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f ' * N C STilE LIBRARY ????? ; RALEIGH* N C Incest circulation mmmm * 5 _; .THE. INDEPENDENT vVII NO. ? '?- M?tUr tt th. ~ ? - - =r== ????????'?? ' ,u-?? '""? ELIZABETH CITY. N. C FRIPAYTAUCUST I, 1924. " ' ? i_ . ,t Eiutb?u> city, w. o. oINGLr. COPY 5 CENTa jjzabeth city will have country club ^,55 IIM I'OO Acres of Unusual Riverfront $jjc aiul Financing $40,000 to $50,000 Proposition Looks Easy t. i?? have a , t lit con n : j.?.iii for ilnl? hou-e . I '.i-.a'" tli the orjjani v.. !! uti'ler ..11 ?V.i acres I'.i trottl Eli* ? ? 1 v ii mile <>f ? til" |^l?i|IM!l?llk . \ ? ii ?? i 'ris k in ! take* in Ar . .;??! ltl.lt till" .111*1 ??:iin|?m? I i:\ f..tks for Ii will v?*t in . i* prole ?n for a ""If l,i, 11,irl .*f the .1 *ti> Ii laial I's i ?. filial i'i 'hi* I Ii ;h. e?lllll8? l?k- re like |Vn lnir*t |. Ill ?ll** 'lloll'll *>f i tin* AW** . ? xa-n . I"'" 11(1 _ i - mu*i . ll! ' 11N? r | * |l" ? . t!ie*e . i v wit'i oak*. ? iiiil >tli. r i **r :.*? i. natural , . ? 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I' i i.i I : Vii?t|| i-r NOW ASK CITY FOR $125,000 Utilities Companies Would Un load Junk on Town, rnd Keep the Cream Representative'* of the utili tit- companies having appear ed in Kli/abcth City last week and approached each member of the* Hoard of Aldermen iu dividually. asking them to re-' open negotiations for the ob solete water and sewerage plants, seven members ok the Hoard of Aldermen me' and] hv a vote of five to two agreed to hear the proposition of the companies at a special meeting on August 4. The utilities foiiipanies seek In l>ii' an end t<> the litigation ami of fer the < ity the water and sewerage plant - tor $ It!.*.in in. The otter it ?li fjltes that tile Utilities romp."li'l s lake the Aldermen to Is- |mint Mank fools. I'??r the past four years, the | sewetime eoliipanv has lieen notify j iii'4 its |nitrolls at inlervnls iltat un less ji eoiild set a higher rate for its -.-rvlre. it would nlmiuloti the I --etv l?-e. It lias IS till plaints I time after time to the fori Miration t'otn inissinn tlint it is doing Inislness at 'it loss. Kv* r.vlMMly knows the sort of wa'er file filtiatioii plant of the Water '">iii| any is giving the |ssj- j p|.- of lllizal.-rh ' ity In drink. Ami : the ritv authorities realize Hint the] elty is -i-ri iiislt iie'iiiiissl, IssuUse it 5> isn't ?a' ma ins of siiivieieiit size to isiuilial fires, should one In* ak out under unfavornlde eondi t lolls. To prneiire an iide-pititi water supply, tin- present ma Ills J would Is- no uimmI, ami the elty j would have to lay new ones. I'.llt the Utilities is.uipliuies have the nerve to a-k the elfy to pay SlghlKio nf -go.?.| money for these plants. Ami it only ask one ?smdl-1 ditiou of tie- e|t.v for giving i' tills1 lils-iiil offer. The eitv is to reusei all legaI pi.M ?-ss in the ineNlitillie,, a I-am Ion its plans for its own elee trie light plant, and leiive the light net |M?wer lai.-iiiesM to tin- utilities { ? ? mpauies for a |a-rlod of five years.' Tliii- provided with the ert-aui of tin huslness for five years, reaping tie* profits from the ah- of every kilowatt of t-ilirellt that is to he u-eil l-.v Klizal?-th '"ity tsuisiuuers. the light anil |miw.? i* tomp.iny tells the) ? ity that if tail give ninth la-tteri i-rv'e?