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fluff THE INDEPENDENT 1 -ssr l j VOL. XVIII.; NO. 272. ^rg.?.tTff.,?* S"L.V S"'SST"" " ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1926. " ""' yg.^'^"^ ^.. ","<l,? SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS. IjsTERDAY | IO-DAV I AND MORROW r^ilAll Bo *'oh In- ,vt'?i-*'r:,t"rS >'?'? ?ilhil1 a fl'W ',!ii- :1; ?f ? , ,n ?-ariI* ami I^Liay luxury tor ? t- ,, !v tin- ciitmou I,. - "'V'i'rv I r;:,r aniu..-- ^ ami I;;::;:.--'?? r:u .J t-jJ\ IlIlH'k a? 1""? '"Oil fti v'ni.- *?? a'-iai'laiit ami feX'stw "C M-vi-iity five ? "t ?>?- income 1; ,rn thill-- that an- now tiam ?'<r ? _ , ,-u all we ?li ? raik ir up to If, Civiliati-u human s,av* I.-.r .-a!N ? ajuciK-liiu. certain Kj "'r,aiu s7'ial K i,,? * :i inimin'i" "t things ? ? a irk e*sautly for I Bfciaa >hclter: cat , fmxls. iinlulging his B.;,,-;.'!!- all'I kiii'win- II'I ? ?si r -rv we whi. tall ? . v;::,:.-il work eight to ly> a ilay keeping ?P ap ?. the suuny ? (>ur lives laying ? t liny ? lay: ami ? ? ? | i% ju?t a rainy ilny ? ? little pile wt ?; r,:y M-lvix. We gain a I . . . a!ll| |,,M. our hair ?? ...;r teeth. '"If eyeMgUt ??- the rose color ol ? we must <pein ? . ..,i a if in; o com ? ml t lu ? v. met hi ng to cat w hy B .-ailrchr. the water am ? H- .virllia the eleuu wall: ? .ht'il factory. iiKteat H. . iting in the iliri ? . ,,,w all "itr lives' || .? the mail who pre I. ;In- t!>-i trii I fci Iuna;i<\ P.urely ?wi I. when till* \Vri::li ft'. in fX|ieriiueut will ft ? ? ins maehiiu I lions the sum I N ?'ilrollUlt 11HS I 1 t'\|H*rinieiit with L . miimi l>y a; r- wi.rM. Ami wliih r- ?" K.:: Iu-vil Hill. Lw | ' linen tins with wire hj-hr Islam! rl!v r^anlt-d as just an k"3iiir-> nut." >'now |?re?lie p uf ivriiiiht,r that tin ??him w i!! t;ii<l a way t< h'iuhi ->f sin- >uii ami tin "hf air into fiMul f<?r tli bailr. P-felnm w;t> mailt' l>>* 110 a nun. -r of emiservn tr's' in a roiiml taMe ?lis an- Institute of Politic uu'i.m. vvtfk. * ttili| theory. Soinctliin * alri i? 1 > U-iii- limit' i' 1 tak'- nitrogen fron ?H nuk" ir into fertilizer ,.f ,,Iir v.oril-oll ?. an article o ' ''vi!izel man would luirtl hnr t" i|ix|H.|,Jt. with. ti i iliiv is 11 th%> i>ro?"??ss u it ami nir iut x slowly tnri ?..w i- rwisoi m. whose day in >n> iirwioii i n mit. s'mil>lf way ?>(" a< liic ami i-nrlx r km'li ol1 .rort lr"i ii-r milrvi i.ii, the -Irawiii tlii> I'tbi-r. 0KI IN t > UKITII K ^B.' I'minty ii?i?v?'i li ^B' '?' ' y-'U i nn sc* wi ll, it s i ill . ?..!>? i?>t <?#" ^B . ., NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO] AVIATION TO BE SOUGHT Congressman Warren Will Introduce a Bill for $100,000 For Such a Monument, and Cele bration of 25th Anniversary is Proposed i | A national memorial, to the J ' founding of aviation which' took place on the North Caro-: lina Coast at Kill Devil 11 ill in; Dare County in 1903. is to he | sought in Congress at its next session. Representative. Lind-1 ! say Warren will ask an appro- I priation of $100,000 for this national memorial. ! _ ! Tlv* first airplane flight in the world. to. k plaee i>!i those bleak sand dunes on IVceinl?er 17th. liNKt. j when Wilbur ami Orville Wright, young inventors of Dayton. Ohio. . flew their maehine in the teeth of a strong northeast gale. from the) j top rf the tower ins hill. The fart that this historie event j ii f tremendous significamv in the! i! progress of the worbl. ami jiorhops the most far reaching "tie ever to j take plaee. by reason of i's |>ossibi- j i lities in the realm of future aehieve meiit gives the State an unupie | position. ami tin optmrtunity to , stage a ee'.ebration of international significance on the same spot. Victor .Meekins. who suggested to Dare County jieople that they or ganize :t bwal historical society to mark all the historic spots in the county, thought