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THE INDEPENDENT }s| - M voClaxrNO. 997. "<*lu\,zAe KIT*7* ~ Elizabeth city, n. c., frIday, January 28,1927. p5i^ft a^yc0, HtanQ'" single copy s cenis. I TO-DAY / I AND / IrO-fiORROW I 1 By uw. o:' J m He Wants A Position j ?jr.,. .. 1 ff\v I ? rhN .iml.itii.us ? hi, jtiliN Wl-li- M'.'lliv. W.l^t'S illxl I B..,, |.,u. II 'ii'Iii ! want to I ?\ j? ; S(?V ii!!'J !'<? a ?fI>n<| B II,. ? ' ???tkf iiK mark I II" I I'lu^lMTous I K ;.( .Ji."f |?:i? milrli ti> I It; >?? lie Mas uril B ? ? ??. I!<? ?an;?"| to B. i:i ;i l.iisi B. II.' ?"!ti<I oilier cx B"It." l ?l- k iiollu'.- lloino I . ? ft', r hint. Tin- faet I '!? I )ii 111 ? ? r\?; a>nHp. I ..-.vittiin thi* kiiitl of j :;tlil'i?"itj , . ? niotit. I If J frankly tin: In- wuiihl h* j . : iu|| j .ji; ? s.-, to ??im> his j . ~i? ?:i.11 niiin. I'lit | r jii <>ii t I : ? ..? .(iialititti- ? ? . ? ? ?'fr**t;iry ? II" WtlltMll to ht? :?> till*I la* .1* opifa Ji* :i ii"i*' in short II- in: If limlti'l ;>?; ;i posi .fiury I'.ut lu* i . ? 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' ?/iiii* w ritor. ? in that B ill If that I ? ?- :? ami trot I 111"?- t liii i I ti> it I. 1 :r>.t-il t till 1 l?aS ANOTHER GHOST YARN STIRS OLD EDENTONTOWN Hunters Scared By Mystery of Singing Woman of Jones' Mill Pond ' Chowan County has another j mystery beside the story of ; buried treasure, and a ghost story at that. It is the mys tery of a wierd and fascinating i feminine voice that has recent ly excited hunters in a dense swamp in the vicinity of the fold Jones Mill Pond, the voice lot" a mysterious lady, that t breaks out unexpectedly. Kdetiton people are nnieh exeited a Unit this mysterious vote.e of i which no one knows anything, ?ther than that hunters tauietratiim the swamp at uitrht have heen mystified ami frightened at it. and "iave precipitately flisl the swamp, never P> he induced to let urn attain. The fact that if is viewed more or less ;i< "hocus pociis" by the more rational and unimaginative eitizeiH. avails nothing. There are those who insist they have heard :he voice, and have seen supernatural sights in the swamp. Dr. Uieliard Dillard ul* Kdouti.n. was asked alKMil tin1 story iliis wit'lc. Dr. Dillanl plaeos no "re donee in th?* yarns that haw com.' from tlif swamp. I>nf lie knows tin* history of tho sort ion. anil a!' ho will say is that there used t? ho an oh I mill on what was !;:io\\n as Join's* Mill Pon<| many years asto. ahonf four niilos from f\den ton. near Ham-nek Station, on tho old Suffolk and Carolina traok*?. Kiiiiniax Iniok from tho sta'am {?, a drop ami niysfi'rioits forost. sever al milos in dopth. whoro jtonph- sel dom itn. it is inhabited hy wildoais and l?-ars. and is siirh a plneo .ha; I>anto doscrihos as tho plat? ho iin-f Vlrstl. Tho dank croi r-<? is shadowed hy tho souilwr hrattohos [of ghostly trees. and vinos ami l?riar> in mattoil uiassos make it al most imjionotrahlo. Voars ago it is said that a strange l.iit iK'aiitifnl woman who ownoil innoh uionoy wont haok in tho swamp to live with a paramour stolon from aiiothor. For yoars thoy lived alono in a eottnge on a hill in tho midst of tho swamp. Silt* novor loft tho s,wnm.|i, ami would lot no oho look upon hor f:a o. hut tlio man who Iivotl with hor used to mako his way out to tho almdos of othors. and made friomis of many, altho ho was i|iiiot and iinoommtinioutiro ahoiit hiiiis-lf. <>iio day tho woman mot a mys torioiis and unhappy doatli. It was lator thought that sho had hton mnrtlorotl. Tho matt oh mo out to tho sottlonionts. got a coffin, and imliiood a niiinl'or of moil to go ba.-k with liitu. Tho hotly of tho ItoauH ful woman was plaotsl in tho m' fin. ami all that night. the party played oartls aortiss tho coffin lid. prolciMy for tho moiioy tlitii tin doad woman owned. Tho next day tho woinan was lairied in tho swamp, ami the man departed ami was m>t soon attain. Some stiiil he loft iiim-h liuritsl moiioy. In lator years, troasitro hnntors visited the loeality ami dug inanv holes, hut no report of a find was over made. ?