- than it i- now giving. prom King flint while tin- elty i> |s-r-1 fH-tins the wafer ami sewerage' i-r>lee. it will It- bringing its light ami power sendee tip to sm-li a j lo.li standard that, it will make no I legal net ion whatever, should flit ? ity deride to hnild It - IIWII eleetllej plant at the end of tile five yenr i |M-rifMl. Ahlerioiiti P. f. I'ttluNMi ami W.J II. Wenfht-rly were dead s?-t against' ;iro plilt- tilt' pr? t|*o-aI of tile t'olil panles for further dekt-riiig. Itut five of the even lll-e|lle?| to listen to tie- utilities eoiupanie, again, and will at ha t hear the pro|Mi.sal to i-neoiirage the al>aiidontiient of the movement for mtitilripal plants. The eity ha -jM-nt .-nine $|."t,lNNi first, ami last in its attempt to float a I*Old issue of snhi.inmi f.?r this piir|M?-e. The t'oiiipanies have Idtw |,ed tlu- elty Ity legal proeess. and Ho- eity ha - vvoil every step of the fight. To give up now when the fight is almost won. ami the rout Pino - prohaldy only stalling fot' more time, would mean the t-oiu p|-tr loss of the yi.l.ntto. PASTOR'S MOTIIKR OKA!) Il? v. Krmik II. S*'iifli*rs?MN|, |w? i"r ?f <'111111 .Mi-nmrhil l'ri*sl?yti*i Inn , t'liurili ivii4 nilli'il out of town I Tlmr ?hiy to utli'inl tin* fiiinwnl of hi- nioihi-r. .Mi*. Kiitii' llrills Sent* i l? rj?HMl. who iIIihI Winliir-'hiy nftor ii"?I'll .it In r lionii' in .Ifiikintown. 1'ii.j .Mr -. Suitlot^?mm| wiis iiIioiiI 7.1 yours ohl illll Will tllo willow of till* l.lll* .lo>? |.It llnrr SiuIIit^oihI. ;iiii| tin* ?l.iuulilrr of ICi*%. John lli'ilix. It.M. .i l.iitlo r.iii miiiisior. wrili'r, I runs hi for iiml iirrliiiinlnttinl of iiiiishli'i' iihlo nolo. Mrs. SonttiwjrniMl Is Mir* ii?i*i| hi four iliin^litors ut.il two | S ills. | For your oyoVi stiko mi* 1 >r. J. I' il.ith.iw,iy. Optoini'trlst. .'Il.'i Htu-, fin t'.lil*,' K|ixnli**fVi I'ltv V <* A Baptist Leader In Currituck 'THIS then N Ilii* Rev. Charles Arthur Vainlernieulen. tin* lieu' pastor of the Powell* I'oint Kielil of Baptist Chun-lies. lie is young,! anihitioiis, energetit' and full of hiiu ' self anil will make a noise in his 1 f ifli I. .Mr. Yaiiilnruiruleii was pastor of the Westhawn Baptist Churrh in Portsmouth. Ya. lit- is I niarriftl ami lias two interesting i rhildrrn. DR. WILSON DISAPPROVES NATIONAL DEFENSE DAY KliralM-tli City Divine Says l/nukr-i ship of Soldiers ami Statesmen Not To lie Trusted TIi?* "iNitrlolU*" scheme to iilwrvc "National IMay" or "Mold-, ligation May" in America on Sept. I-. the eonntry putting itself on a war Imsis for a day ami thinking in terms of war ?luring that day. has one courageous op|Mineiit in Kll/.-1 ninth t'itv in I?r. X. II. M. Wilson. , pastor of First Methodist t'hiireh,! I South. In a hard hitting sermon from his pulpit last Sundav morning. Mr. \\ iNon paid his respects t ? war and the war makers and enlled upon Met lent! a men and women who are prof. -Mil Christians to unite in pro iest against everything that glori fi? d war. Mr. iletaileil some of the item- of to.| of the last war) and reinlmhsl lis that we were led' into it ami thru hy s|?ecloiis prom ises that if would lie a war to end | . war ami a war to make the world . I safe for demoerney. IP- saitl it hud ' 'done neither of these things, hilt! had s?a the world lairk for decades,! Mil villi: deht. |Hiverty. disease, filth ami animosities to harrass, dis courage ami oppress generations yet ' iiiilHirn. lie advisetl against pay | ing any attention to the ideas of f military men. professional war-| makers whose |*-rsomtl Interests, professional training ami the atmos phere in whieh they live unfit them for tin- leadership