Kill Devil Hill i should U> the first place marked, 1 ami a celebration hehl on the spot. j, ami approached Mr. Warren on the, ' subject when the Congressman was j (in K!iy.iil?eth City sever.il days ago. I, lie found -Mr. Warren interested. t and anxious to introduce a hill fori 1 j :t national appropriation, which is ., all drawn tip autl ready to U* pre- , 1 sente.1 at the next session of Con 1 gross. The bill provides for a tut-11 tioual memorial to the founding of aviation, and provides that it shall be erected at Kill Devil Hill. Those who discuss the moving of the hill J under the force of wind, should know that the movement of the hill j ''can lie easily stopi?ed by planting; .jit with grass, and covering it with j brush until the grass lias taken root. Those who favor the celebration |i at Kill Devil llill in 1?M to mark ' the 25th anniversary of the first [ i airplane flight in the world, believe ? i it could be made an exposition of i even international note, lasting alii ! summer long: and bringing every-, "j thing of interest in the field of neroiHOttics to the .spot where the first pfaue was flown. The priu-! cipal event of the celebration ofj ' course, would be the unveiling ofj ' ,jK. niouument. which would be participated in by representatives .of the foremost nations in the, _ i world. This history of the flight of the, ' Wrights, and how they went to Kill " nevil to perfect their invention away from the prying eyes of those who laughed at progress, has been ] told in this section. Wilbur W right,, one of the two brothers is dead, but j t i orville lives at Dayton. Ohio. In ,.' this instance, an account of his at ?' tainnieut may l>c interesting: ; ,.i Accor.li.ig to Who's Who in ,! America. Orville Wright, now oo j years old. was with liis late brother t Wilbur the first to fly aj . heavier than air machine December 17. !!*?. Mr. Wright, now li\iug| . in Davtoii. Ohio. D unmarried. He ( : was educated in the public schools ? of Dayton, until he was ID, hut ~ since liis achievement, he has re ? ceived honorary degrees from many v 1 colleges and foreign countries. Mith , l?is late brother Wilbur, he was the f inventor of the system of controls , used in all airplanes today. ? I The Wrights began life nmdestlj, i iH-ing the proprietors of a bicycle j . Shop in Dayton. Ohio, before be lf coming interested in the possibilities 0 j of aviation. WALTER HARRIS PLANS *, TO CATH 'EM YOUNGER ? r I>. Walter Harris. Elizabeth City l* \ailor who has established here iu Elizabeth City one of the biggest men's clothing businesses in the South, has added an exceptional i 1,1 line of boy's clothing this season, i ^, "In choosing our l?oys line", says' lU Mr. Harris. "I have kei>t two things' in mind: the mother's desire to buy > i clot Ill's that will wear well and the I j lioy's desire for clothes that lo? k r well. I think we can satisfy both the; "? mother and the lioy and then reserve m a |,j? chunk of satisfaction for dad who pays the bills. Itecanse our clothes are priced right." 10 ? s"1 Eye strain causes wasted nerve h- j energy. Let us look after your eyes. . ?? . , T.T; f-- t>io.- ' ?_ Ccmes Back Home To Wed KNSH.N Tlios Carroll Parker. I. S. X. nlw will marry Miss Kuth White 1 of this rity on Sept. 1 Is a former Kii/ahcth City hoy, a grandson of .Mrs. X. K. Parker. He graduated at the I . S. Naval Academy at Annapolis last, siaumer and is now on the I". S. S. New York. He Ls anticipating a transfer to another1 ship at an early date and doesn't know just where his home jK?rt will he in the inuncdiute future. TO ASK WIDER WATERWAYS IN TO THE SOUND Federal Government to Be ask ed to Create Harbor of Re fuge Near Roanoke Island The creation of a deeper waterway thru the Carolina Coast, into either Albemarle, Pamlico, or Roanoke Sounds, i will shortly he sought of con