> .1? i............ i....... ,M>n .11111 I lll'II IIIIIIH l - UK < V brought forth strange tales of n Mill o' iIn- wisp in rlio swamp. nml of >t range Mhis|ierings ami singing, llniiti-rs armed with gnus ami seek ing coons iiml op|H?siims with dogs, iiavo returned with no quarry. Some Inhere tlio tulos were start ml to srari- people away, that moonshin ers might ply tlii'ir trade without interruption, ami that the more imaginative have heen more easily seaii'il Is'eause of the tales. .lint Wilson ami (taker Itoherts. reeently hunting the vieinity have eome forth with the strange tale of a ereatlire that sings so Im*mlitifully that they were enthralled as was ? "emus ivlio askeil "('an anything of mortal iiionhl hreatiie forth such sublime ravishments?" The music Mas sahl to he far greater than anything heard on the stage. Rob erts tried to investigate, and as he approached the direction from which the voice seemed to eome. it receded and gradually died away. [The ghost is also said to have the power to change its form. ! Wilson. rei?orted that he was ree jfiitly hunting in the swamp with 'a friend, when his dog treed. He j told his friend to investigate. With his lantern on his arm. the hunter ; went up the tree. Its a hig ol?os ' sum. the hunter said, when the ? voice Itroke out in faint song, mid I he was seen to drop the lantern, jam! fall from the tree in fright. W'.ioq n. ntirt rv.e> ere'i iry.ii Ids PLANT COSTING $200,000 MIGHT jBRING $20,000 ^ Elizabeth City Has the Prob lem of Disposing of Old Electric Equipment I The Adoption of super power j from the lines of the Virginia | Electric & Power Company at | this city Saturday, which dis penses with the services of the old electrical equipment bought from the utility companies. J raises the question of what will become of the discarded i plant. j The question of disposing of the j equipment is a problem that the ftility Commission lias not yet Ink jet! up. aerorilinir to Dr. A. b. 1'en {illetoii. chairman of the Coniinis sion. It will not he taken up be fore the Commission has an opimr 11111 ity to meet with Kn^ineer Olson, whose reeoniinenilntioiis will in all lik"lihooil he adopted. When the city hoimht the propor jties of the t'tility Companies for jthe livrht. ami water m: i ehinery was placed at a value of ; &20.INN). The hulk of this was | represented hy the eleetrieni equip I meiit. and its wires ahont town, o which was later added a new hoi! jor costing S2o.ikhi to install. W:ili I tlm adoption of supor|>nwer, the ' eily has in its hand boilers and .'equipment that niiirht brimi n? 1 much as SlM.pon. if sold. In tins equipment are two boilers, one i aeh of .V?i and .".17 horespower. and two eleetrieally driven steam genera I - ?>rs of Poo and t"?o horsepower and I'lito ami ??*hi kilowatt eapaeity re speetively. SiijH-iiiUoiHf. nf Throckmorton of the Virginia Kleetrie k Power Cotn j|Miny says it will pay tlit* city to sell these machines. U'cimse they wlil deprechife in vahte. an?l ea ill lot Ik> depended on for auxiliary service, or in f.'Tse ,if piiwrb'itey. if allowed to stantl iille for any considerable length ? f time. It is pointed out that in ease of interruption of serv ice by damage from storms, the patrol mi the suivrpowor line would soon uet it in eoniniissioii with little delay. tin the other hand. Sti|ieriiitcn t Parlor of Klizaheih <"ity U lieves the city could keep the equipment ready for service at (oth parn lively little c\pctiv.\ but . sa.vs the greatest danger is from tres passers who miirht attempt to rob it. Steam will be maintained 011 the boilers for service in ease of fire until lite completion of the new filtration plant next fall, when elec tric pumps will be adopted. The old water pumps from, the city owned plant will l>e moved to the i new plant and placed in service. l>t\ Pendleton received a wire this week from Norfolk interests who wanted a price on the Poib r. but tin action lias liecti taken, since tin- commission will de|M*iid on the t'ity Knaineer for an appraisal of its value. It looks as if the city will jirolmbly not receive more I than S'Jo.immi for the old eipiipiuciit. wltieh is some SIIHi.OOtl less than they paid for what will be sold While no decision lias been made as i to what will be done with the pro ceeds. it is likely they will be de voted to the cost of further utility i improvements. OYSTKR ROAST AT TIIK 001NTKY CM'Ii TO-MOIIT The Kli/.aiielh City Country Club ? will hold its monthly social affair ; at tin- Hub to-nigbl. This