of humanity. ? Nor ean you trust your stales-! men," declined the preaeher with J .Mime emphasis. Mr. WIMoii said that while op-' |nisid to war with all Ills heart and J miml ami soul, lie would lil.e any trite Aineiieau give the last drop of hi- Mood in a fight for the do fens** of his home ami his flax: hut In' had serious doitht* that any war was ever fiiiixht purely in defense of home ami eoitntry. There hasn't Usui stteh an tf.i-i ?piulificd protest axainst war from any source in Kli/.nhcth t'lty since I tlm-e harrowing days of the late World War when this newspapcr was sayinx in the fnee of a military censorship what Mr. Wilson told Ids congregation last Sunday. MORE PLATE GLASS FOR MAIN STREET Mitchell's Contemplates Intensive I||||M|\? lll?*llts Costing I p. ward of $5,(100 Improvements to It made on the store building now occupied l?,v Mit chell's. the largest Mini oldest of the (iilltert Stores in this eity will ?set in the iieighlsirhond of $Ti,INKI, mid tlie work will liegln in 11 few I diivs. acording to (I, K. liilliert, proprietor. Mr. (Sillicrt hits reeently token ii not her five year lease on I the pn?|ierty lit mi interesting fIfS-' lire ami has lieon renovating the np|M>r floor, putting on new paint and wall p;i|N-r for several days. The front of the store will lie re nioileleil entirely, extensive show windows lieing fitted with plate glass, marlde and bronze. The en-' tranee to the store will lie fitted i with tile floors. The building now neeitpiod by; MitelieH's fronts 72 feet on Main street and has a depth of inn feet. Together with the np|>er floor where the millinery ami ladies ready-to wear is loeated. the Store lias In.lHMI feel of floor s|Mtee. Among the Improvements to be added, will lie a Wnineiis' Uurber shop, and beauty parlor, Mr. (lib J liert states. j. Don't neglect your eyes. See m vt tftj 2'iri s ?? NOTICK TO SUBSCRIBERS Slioiild your paper not be de livered promptly each week, or if you Tail to urt it at all. you \?ill do this newspa|?er a favor by notifying tin* office at onre, explaining the rirfuiunfmiee*. Your roopetaliou is essential ill rorrccling any ??rrors. The error of a subscription solicitor may rause the paper to go I lie wrung address* and unless the office is informed we cannot correct it. l>oii't hesitate to write us if you ! miss your paper. He sure to lake adiantagc of the closing period of the Mid | summer subscript ion offer, as annoiuircd elsewhere in the paper today. WIIF.KK MONTHS PASS BY WITIIOI T A SKiN OF RAIN Wliilc folk* in Northonstorn North Carolina iinvo I iiiinu iiImuiI niiii. llif iNiipIo of Colurnilo i iiml oiliiT sihloh iiro urowinu llioir irii|M without it, liotlim; Iho nooos snry wntor thru tliolr Holds. by iiioiitis of irrigation, nocurtliiiK to MI*h ki'Hi'lli's (iriftin. an Kli/uhoth t'it.v uirl who baa Jn*t roturiioil from ii sovon works visit in tlio Kooky Moiiiitniiis. "It iliiln't rain iho wholo tiuio I wns aotio." says Miss < * riff ill. "Tlioy not only ha vi? Iron I'lo in uottiin; oiioiiu'h wilt or for tlioir crops, hut uottinc otioimh to drink," sho says, for tlio wator is |ii|iod for milos from linuo ilnins nml rosorvoirs lnu k in tlio moiiutiiius for drinking and for irrigation. In spito of all I bono hiimlii'iips. a vory la mo uoroauo of many difforont ? rops is oiiltivatod, "Kastoj-nors go to Colorado ox I looting to find oowlsiys and Indiiins and othor things tlio wost was at ono titno famous for." says Miss (?riffin. Itut tlio.v