gress. according to Captain Dan \V. I layman, speaking be-: tore a meeting of the State Fisheries Board, held at the Dare County Homecoming last week. The idea of mi inlet to provide 1 :i harbor of refuse, has l>een talked for two or three years bv I). It. j Fearing and others of Mauteo. but Captain Hnynuin. who is a Dare | County bov making his mark as a | mariner has sailed the roast for j many years, and knows the advan- I taxes of a harbor of refuse, for the safety of ships that would avoid lint terns d mi fix a store. Captain Dayman told his people at the Fisheries Mooting that he would take the lead in a movement to seenre the Federal government's aid in deepening Oregon Inlet. lie said a thousand master mariners stand with him. read to join in peti tioning Congress for this harbor, be cause they realize the tremendous saving of life and projierty that would be effected, if a harbor of re fuge were provided north of Hat terns. While many favor cutting a new inlet or harbor just below Nags Head, and north of Oregon Inlet, there are some who believe other means would leave the inlet pro position to take care of itself. E. S. Askew, now a member of the Fisheries Commission Board aud State Senator Elect from Bertie will 'urge an impropriation to build a 'breakwater across Croatau Sound, i J to divert, the flow of water over ! ; the beach below Nags Head. i ' Mr. Askew's object is to increase [our supply of fish and our oyster I I grounds by increasing the flow of [suit water into the vicinity where ! the fishing industry needs to be j fostered. This course, it is believ ed v.oubl deepen the channel, suf ficient for ocean go ig vo tels. and i esi>? eisill r vh 1.1 C ..... ? TWO HOTELS CUT; LOOSE FROM THE WM. POOR CORP Lessees of Virginia Dare Hotel Said To Have Rather Ex- ? travagant Notions Community hotels leased to , big hotel operating company , are having hard sledding >n | some places and that fact if now generally known and , giving sonic concern to t ^ Elizabeth City Hotel Corpora-, tion. . Within the past two wtH ., ! Carolina Beach, Hotel n?r ** tnlngton ami the Morcbead ? Morcbead Bluffs have ^irnl Hon with the Willhuu Eoor co -1 i-t in their own i There is a rumored spilt I the William V?or people an Washington I>uke Hotel n , ^"itis charged that the hotel operat; j Ins company has a lot o ^ , tin notions ?lK>ut running ^ them on m* hu ? ?* , We that by the time the high , salaries are pahl their ^Wentmaj; agers. etc. there Isn t anjthiiio. f,?r the stockholders. The Elliott Hotel in Suffolk suf fered a similar sad esiicrienoe w ? Un. rnlted States* Hotel t^ua tion and has quietly Kt,M.fc. ti(>n, with .bat-omen, n 1 ^ holders running tin aou selves. And I hey seem to he ? ?o,si job of It. In fact. people In Suffolk do not know .hat the change has heen made. The officers and directors of Urn KUxaWth City Hotel Corpcr-ation. h?.. Willi,.Ill Foor Oorporetlon ' ate Elizabeth Citys new \ir?Uila 1,. Hotel, have been P?JJ* notice that they may expect ?"nla, "rouWo It O.OJ- turn ??? of 111,' lmt?> "v''r lo (?,0 k7,;?T srssZ; ' ''"y sev.ral for,-.,.v,. "TO M.?' F?"r ?r;;: ?,,,i ,vi,,.,< ii?.iak,'r ,L , Virata 11 ??' ?';rk ""U ?? executive committee of tm extravagance in n,aurgcincnt at the start. , . . The first years of all bis hotels Jll ?, W l.a.l your. IV.,,,l,,r doslBUiSly ?r othcrwlw tm ?1 ml lose money, me s"lM are discouraged and sell their stjuk at a fraction of its par valiu. lhcn the faults of management are cm Edenton Has Its Historian V !?'urnrn,,*,...J? ? '.in? ?mimi I. in in ,1.1 *?