time it 'will be an oyster roust and till mein ? hers sind lines!s are requested to ' bring their own oyster knives and I appetites with them. There lias heen so lnueh erilieisni?of the elnh I reeeiitly that inemliers are prayer i fully urged to bring no appetizers ton their hips. The affair to-night (is being held against the wishes of I some of the members. To-day is a j day of prayer at Christ Kpisropul Church and some of that faith thought that an oyster roast and a dance >liouhl Ik> staged some other night when they could enjoy it. An Knglish explorer describes a country where the women carry off the men. marry them and keep them in subjugation until they get tired of them. He must he making fun of America ! fright, he told Wilson that close in spection of the supposed opossum in the tree had revealed a lathy, piti ously holding out its white anus toward him. Backwardness in childreu is often caused by defective vision due to neglect in consulting an eye special ty'" * -> T^- T ^ Tr- fv?;*?/, I When Eliz. City Got Super-Power I I IIKKK'K a picture of the l?i-i?-r ceremony rast Friday Unit marked the adoption of Super-power in Flizabcth City. I)r. A. L. Pendleton. chair ; man of the Ctility Commission is shown throwing the switcji that placed j this city on the lug eircuit with Norfolk. Richmond, and many other i cities tiiat are served by the Virginia Klectric & Power Co. Reading i from left to right, they are City Manager Ferchce. City Auditor Snowden. ) Dr. Pcialleton, K. J. Tlu'oclunorten, Superintendent of Light & Power for l tl?e Virginia Company, w ul J. C. Parker, Superintendent of the Lliz alx th City I'tilities. Photo by Zoellcrs Studio. DECLARES CITY! WOULD DECLINE; WITHOUT C. OF C.j President Conger Thinks More Pep Behind it Would Pay ; Town Big Dividends ?. . ! "It Elizabeth C itv realized! ! the great part the Chamber of {Commerce has plaved in bring ing about the most important! ? achievements of which this sec-1 jtion now feels proud. I anil confident that Elizabeth C"itv < generally, would put more in-' terest and more pep in the or-' Jganization," declares Prcsi-j [dent E. t\ Longer, this week. I "1 do not hesitate to Iniost the re-' con I of the Chamber of Cotnmeree.1 Jlieejiitse these nehievemenls happen-: j oil iN'fni'e I was oloetiNl president.! j"I actually believe that the eity j j wotildi go haekwanl without the, |activity of a trade organization of I Litis kind. Mow interest would I make it far morn valuable to the icily. It s value is surprising when j we Consider 'that the pts-sent aetivi ! ties of the organization are carried | on with about :!(?<> memberships u! iyear, at SI2 each." I Mr. Conger mentions among the iachievements of the Chamber of i Coinineree. which might not have ! been aeeomplished so quickly, with iotit the organized work of a eo (Concluded ou Page i-'ivc.) 1 DR. THAYER FORMALLY TENDERS RESIGNATION Will (i? to l)e I .ami, (Ha.) Bap tist Cliinch About March 1st. Dr. James It. Thayer, fur five] years pastor of Baiekwell Mmm-: orfcil !*;? |>tist Church of this cUy,, formally tendered his resignation to the comrrcjratinn of tioit church ! Sunday nioruintf. Coinchifnlnuy l>r. Thaver auiiottnceil that iie had I accepted a call to The I>e Land Baptist. Church, of i?e I.aiul. Fla. j l?r. Thayer's resignation is ef fective Frh. US, T.i" call to; the Florida church was extended hiui on Jaii. I lib. it is known that j the new paslorutc curries with i: a salary considerably larger than tin a year paid by (lie Klix. <f'-JfrU. l'4mrch. - i Dr. Thayer's resignation was ex pected. In fact the deacons of] Black well .Memorial Church, of I whom 11. F. Aydlelt is tin' head.! asked for his resignation weeks ago, j provoking a storm in the church j when news of their action reached j the congregation. The congregation | had not been consulted. It is assumed tli.at a successor j to Dr. Thayer has already been a g reed upon by those who forced Dr. Thayer's resignation and tin- < >n- j gregalion will he enlightened in! due Course. l?e Laud, a city of |t>.<mki popula-1 lion, located in the citrus holt i f; Florida is known as the Allien." j of Florida. It is a town of hcauty.' wealth and cult tire and is the seat of Stetson t'nivcrsily. the only Bap tist college ill that stale. G^he<3AN!K CLERK ??