nro ilisiippaoiut od. Tho only iktsoiis I saw woar ing onwhoy rigs woro oastoriiors." SAINDKKS IN KKNTITHY W ii. Saiilidors, odltor and ptih IImIm i "! TIIK IXI IKI'KX I>KST. loft yostorduy for Boron, K.v., roprosopt ing Colllor's Wis'kly on tlio hoard of Judsos of tho County Aohlovo uiout Coiitost ootidtiotod hy Moron t'ollotjo and Mio l.nillsvillo Courier .loiirnal. Tlio work of tho judgos iiioludos a tour of sovon of tho most hiiokwntd mountain oniuitlos in Kontttoky. Suffers Stroke of Paralys/.s KR1KNDS of Fml A. Wineke ?f 1 Italtimore and Kli/aheth ( ifv learn* (Ml with alarm this week that he 1 had suffered a stroke of paralysis. Reports from his Italtimore resi dence indicate that the stroke was of a mild nature and that Mr. Wineke is doing as well as could In* exported. Zoeller photo. 4. W. HA II.IV TO NI'KAK ON YIKOINIA DAKK DAY ?I. \V. ItnlIcy. oi' Itnlciuh, ami formerly i*iiuiliil.itI* fur tlic Deiun ? nitii- iiniiiiiiiitliiii fur (inventor of North I'iiioliiiii will ilcllvcr tin* ml ?Iress i.r tin' ilny ill tin' tVlchrn- 1 lion of Virginia liinv'.i ICittIiiIn\ mi Roanoke Island Almost I4*, niiiiril int: to Mr. II. II. Mriiiii' of Kilcn tn|i. who lias Imm taki'ii an itcllvc j part in ilii'sc I'Xi'i'i Ui".. Tlic li'h'liratlnii this year, it I* Ih'IIi".til will In- llii* Illicit mil' in tin years. t'lll/.ciis Roanoke I i la la I arc |irc|iariim to spread a i?i? ( nic feast fur I lie visitors, ami ahmn ?sft*; thousand |Nsip|e arc cx|ioi'toil I to atti'icl limn all ever Dare t'min ly ami eastern .Ninth ('aroliim. Visiters this year will fiml a mail i way mi feet wide, leadiim from the Kurt ICnli'itzh iiioiiuiiii'irf to Mail-1 tin, i L-J-l 11 .S i ) C/he?BANK CICQK ^t> TUC S'OOA JC.QKQ.fi HEADS THEY WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE "|in yon think t!??? pt oMili'iit ial | olcotlotl tills fnll Is going f<> Iiii \ ?* I lint I'lTw't mi business?" nskeil tin1 Si sin Jerker of tin* I'll ill. I'leH;. "Xnl ii hit ill tlii' worlil." replied 'lie llniik Clerk. It used In In' tlmt |ni|II|i*s |ihiyi'i| tlif ill-til with busi ness every four yours. I ill tlioin ilnys Is gone fnrovor. Iiisfou I of |n ill Mrs illtt'l fi'I'iIIU ttilll hus'iioss. Inisllioss imw inns |mlitirs mill tlio |iti linns ilollvor tlio 'moiIs ;ii?-iti<|inir to tin- orders fimil hu-dmss head ?innrtors. "Ami soo botv niroly it works now Mint Iliorc is n tlioro understanding! Tlio ICi'pn lil i< ii lis mot mnl iioiiiiiiutoil I'ill fuolidge who is ns oool its n om iiiiiIht iiiiiI ns slow ns eold liiolij ssost OhiMILi' is iihsolutoly snfo iiiiiI roiilil ho loft in tlio White House for eight yours without stm t lug anything more exelthig tlimi n lu.iyor meeting or doing nuytb! ig iitiiisiuil exeept to veto some hill Mint woiilil ho votoil over his veto. The Kopuhlieiiti pnrt.v tnnilo a nloe, hiisiiioss liko job of obiiusiiis it snfo cmiiliilulo. "Ami Mioii the Iteiuooriiflo eon voiitiou mot ami mi to ii great ex-1 hihition of "iiiiIiossinI mnl untrain inoloil" doiiioeracy until it wore tt solf out; when business men took liohl iiiiiI gave 'em John \V. I>11 vis i of the House of J. p. Morgan & Co., to lieml their tleket. "Ami so there you are. Business I never sut so pretty in n lutnpaign year sineo the vesteil interests of Jerusalem ualleil Jesus to n eross ami put mi eml to his talk nliout tlio rleh giving up all that they (?assessed ami the jwior inheriting the kingdom of Heaven. Business | isn't worrying nlioiir who's going to 1 he eleoteil