>.1.11II.u THIS is not a very recent photo of Dr. Richard Diilard of Kdenton, hilt it is t!u> Ih'st available. Dr. Diilard lias written a delightful renilnis renee of tin1 "Old Kdenton" for Uiis work's issue of The Independent. SOUTH MILLS SCHOOL GETS $40,000 ADDITION Corsclidation Issue Carries By Vole of 281 to II In Upper Camden Saturday | Smith Mills high school is to lie enlarged liy an addition to cost, iilmiit .Slu.iMH). to take care of the 'consolidation of three small schools : In upper Camden, which will prae- j Ideally double the value of the j'-ehool plant, as the result of an election carried Saturday, by a vote of I to 11. Forty four qualified ! voters failed to appear. The districts to lie consolidated tare Ohl Swamp. Sharon, and Me* Bride's. It is believed that the uow l atitiex to the South Mills school will Ik- ready for occupancy by January : 1. The advertisement, of the sale of. bonds will take place immedlate I '-r I This is a second recent projrres | sive stet> Camden County has taken along educational liuesi< A a ew , brick school, costing $tl!UWN) or | more, is now lieing completed near | Camden courthouse. and brlnttftlff l the educational facilities of that section uj> to date. : rected and the liotcl proceeds to j moke liioney. The officers ami (direct n> of the Klizaheth City Hotel Corporation are determined to pro fit by the miitakcs of ether towns, j The directors are a conservative lot j of business men who have a reptita j lion for making dividends for the | various enterprises with which they are connected and they are not in this hotel proposition to lose money i for themselves and the stockholders. j We examine the eye's and fur ] nish glasses the same day. See Drs. Hathaway. Ilinton Illdc. adv <-r A^Srv >W <yhe<BANK CLERK *??<> THE S'OOA JCOKER "Heard any good parlor jokes' lately?" inquired the Hank Clerk of I lie Soda Jerker. "Veil! I know a good one," said, the Soda Jerker. "A little girl whose head just ' came to the counter came in the other day aud wanted a elioec'iitej hoy hahy. I gave her 11 chocolate j baby from the candy display ease j and she pushed it back over the counter, saying: 'I don't wanna a girl lathy, I wanna boy baby.' "I told her there wasn't any dif-1 ference between the chocolate boy I babies and the chocolate girl babies. 'Es it is a difference, she said:| 'Bov babies got. a iddle bit more, chocolate 011 eui than girl babies.'" "They learn young in this day and time, don't they?" observed the Bank Clerk with a shake of his I head. "No, they only think they have i learned." said the Soda Jerker. ; "Any little 15-year old slip of a , girl to-day is sure she knows as, much as her mother knows, but she is only kidding herself. Most of tis never know the things we really ought to know about life until it is; too late to profit by them. Every: generation has to break its shins over the same old chair rockers of 1 human experience." "You talk like a philosopher," | said the Bank Clerk. | -r am a philosopher.' said the | I Soda Jerker; ' A pbilosn]fher is aj fool who learned his lessons too late! and wastes the remainder of his life trying to give other fools the bene- } fit Of ?vb C b< 'onrupil 1?> | funny Imtv humans absolutely re fuse to learn anything second liaml. Von can U'll a hoy that lit* will get his foot wot ami net a licking if ho wados in )i ilitoh, hut lie won't take vonr word for it: no sir! he has lo wade thru that ditch, cot. his own foot w>t and cot it licking. learning for himself hy his own sad experi onoo what yon had already learned and tried to jmss on to hint. It's the same way all thru life: grown up men are just like boys: millions of nion front Abraham to Solomon and from Solomon down to onr own latter day list of .Movie Shieks and rieh divorcees have learned that sexual proiuiseuity is the certain undoing of any man who trios it: hut the average man is perfectly willing to run all the risks and find out for himself hv personal experi ence." The Rank Clerk was not (impress ed. "Maylio that is as it should lie." lie said thoughtfully. "Rob life of all of its risks, of