> TUE S'OOA JCI3KCR WHY THE FOLKS ARE BROKE i "How's business?" asked the Hank [ Clerk of llie Soda Jerker as lie! hret zed into the eoea eola dispell ( sary the other morning. "Business is good "l this end of; the store,'' replied the Soda Jerker. i Sales of eoea eola are steadily on ! the increase and more and more j women are coining down town for their breakfasts every morning, i ' Where we used to sell a few sand- j jwiehes on holidays and special oc casions, we now sell them by the' | cord. Eating breakfast at home I isn't fashionable with our small \ town elite any more and most of | i the business girls in town get their I I breakfast at the soda fountain be-1 leause it gives them all opjiort unity j | to put in an extra fifteen minutes' 'sleep in the morning and an excuse! i to get out of tla- store or office t ho first time the boss isn't looking. "Hut otherwise business is rotten j and the boss says folks are not pay- i j ing their bills.'* I "And you have put your finger ? on t he reason why a large class of I j people are not paying their bills,'", said the Bank Clerk. "A working girl who may not be making more than $10 per week must spend not less than ."?<i cents i a day at a soda fountain and a dol i lar a week for the Movies. That leaves her $0.00 with which to clothe and camouflage herself. "it is the same with men. Any phi-headed youth 011 a salary of so little as $10 a week sperms at \ least cents u day for cigarettes and wily wash, if he gets aeoie Hum .<141 ;i week lie buys ;iii auto mobile on the installment plan ami every i cut lie doesn't spend for roea iiila ami cigarettes goes for installments on i!io rnr. gasoline, cylinder oil ami repairs. "And what yon sec going on at this soda foiinliiiii every dny is only ii siiinplo of what's going on nil over town. Any little neighborhood I grocer in our town will loll you llint ho litis sooros of workiiion among his customers who spoml tin average of oh wilts ti tiny for holly wash. Jinny of thorn spend so niin h us ti fourth or u third of their wages for drinks nml smokes tind [things to out hotwoon nietils. Their are chasing to the store all hours women folk, not to ho outdone, of the dny for the same kind of truck. An.d when Saturday night comes they cay'l pay their grocery hills. "The money that is spent for sweetened drinks and fancy cakes | ami things hy thousands of folks in every small town in the South [would luiy them an abundance of I wholesome, healthful and appetiz ing food. It isn't a scarcity of jobs land low wages that ails this coun try; what ails it is that so damn ?many folks get so little for the ! money they spend." 1 Wasted nerve energy from eye i strain makes nervous, irritable [school children. Have their eyes examined before sending them to "r r\ ?? C.^7 HEARD IN A DAY AT THE CAPITAL BY SAUNDERS i By \V. O. SAl'NDKKS ! Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 25, 1927. j Fishermen and motor boat 1 men in Eastern Xorth Carolina | take notice: There is a grow ing sentiment here at Raleigh I for the taxing of gasoline used i in motor boats, the income ! from this new source to be used in the building and main ? tcnance of roads the same as ithc automobile gasoline tax is now used. Governor Mcl<oan and the State Highway Commission are said to ! lie strongly in favor of making the boatmen help to pay for roads. I I don't know about that; I haven't talked to them. Hut 1 do find mem bers of both branches of the Legis lature committed to the idea and working quietly but determinedly for it. Hunt men in t lie l*Ia stern Coun ties of the State are now paying into the State Treasury something (like $12"),(i(Ml a year in gasoline tox ics; but it is all refunded to them. [The man who buys gasoline for his boat pays 4 cents a gallon tax at the source just sis an automobile owner does. But upon affidavit that It is purchase was for marine | use the tax is refunded to him. It is now proposed to discontinue this | refund and turn all the money into the road funds. Il is argued tlmt the fislu'i'inun j and Hir bout inn it generally is as\ much a beneficiary of good roads as the antoist who rides oil them. | For what is the worth of water ! transportation if it is not served in j turn lt.v a highway system? And there are