farmers of Pasnnotatik. Thoes who 1
jilek cotton are making good wages'
now. as many farmers report that
they tire paying as high as two i
cents a pound, and one farmer says
lie lnis pith! four cents a pound. j
I ~~
? Thousands of men. women and
children from North Carolina. Sooth
Carolina and Ylriginia are expected
to lie in High Point on October 2.1
to help the people of the Furniture
City sttige a pageant of progress.;
in eelehraliou of the romplcfion of.
good roads in the fifth state high-,
wnv district. '
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i' i I
* cJhf <BANJK CIEQK TWE SODA dCRKHR
WHY WOMEN HAVE A HOLD ON MEN.
"What are tlf.v going to do with
.the woman in the Sykcs ease'/" ask
'???! Hie Soda .Inker of the Hank 1
Clerk ?is t lit* 1.11 lor worthy suunt-j
cml Into tin- corner pharmacy for
his morning Dope.
"Why they have given her a re-;
; \var?l of a thousand dollars and a
'percentage of the $1 recovered
i from young Sykes when he was cap- j
tared.''
! "I>o yon mean to say that there
ain! 110 law to reach the woman'/" t
"Exactly so," replied the ISank
i Clerk.
"It happens that we have a law j
against prostitution here in North |
.Carolina and she could he indicted |
under that law If she had lived |
with Sykcs in North Carolina: hut
'she lived with him jn Montana and I
the law can't touch, her for that." ?
"Well all I got to say Is that Mr.
! I'.mnhlc was right when he said 'the ,
ilaw is a ass.'
! "Here it .voting fellow steals .$2.".
(MM> or more from a hank and a
- woman goes off with him. lives with
him Jnsl as if she was his wife,
I helps him spend tiie loot, comes
hack to town with her liody-hoiight
finery, collects a thousand dollars |
i reward and then some and she aim i
guilty of notliiu'. I guess tlint's j
what you call woman's rights.
"If tliai's woman's rights then i
I'm against woman's rights from
'now oil. The women come along!
?and get my jol>. then they get my |
vote, tlicy get my bar her to cut their j
hair off, they smoke my cigarettes, j
wear my pants, call themselves my I
'equals, ami then always wanting to
enjoy e;pial rights and privileges
wilh its men.
"I5ul when it comes to the law j
jjiny trollop is supposed to he a per- j
feet lady and to be bowed down to
jiiM lis if sin* weiv :i virgin tinsel.
Ami if ynii ! ry to sii.v slie uiiit', ?
you've got to prove ll and run the!
risk of liein.^ sued for sluiuler. Tulk
nlioiil woiiiiiu's lights! I'd like to
know if tiny niul got nil the rights, J
prerogatives, special privileges audi
all the penjuisiles thrown In?
"1 think its Lime some of our laws
and customs were made all ovc" j
again. If women expect to vote,
smoke, cut Iiioiv hair short, smoke
cigarettes and hold down men's jobs,
they ought to lie made to assume
seine of man's responsibilities." I
"l'oit might as well wish for tin?
niilleniuni." replied the Hank Clerk.
"It always litis been that women I
danced while the men paid the fid
dlers and you can bet your last!
Hufftilo Nickel that they will keep
right, on dancing and making the
men pay for the music."
"It's funny what a hold women
have on men, aiut 11?" puzzled the!
Soda Jorkcr.
"I don't see anything particularly
funny about it." replied the llank
Clerk. "You see, the Lord made
man first and let him get so darn
lonesome and hungry for a woman
before he made him one. that the
man lost his head in the beginning;
and made a fool of himself over her
right off the bat. He didn't know
what widowers know to-day, that i
the way vou start out with a woman
is the way you got to keep going.;
If the Lord had made Eve first
everything would have been differ
ent : she would have been so excit
ed when the Lord made a man for
her that she would have wriggled at
his feet and eaten right out of his
hand in the beginning. Hut it hap
pened the other way Sonny, it hap
pened the other way."
PASTORS SICK
AND PERPLEXED
Say Elizabeth City Church
Folks Put Everything Be
fore Their Churches
Tluit the pastors of the six
largest churches in Elizabeth
City are sick and discouraged
at the condition of their
churches, never before having
.served a people who put every
thing before the church as they
do in Eii.'.abeth City, was the
statement made from the pul*
pit of First M. If. Church
South of this city by the Pas
tor. Dr. X. II. D. Wilson, Sun
day night.
Dr. Wilson spoke dispassionately,
1 Hiving carefully weighed his hui
gtutgo before he spoke. He said that
only a few days previous he ami
I lie other ministers had discussed
conditions ioid compared notes, and
all were alike discouraged: tile
a million was no) confined to any
one church. Nor was it confined
to any particular group in the
church, said Dr. Wilson. He said
It existed thru and thru and from
top |o bottom.
No pastor can count on any con
siderable number of bis members in
any spiritual endeavor, said the
pastor, of twenty two members of
bis J.oard of Stewards it was rare
that more than half of theiu attend
ed a Hoard meeting. "There Is
always something more important
than the work of the Lord". It was
the same way in the Sunday School:
the Superintendent could not count
on bis touchers and officers: it is
almost impossible lo gel a meeting
of teachers and officers.