all of its perils, of all of its adventures and all of its uncertain romances and I have an idea that life would he so methodical, so prosaic and so tame that most, of us would lie bored to death. I don't think I should like to live in n world peopled by per fectly proper folk who did precisely the correct thing every time aud never made a mistake." ?'And yet that's the kind of world you're heading for." said the Soda Jorker knowingly; "You'll find it at the end of South Road St. They ,..j jl it i Vntpfd' r ELIZABETH CITY BECOMES PORT OF OIL TANKERS Fleet of Five May Be Only Be ginning of Fulfillment of Miles Clark's Boyhood Dream A boyhood dream of Miles Clark, to ovrn a fleet of oil tank steamers, covering all the sounds and rivers of eastern North Carolina, that reach deep into the trading territory of Elizabeth City, is coming to pass. His new steamer Val encia, a GO.OOO-gallon tahker, launched the other day, to be complete next month, is anoth er big step toward its fulfill ment. This big steamer, Hf? feet. Ions, and costing more tiiau $50,000 Is the fifth of a fleet of steamers this en , terprlslng Elizabeth City business man owns, ami Is using to carry I Texaco product? over northeastern North Carolina wuters, and with his fleet, he reach en Into every com munity, where he has so firmly established and entrenched his In terests. as to ho able to look ahead to the building of as many v#we!s as the lncreano In Ills trade may J demand. The completion Of thO Valencia next nnnth, wfll inorU also, a new erct? In ahlpbnfldfng In Elizabeth City. She la the largest st(M>l ship ever built, here, am! was construct ed after Mr. Clark's Idea of what a tank stenmer shonld be, based on his experience from boyhood In the oil business. When ho has tested the Valencia, and tried her, out In service, bo will know how to Im prove on the additional vessels he will build. Elizabeth City has truly become 1 a jMirt. of oil tankers, rind from this I point millions of gallons annually iaro shiiiped to all tha sound and J I rivet ooimtr.v. | THIS CITY Td ENJOY 1 OLD FIDDLERS MEETj j 1'iiiqiM Musical Convention to lk Hold Flora <m September 10th, Benefit of Boys Band A convention of old flddlOi's.froui jail over northeastern North Caro lina.'\Hll lie held in Elizaltcth City, i probably oh September 10th. a coord j lug to Prof. L. I"). Waldorf, director of the Elizalieth City Boys Baud. Prof. Waldorf f* anxious to get in touch with all the old fiddlers who would like to compete in this unique entertainment feature, and invites correspondence with those old niusi sialis. declaring that this section j has more old artistic fiddlers than 'any other place In the section, and (wants them to compote for the en tertainment of Elizalieth City peo Pie. I It Is Prof. Waldorf's idea that substantial prizes lie given the best j fiddlers of the occasion. The pro fits of the evening are to lie turned over to the Elizabeth City Boys hand. Elizabeth City's own unique. I'and youthful musical organization, that is already know far and wide as one of the host bands of Its ktud in the east. And so 011 September 10, Elizabeth I City old timers, who like the tunes [of long ago. will hour the mellow notes pour forth from old violins long idle, drawn out by hands im pelled by happy memories of other days. l 'A $1,700 JOB OPEN FOR , SOME ONE HERE SOON I Thorp is. a prospective elcrk-car ? rier vacancy In the Elizabeth City post office. The job pays $1,700 a year to start with an increase in salary of $100 a year for the first four years. Applications for the position can be made until Sept. S. 11020. after which time a date for | examination of applications will be ! made. "Some people are inclined to find j fault with the personnpll of the post i office force from time to time," says J Postmaster ,7. A. Hooper. "We ihave no choice as to what help we j shall employ under the Civil Service | rules. I am anxious to see a large j monitor of high class capable young j men and women enter the coming , civil service examination." ?Mrs. Xannie Mclntyre. alleys Hint J. C. Burleyson, keeper of the J Stanley County home, whipped her jlast week, while she whs an inmate i therein, and her complaint hns heen ; found true by the County L-Mivrin. 