this fall: whether t'al t'ooliilge or John W. Davis, doesn't! make a dried apple dam's differ-1 eiioe: the interests of hig business are going to ho protootod no milt tor whirh oiio of tlio diimmios gots the Votes. "But. how nlmiit tills third party with Ini Kollofte mid Wheeler at theI head of it?" askod the Soda Jerker. "They won't get anywhere." said the Bank Clerk. "You see. IniFol let to mid Whoolee ?? fi' fio* Mm farm-1 / it mill tin' workiiiguiuu. iiimI neither tin' fm mi r imp tin* wurl/i 111:11111 ii I Iiii> sense enough ??'! in mil of 1 tin' tMin in ii in1111*iiinn year. Ra Knlli'lti' iiihI Wheeler. i|i'|N iiiliim iiji ?ni tin- tin mi l mill tin- laborer fm villi's, won't know they've lieelt rnn ii inn wlu'ti till tlio votrs tiro count oil. Farmers mill working folks ilon't slick together: dint's wlion* tlll'.V loso, 'II..' llllsllM'SS interest* of this country ilo -lick together tlliil get wlni t I hoy wit lit because thoy I know wlmt thoy wmit mid stick out for It." "Mill, from nil the talk 1 hear, 1 J.nKolleito ami Wheeler are going ' lo get a lot of voles liocnuso they ' are progressive ii Hi I staml for some thing. while I 'a vis ami fonlldgc are staml pa iters anil ilon't staml for mi\ tiling." "All tliiii has Ih'oii taken en re of," 1 salil the Itimk fieri;. "The Repub licans put Ilell ami Maria Dawes 1 ? a the ticket with Foolldge, ami (lie ' Democrats put fharlle Itryan on 1 I lie ticket with Davis. Moth of 1 tliem are real wlml-jiimmers ami 1 hell-raisers who i 11 liamlle the so eaIlei| progressive element ill Imlli ' parties ami fool the life out of them Dawes for the Republicans ami ' Itr.van for the Democrats will heat ' tlie hushes ami ballyhoo the rag-tilg ami huli-tail elements of society to ' a fare-you well; tlie.v will supply J the fireworks for those who want fire-works ami promise all the re- 1 form ili'iiiamleil hy all the hellinkors 1 in the country. Of course, being ' only the tail ends of their respee- ' tive tickets, they can promise any- ' thins or sa.v anything am' get away 1 with it. IsHTiuse they ilon't have to ' ileliver tlie goods." 1 "Well, after what you've told me j ahout tlie way lliislnens has put it over on the country this year, I [ \ think I shall vote for laiKollette iind Wheeler." said the Soda Jerker. J ".No, ymi won't do any such | thing." said the Hank flerk: "You'll trot right up to the polls and vote ? one of the old ijarty tickets witJi ( your eyes shut, just like every other Mutt who is dependent upon sonic ImmIv el?e for hi-- I trend noil butter." MUTINY BREWS IN SHIP FIGHT Max Gardner Behoved To, Favor Waiting Till Regu- i lar Session To Settle It Tli* IwfclwtHlfiit'i llurrau, 707 Law) era lliltlitiid It)* K. K. POWKLL RALEIGH. J?ly 31.?Mutiny on board the Program of Pro gress gets the head line for the week and the Admiral of the good Ship of State isn t here to quell it. In fact, he s draft ing the orders for the voyage and he's flanked himself be hind the Blue Ridge to do it. From up toward Shelby, u little ihis side of which towers Kings Mountain and the revolutionary history, (suites down the word that | n. Max Gardner, Morpciaero farmer idoipiciit lawyer and as civic as uny KIwiiiiIiiii, is opposed to terml ii,lis and the boat line until the general assembly of ltri\ unhani |M>nd by the approach of a Nation ill election, can ealniiy consider the whole ipiestlou. Original advocates of |s>rts? those who have looked for the to ply the Hoaiioke, the t'nsliiii, and