With 7"<i members of the church
living within the bounds of the city
Itself, barely gnu attended the morn
ing service last Sunday, with Ideal
wen I her conditions prevailing, Dr.
Wilson pointed out.
J?r. Wilson wonders what's wrong
wllli the town. "We held a slinnl
t a neons revival of all the ehnrehes
last year and asked the school if
I hey would close one hour each day
that the children might take part
III the services. We were told out
right that (lie schools would not
close so much as an hour each day
for the revival. 1 tut the schools
are closed for a circus and closed
for a fair.
"We asked the merchants to close
an hour each day for the revival.
They Couldn't see their way clear
to do it: hut they close for half a
day for a Fair and, during the sum
mer mouths,: close every Friday,
afternoon to'let their help enjoy
the hasehall games.
"The other pastors arc united in
saying that nowhere have they had
less spiritual response from their
congregations than in Elizabeth
City. What these pastors say of
you others have said." l>r. Wilson
mentioned Kev. Jesse I.. Cunning
ham ami Itev. J. Orniond. former
pastors of First Methodist Church
among those who had left Elizabeth
City discouraged by the lack of
zealous, unselfish, sacrificial Chris
tianity in the city.
jJojKW vour seb-criiifio" now.
STILL RAIDED,
FOUR ARRESTS
Big Norfolk Liquor Makers
Bailed Cut by Elizabeth |
City Man
Knur stills, said to have liad
a total capacity of nearly 1.C00
gallons a day. a 50-foot cruiser,
a former Navy sailing launch, a
!ro\vboal, and various supplies,
indicating the making of liquor
J on an unusually large scale for
an eastern Xorth Carolina1
plant, were captured early Sat
urday morning in Buck Is
land Swamp ten miles from
Xoinjock, Currituck County.
j Four uion allotted to have been
operating the stills are said to bare
gotten n\y;iy. while four were eap
tured ii ml brought to tho Elizabeth
City Jail where they were soon ftf
i forwards I ml led out hy A. B. Wat
' stoii of Pearl Street thla city. Mr.
Wnlstou gave Imil for tlio ineu in
l lie sum of $NIN( en ell. nod the dnte
of the hearing before F. S. Commis
sioner T. B. Wilson Is set for Watnr
I day of Ibis week.
? The four men captured near Hie
si 111 are Tom A. Itolierts. a Princess
.Anne County, farmer: Eddie Bar
( nett of Norfolk: John II. CaUop of
Kiddle. Camden Comity and form
er Elizabeth City resident: and John
Overtoil, a negro of Bluff Point. N.I
, officers claim that Overton had
mash spattered ov^'i* bis (mots. The
i white men claim they were ou the
1 marsh hunting cuttle.
I According to the officers, Mk>
white nif'ii were uuikluu: their wnyi
Ik flit; xtill when arrested. Overtoil
1 was foniitl in tlit* vicinity mid ar
rested first. Soon afterward, n
Innncli coming up (lie creek nrous
'ctl their suspicions mid they nwait
ed developments. Tliey observed
three white men transfer a quantity
of supplies to the smaller hoot. T*p
on seeing the officers, they pulled
hack to the lauheh. Protesting, their
Ignorance tif the ownership of thej
launch, the three men were placed
| under arrest. ? ; .
Officers allege the men were j
making their way to the stills when
i arrested. Four others are said to
have gotten away. The plant was
located in one of the most remote
land inaeeesslhlo places In Curri-j
! tuck County. The stills had a com-1
| luncd capacity of nearly 1.000 gal
lons a day. One of the stills Is said
to have been 500 gallons capacity
while another was of 250 gallons
and two of them of 100 gallons each.
The stills were operated by two ten
horsepower steam hollers and are
thought to have been in operation
several months.
Near the still lurga army touts
were located to cover the supplies
?1 ml to furnish quarters for the|
operators. The supplies captured
it the still part of which was!
brought to Kllzuheth City, Included
liree shotguns and a quantity of
immiuiitiou, -I.000 pounds of sugar,
'.(Kin pounds of meal mid rye flour.
!.'{,002 gallons of mush, 2i?rt -.iTIon.
?f whiskey, mid 50 five a lait
ies. Half of tbu liquor seized,
.villi the eon I mid the jugs
were found I11 the launch. In the
tents at the still were food supplies
to last for several weeks officers
<11 Id.
The officers making the raid are
l\ J. Maxey, \V. L). Harrington, and
A. L. Ashhtirii of Norfolk, and I",
s. Deputy Collector J. W. Wilcox
>f this city. Information as t?>
the location of the still is said to
have been furnished the officers by
Currituck County citizens who had
become disgusted with Its presence
in the county.
HIG WINNKR OK POULTRY
PRIZES AT TI1K FAIR
Twenty-three ribbons and a hand
some silver cup went to the birds
from the Jennings Poultry Farms
i hi exhibit at the fair here last week.