'oiylnp? ,-%2 / She Will Wed a Sailor Man THIS is Miss Ruth White. Uie charming' and talented younger daughter of Dr. and Mrs. .J. Herbert White of this city who will be mar ried to Knsign Thomas Carroll Parker, l". S. Navy. Saturday even-, ing, Sept. 4, 1925, at the First Bap tist Church. SATURDAY AND MONDAY TO BE BARGAIN DAYS I Stretch Yoirr-Dollar, Is the Slogan For Tliese Two Days At Eliz abeth City Stores Strpteh-Your-Dollar Days, is the form by which Saturday and Mon day. A nan st 28 and .'!0 have lieen designated by a number of Elizabeth i City stores, and some of these stores have announced substantial reduo I Hons on many timely articles, while > | others are conducting sales thru out the stores. The Streteh-Your-Dollar day stunt was launched, with tW idea I of making two lilt: shopping days in Elizabeth City, extremely worth whfle for out of town folks, and eu cournging buying at a dull seusoil of the year when many Im renins are j available. The bargain event was I none to enthusiastically gone into, for many merchants were out of town, others bad just, gotten home from vacation trips, and still others thought the dates inopportune. Not | even the' merchants who selected the 1 name for the bargain days are ad i vertls}ng specials this week. Put there are many good bargains offered in the stores this week. As I proof of this, especial attention Is I directed to the advertisements of | M. G. Morrisette & Co.. Quinn Fnr jniture Company. E. J. Cohoon & j Company. M. Leigh Sheep Co., ! Spencv Ilollowell Company, Gnr jrett Hardware Company. Overman |& Stevenson, Standard Pharmacy, j Auto & Gas Engine Works, Louis I Selig. and others. i SAUNDERS HIMSELF TO WRITE UP SUFFOLK I Special Edition of This Newspaper To Welcome Xauseniond Capital i Into Elizabeth City Sisterhood | The Independent will Issue a special edition devoted to Suffolk. Vu. on Friday. Sept. 17. 102(1. Good roads have at last brought Suffolk into the galaxy of Elizabeth City's sister towns. A few years ago Suf folk seemed as remote from Eliz abeth City as Raleigh or Richmond : to-day Suffolk is only a 45 mile drive over a fast road from Eliz abeth City. Elizabeth City and Suffolk should be the very best sort of neighlmurs: j Elizabeth City should know more about Suffolk and Suffolk should j know more aliout Elizabeth City. In | what better way could this happy j result lie realized than thru a special edition of this newspaper [.devoted to Suffolk itself? W. O. Saunders, himself will write ! up Suffolk, its people, its industries j its eivie spirit and all the rest of ir. i in his own way, illustrating bis | write-up with numerous lively photographs. Mr. Saunders will spend several days in Suffolk gath jering his material. ! The proposed Suffolk edition of The Independent has the hearty ap proval of the secretary and hoard j of directors of the Suffolk Chum 'her of Commerce. I CITY AUTO LICENSES Elizabeth City automobile liceu.-es expire Aug. 31. 