other winding streams liave been here during the week registering 57 different varieties of political fear and the anchor lifted last week for the sulling is als.ut to hit the briny deep with a thud. Morrison Sprured Attain Flirtherinore, Governor Morrison , has Is-cti the victim during the week of a new kind of assault; ad mittedly one in which none of his enemies glory. Commissioner ol J I ii I h it* and print iu}: Shtpinuii has let loose a s|H'iir at the former fimiu-1 ,-iii| affairs of llis Kxcelletiey as, ii leVnlt of Mr. Morrison's personal contribution to the minpulgti fund j of Frank l?. Grist, successful in Ills fluid against Shipmaii for the iioini-J nation as Cominissioner of Isilsir, mid l*i lotiiiK. I'ntil Mr. Morrison returns to UaleiKh, and he isn't expected here until next week, there Is no way af tclllim what Is going to hapiieii. J Ills arrival will help matters com; siderably for his spokesmen riuht ? now are lining, stunts in the nit to, keep the gallery Plitertaie.'.'d while1 lie first plans for the real battle lire IsdiiU whipped into stalls'. Teli days ago -even a week Hgo? iipponents of any tiling like a State owned boat line were conceding to Governor Morlson and his leaders the fruits of brilliant political | strategy. It looked like, in the language of the arena, Ills F.xcell i iicy had a" "mortal lock" on the situation. This wirli the sit wit ion is nny-j thing hut rosy. Utile hy little I li'liks me coining from file Sir Will ler conference of Messrs. .'dmmons, | Mel.eiin, Morrison and Dawson timl1 the slower the drops of wisdom the crniter (ununified tire the breaks reported from 'that meet inc. It miisf hnve Is'en it strenuous sen sioti. Added to nil tills Is the ??yon- [ sernteli ?> me - nnd - f'll - ?tiitell-yon'' story from n Western North t'liro linn meetinu, not so In rue lis the I recent (ioldsltorn eonfereiiee of: friends of the shipping program j hut fully lis potent. Mindful of1 the greater Interest of the Knst In I lemiiimls nlid hoots, the Western-1 I'fs, according to reports, hnve sot j mil to uet themselves mi exlrn slice i?f seven nml n lnilf million dollars for good ronds. West Wants Million-, The plan see ins to Ik* that the, Westerners, a part of them, will J support the shipping program pro vided the Knst?regardless of the iidminiKtriitidii's views uhoitt the matter?will -upper! their rood pro gram. With ST.oOU.ihhi worth of atom good roads, runuing into every resort eitv west of tiroensltoro, | Easterners eiin he lured hy the linmlreds away from the holl wee vil mill the hot sands. And once they uet tip there, it's a liet they will spend some money. Here is another angle to wnr| lietwceii East and West which has ?ecu threatening for a long time. The West no lougcr looks to the majority in the State. The East's drong snpisirt of the Inst two iintl Knst to imiiiituin the Democratic Dld-timiril candidates for governor litis not heeii in Old (Juiird propor tions hnt the West, wherein t'ol.