I'he Jennings Poultry farms are
i 'ocated on 11. F. 1). 11 this city and
! <|ieeialize in IMiode Island reds and
While Wyiuidoilcs. It was the last
pen of poultry selected from the
While Wyandottes on this farm tint
"on the silver clip at th? fair.
j
Good eyesight is inexpensive. See
Dr. J. D. Hathaway, C~tt^ctri3t,
" Elizabeth r''\" v, r:. _
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FISHERIES COMMISSION
CALLS FOR INLET PLANS
Significant Secrecy Maintained In Asking
Engineers To Draw Plans At Once
For New Inlet
i
This newspaper has just
learned from an authoritative
source that the North C arolina
Fisheries Commission Hoard
has called " ' (is for the con
si.- ;? ?;s <>i .1inlet connect
?ii;: tiie waters of the Atlantic
I Ocean and the waters of i\i :i
'lico Sound at what was N'ew
; Inlet, about 20 miles southeast
[of Croatin Sound. . The plans
(and estimate ot cost arc to be
submitted to the Hoard at its
i next meeting in December.
j Ft most secrecy seems to have
' la-en used In cnlling for these plans
jnnd onu of the upstate mentisrs of
jtho Hoard Is quoted as having
'\vliih'|H>red that the fuet thai plans
j worn called for does not necessarily
commit the Hoard to the letting of a
'contract for (hi cutting of the in
let. The Hoard seems to have lost
: sight of the fact that it was fiov
iernor Morrison's promise among
j other things to iqien one or more
| inlets on the North Carolina coast
!that got the last legislative appro
priation of $5(10,(KM) for (he Fisher
ies Com mission to s|M-iid in behalf
lof the fishing industry.
j And so. while pluns for New In
jlet hare lieen called for, this itews
Ipaper has a hnneb Hint (he Fisher
'les Commission Hoard as now con
stituted isn't going to make haste
,in getting the Inlet constructed nsi
i less the fishermen of the Fast get
busy and make loud and insistent
.demands for it. This new-spa iter's
l information is that the Fast is go
jing to have to fight for everything
jits gets from Governor Morrison's
! Hoard.
; ?
Many tdnces for the proposed ex
pertmeiR at Inlet making bnvo
! their advocates, lAit Now Inlet lot* >
i ?l(vflfn apix'uled to tlie older meni
; bens of the Board. Chairman J. K.
; Dixon himself baa not forth hi*
reason's for fnvoriug Now Inlet.
Mr. Dixon snys:
First. It Ik so situated geographi*
cully that its natural advantage*
for a purnianonl ?>i*enittK a re far
superior to those of the others, in
(that its location places It in a direct.
I lino with all the-great forces of
water from Allieuiui'le Sound and its
itributaries. Jt.js situate*! about 2<i
miles southeast of Croiitun Sound.,
through willeli Albemarle Sound
empties its entire flow o* fresh
water; and while it is lmt .*??'? mih s
north of Ilnttcriis Inlet, it is so
situated that the flow of tide from
the Xeiise. Itay and I'amlico It (vers
through the I'nmiico Sound iiorlli
Lwanl and passing Hutteras Inlet,
jcontinues'directly, or almost so. to
[New Inlet-by reason of an extend*
jed neck or arm of land 12 miles
I north of Hutteras Inlet and im
liiedately southwest of the C.tpo
;Channel, which forces the tide well
i Into Pniulieo Sound ut that isunt
land directs it towuril New Inlet,
j "It Is by fur the oldest inlet in
! the northern section of the Stutej
I having been in existence, according
! to available records, since nbout
17iK>, and so far as we know, much
longer. It is. therefore, no experi
j ineiit but an actual fact.
"It alight lie well to incut iou lime
why, in my opinion, Now Inlet cln*.
oil. Jo " l(Nl years Now
' ?- ; i ioutli a Unit five
a. ??? v Thirty vara ago It It ml on
ii". " ?:! h side a at rone marsh rein
forced liy the roots of heavy rushes
and crass, whioh served as a wall
or jetty, which was not suseeptiMo
| to tidal influences,. As the inlet
j gradually moved southward the
marsh narrowed on the ocean side
and the inlet came in eonfaet with
an uniisimlly low U*ae|j which
flooded every inflow of the tide and
therefore, greatly lessened tli" force
of tide out of the inlet. As it eou
i tinned southward and tin* U aeh he
roine onlv a sand lair covered l>y
water, ihe fores; of tide gradually
i lessened until it was not sufficient
to discharge the sand caused hy the
inflow from the ocean.
"Second. Its location is such Hint
sliad. herring, and other anadro
iiioiis fish, which are the most valu
able in our wafers, p/lss through it
iii'o tlie various sounds aud rivers
(?f the State more generally than
j they would at any inlet further
south, hut more especially in tho
! counties of Ilyde, Dare. Currituck,
Camden, Washington and Tyrrell,
Migratory fish entering tliis inlet
i would, of itiurse, find all lint
streams, rivers und sounds of tlm
j State in aecordanee with their r< gu
lar bahits, conditions of the water
having much to do with same.
"Third. On its ,.orth ?ide a lured
ion I's'.'c 2)