102(! and new licens es will have to be obtained for the year beginning Sept. 1. The j new licenses are ready and can be I obtained at the office of the City Clerk 110 v h~ those " ho "'<?ipi 3 void ?hr EXTRA PRIZES FOR GREATER j FAIR EXHIBITS j| A Dozen Silver Cups, and Over $5,000 in Cash Will Go to Wide Awake Farm Folks Here This Fall Greater and better exhibits than ever, are expected at this year's district fair, by reason of increased premiums, and a larger number of cups than usual, 11 In number being of fered, along with upwards of $6,000 in cash, according to County Agent G. W. Falls, who is in charge of arrangements. An especially gratifying piece of news for tills fair is the announce ment that both Gates County, and - jtW Perquimans County will send coun ty exhibits. Gates never liefore has offered a county exhibit. Chowan. Perquimans. Hyde, Camden and Currituck have exhibited before, most of them having splendid ex hibits every year. Fifty dollars will be given every county Hint of [ fers a county exhibit, to help de fray the expenses. The prize is a silver cup. nnd several ribiwns. The Independent will donate a silver eup to the baker of the be% jpan of whole wheat biscuits. Tills Is a splendid prize, well worthy to I stir pride In the heart of any house* 1 keeper. Other prize cups will be 'offered by the following firms; i Rest county exhibit, trophy given I by W. P. Duff. B?>st community display, award by X. Howard Smith, president of !the Albemarle Fair Association. Rest farm exhibit, eup given by Ruxton White Seed Company. | Rest ten ears of corn, regurdless | of variety, award by T. W. Wood ' & Sons. Richmond. jjic Rest l?eef hull, cup donated by I Marlon C. hove. Rest dairy hull, awarded by Sav ings Bank & Trust Co. Cow giving largest amount of WJf butter fat in test milking at fair. 1) cup given by First and Citizens Xa jtioiuil Rank. Cows entered will j undergo a one-day test, each owner ! to milk and feed his individual ?entry. The percentage of butler fnt will lie determined by modern ap paratus under approved methods. Best hoar, regardless of breed, cup awarded by Carolina Ranking land Trust Company. Rest peii of poultry, awarded l?y j the Bright Jewelry Company. A silver clip will be awarded also , to the school iii 'iho. Ailaunafle Fair 1 District, winning most points on Its entries, the award to he determined , on a basis of two points on each second prize. The premium list of this year's (greater Allienittrle Fair is now in the i hands of The Independent's printers 'and will l?e off the press in a few days. The Superintendents of the various departments, and their assistants, are as follows: ?< County, community nnd farm ex hihits?It. C. Job, superintendent; i X. K. Rowel I, Kdenton: Mrs. T. W. Cos ten. Gatesville; Dudley Bagley, Moyoek: Lewis W. Anderson, Hert ford: If. C. Fereliee, Jr., Camden; 'George P. Curler, Fairfield; Dr. J. i IT. Bray. Plymouth; K. W. Poar 1 son. Mailteo, and W. S. Cnrawan, I Columbia, assistants. ? Farm and field crops?D. W. Mor gan. siqierintondent; Elbert Gre gory. Zenns Jennings and Miles Brite. of Pasquotank County, and It. L. Griggs. Harbinger, assistants. Pecans and other nuts?F. V. Scott, superintendent; C. O. Robin j son. A. L. Aydlctt and J. H. Aydlett, ! all of Elizalieth City, assistants. I Cattle?>1. C. Love, superinten dent: James Brite, Pasquotank J. j County: Earl Perry, Hertford, and | James Ownley, Chapanokc, nssist I ants. Sheep?R. C. Dowry, Weeksvllle, j superintendent; C. E. Prltchard, , (Pasquotank County; R. E. Morgan, | Coraiieake. and P. P. Gregory, Cam j dcn.assistants. Swine?H. C. Meads. Weeksvllle, I sii]>erinteudent; A'. L. Whitley and J C, W. Ives, of Ihisquotauk; Milton J. lJail. Hertford and W. B. Walker, Moyoek, assistants. Horses?T. L. Overman, superin- . I tondent; Harry Carver. Pasquotank . County; 1). M. Pugb, Shiloh. and H. C. Ferehee, Camden. t Poultry?Carlton Jennings, Pas quotank Conntyv superintendent: W. It. Perry, P. I>. Ives and Clarence ' * }i Tatem. all of Pasquotank County, and Guy Xewby, Hertford, assist- - L j ants. > B > Dome die Science -Mrs. Lizzie ' Mae Winn. Pascquotank County, sii I fter'utondent; Mrs. H. G. Reid, \f> *j r*ry,Kr>*T t?, m ' ?8 t _ ? JH
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