| Alston I). Watts continues to "rove I ihont" and talk to the hoys, always' idles up the majority. It hasn't | licen sixty days since that ines mge went out from (Jreenslmim: 'We're coming to (Jreeiishoro ImiiI ' iml Is'iit like hell. It's np to the! West to save lis." .sinking to .MrLran The West rallied imhly hehind Mr. McLean illid.Jn Cleveland where friends and enemies had conceded Mr. lialley a lead of five hundred, 'CoDtln'tH 01! page Slvi Prepares To Fight The Ship Bill IION. P. II. WILLIAMS PROPONENTS of Governor Mor rison's Ship iiml Wnlrr Transporta tion <Ymmission will have to reck oii with a hard fiulitt*r. when Sena tor I1. II. Williams of Elizabeth City in'i s his broadsides into ships1 aid tilings at tile Special Session; on August 8. Senator Williams .'"ki'ov.'irdges Ids plan to fight the sihrinr to sink eight to ten million' dollars of the people's money Into I a venture the like of whirlt has nev'T proved snrressfnl. And he is now engaged in preparing a raft of farts and figures to prove Ills' arguments;, keeping on his desk before him as he works a quotation from Sophnrles that "Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails.", SOMETHING HERE DOESNT LOOK GOOD Ambulance llnnated To Hospital Is Doing No One Any Hood I Mmiy KHznMh I'lty |ioople who contributed toward tin* purchase of mi ambulance for the Kllxnliefh City Hospital when It wiih oporn'rd an n community propoHitlon, on* won dcrlng who Ik going to Inherit tholr oontrlhiitloiiK. When tin* enmn.mi IIy hospital failed mill Mr. John Sullhii took it off tin* hand* ol the ilofmii't organization. then* was In debtedness of JM81.no or some mull snin on tin* iiinhnliiiui*. iltte the Auto &. Oil* Kngiuc Works. 1?r. SiiIU?h olTori'il to pay off the Indebtedness nnil lake the iinihulnuiT, hut koimo ooo has objected to this rui'l the ninltiilii?)?'?* remain* in the Auto fe (!iik Kngine Works. The Al.to A tins Kngine Works is |H*rfeetly will ing to release file nmlnililliee u|?on the piiytiieut of its Hen. but certain liulies who headed the nioveiuent for the original purchase of the am bulance lire opposeil to the hospital taking over the niiihuliuiee on such terms. The quest Ion now in the iiiIihIm of ninny who contributed to the purchase of the ninbuliinee, Ik WHY? In the iiienntlnie n |ierfeetly good ambulance tlmt eoiilil Ik* useil ad viintnjieniinly by the hospital Is .landing in n garage. doing no one any good. If it could be sold at a price over and nlsive the Indebted ness on It. it Is not Indicated who would act the money: certainly none of the contributor!! are cx|H*ct|ug to have their money refunded to them. Maybe some of the ladies con iiectwl with the woman's attxllllnry of the defunct community hospital could explain why they are hold ilia onto the ambulance and what. they would do with the money If J they aol more out of It than the> *1M due the Auto & Has Engine I, Works. This newspaper will cheer fully provide s|i.iee for any ex-1 plunationK. WKEYIliS COMING OFF IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY NOW j The weevil erop is hatching out j; this week, says Dr. L. S. Blades,' of the Spenee-llollowell *'o. the bis farm supply house, and this same crop that is hatching now will lay eaas in 1*i days, r\hi?h will hatch j and in turn raise another erop after hll?*riialiiiK next winter. Farmers should lose no time in using effective , measures of combatting the weevil at this time, lie fore it has an op-J portiuiby to puncture new squares and lay more eggs, says Ur. Blades. ? Good eyesight Is Inexpensive, sec! Dr. J. D. Hathaway, Optometrist,1 viix'itwob ClM* >*. 'J. adv.1 1 WILLIAMS TO OPPOSE GOVERNOR'S SHIP BILL Elizabeth' City Senator Doesn't Believe Ex penditures of Millions Will Be Profitable Venture for State i Having convinced himself that the state has no business to embark on a visionary ship and water transportation ven ture involving an expenditure of eight or ten million dollars of the people's monc ,, Senator P. If. Williams of Elizabeth City is preparing to oppost Governor Morrison's Ship am Water Transportation bill, which is to be considered a: the special session of the Gen eral Assembly which convenes on August 8. Senator Williams plans, to launch his hroadxidcs not only against any proposal to buy and operate ve? Mm, Init is flatly opposed to the development of ports with state money. "The development of port* 'mi only l?e of lieneflt to their Im mediate territory," he says, "ami therefore should not ho built by state funds, any more than the state should hulld u road thru I*as 'piotunk County at the request of Its Representative." Senntor Williams has heen col lecting a tremendous amount of data from Government statistics nnd from irnns|Mirtniloti men well ac ?l?aluted with the shipping business. He has found that Government ven tures ?>f this kind have resulted In great losses of public money because of a lack of cargoes, even In the more ttopulous sections. He cites cx|M>rlmciits on I tie Mississippi nnd Warrlors Hirers as examples. Farts Not NufTirirnt. "I have not gone Into this r.nhjeet w 11 h ten t taking eonsiderahle thought," says Heuntor Williams. W hen the hill was introduced In the legislature at the last session, we had no way of determining the facts, and we asked for a Commis sion to find the fuels on which to base our Judgment. As far as I can SIS', by the rejsirt of the commis sion. the facts have not been found." "If Is true the Commission, after a year's work lias made a lengthy rejsirt to tlie Governor; hut n where in this rejsirt is authority gl en for statements made. The com mission has failed to show the au thority for its Information, hut qu< es only what 'The Commission |r llevcs. Why didn't the Coium ? ?don go to known authorities, a . their opinion, and give nil j?,. fuels}" ho asks. Senator William* liollevcs thai It will uot In? profitable to spem' the State's money for the develop ment of the |K>rt of Wilmington. He supports Ids belief with an out line of what makes great port' "There are only three ports of :hi first magnitude In the east." hi says, "Namely, Ilosfou, New Yor* and Norfolk. These are great jsin I localise of their natural advantage. ami Itocuuse a multitude of trim' lines from all over the country, c verge in theui. Manufacture fhriioiit the country will send sbf" meiif there direct by rail liecam they will reach jiorts of destlnat' quicker and cheaper. Ships fr ? foreign countries will touch at then |s?rts, I km'u i isc the cargoes may l-? loaded on any one of many great railroad lines diverging all over the country." Referring to the supply 0f shlf* Mr. Williams gleans from goven motif statistics that In 1014, exclu sive of Germany's shipping, the world tonnage wo* 4N,ooo.no. War time needs lnrronsod the tonuago. and left its with ()2,(joo.ooo tons with u.oon.oon |0ns In the building Government figures show that the I . S. Shipping Hoard Is operating at an annual Insa of .<2."i.000,00o to S.iO.fmo.nno, and |s now oiicrutiug '?illy 425 ships, as compared with 1.2011 on the inactive list Villi notb (Continued on I'age Two) CLIP AND MAIL THIS NOW To THE INDEPENDENT Elizabeth City, N. C. I am enelosing herewith rherk ?. P. 0. Money Order for $1.50 for whlrh send me THE INDEPEN DENT for one year. 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The Independent (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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