hundreds of fish lernien in North Carolina who wonld lie glad to pay the tax if they hud I assi.ranee that they would get good | roads to their landings. But. where 'is there nssnranee. *!2.),ooo year 'will not Imild many miles of roads |- not enough to satisfy all the I motor boat owners in Kastern [North Carolina, and so here then is (something to think about. And here is something else to j think about. Senator 'Patent of Tyrrell wants to introduce a liill! making state projects of all bridges and mountain passes undertaken by | the State Highway Commission, j Most of tlie funds ullpHitcd to the First N. C. High\yay District have been used ill the construction of bridges and their approaches. These water courses bridged at such great ex|ieiisc belong to the whole State. Why should a county or a district bear the whole burden of their cost? Mr. Tateni wants to know. f ? I yd ;t straight, tip thai Ihel A nst r;i li;i ii Hit Hot law will puss. O. i Mux Gardner, the next, governor of North Carolina, will urge it. spas ,sage. AVheii Gardner speaks every I iiieiulicr of the General Assembly [will hearken, boeaiise every son-of n-giui of them wants lo lie in line ifor gnlicriintorial favors. Gardner 'will make no oilier reijuest of this j session of the General Assembly. That should settle it. Kvoryhody says the State-wide Game and Fish Hill will lie passed. Currituck of all counties will lie exempted from its provisions with respect to migratory wuterfowl. Now all Currituck can see the wisdom of the measures of game conservation imposed by an intelli* jiociit game administration in that County. Kven a North Carolina j Legislature is compelled to admit 'that, it can not improve upon the I game laws of Currituck. And Cur rituck can thank Joe Knapp, Kd. Johnson and a few other hard-head ed citizens for that, Kvery session of the Legislature lias its freak. This time it happens | to Is- the Kev. Oscar Haywood, representative from Montgomery j Comity. He has introduced two j remarkable hills: one bill would Icompel courting couples to discon l tiniie their more or less public pet-' J ting on the Stale highways and hide j Ithemselves in the bushes. The other I would compel them to progress with I their love making without the use I of contra-eoneeptlves. Greact ideas this preacher has. Balaam's ass spoke, Samson slew an army with the jawlmnc of an ass. Klisha made' tin axe swim, Joshua made the sun ' stand still. Moses parted the waters' of the lied Sea. And there are moifern divines who believe that a day of miracles is again upon us. Because you can see well, it's no reason your headaches arc not caus ed by your eyes. Seo Drj. Hath SOME ONE LIED ABOUT THAT BURIED TREASURE And Tommy Jones Will Have to Step Into the Annanias Club Because There Are Three Hinton Brothers Against Him ? ? ?? I ?? ? ? SAYS CAMDEN ROAD IN NEED OF DITCHES Swamp High On Each Side and Water Has To Stay There The Camden Kerry Koad, sever ed with water that is holtled up and can't irt't out. stands more in need of drainage Hum anything else at present, according to W. 15. Fore man, of this city, who has hoeu giving some thought to the problem. Mr. Foreman has had some experi ence with the nearby swamp him self, having built one of the larg est manufacturing plants in the city on similar ground. The Camden Ferry Itoad, which is a part of the Slate Highway sys tem, passes thru a swamp covered with thick underbrush. On the out side of the road, leaves and sticks and mild splashed from the road, have piled up and formed a dike on each side that effectually lairs the water from running off. and it stands for weeks at the time. Every rain or high tide fills the laislu where the pavement is, and what water traffic doesn't splash outside, stands until it can seep in the soil, or ova|K>nited and it doesn't evap orate fast in uiid-winter. Mr. Foreman lielieves a little at tention P* Hie problem of draining the road riiiiuing thru the higher part of the swamp, would give more results than have been accomplish ed by months of labor and ox|mmi sive dirt fills. A few ditches may enable the water to run off ipiiekly and remove a source of groat trou ble and annoyance to motorists. WHEN SLOW PAPER HITS - LITTLE BANKS A BLOW Tliree Small Hanks Inuharrassed When Farmers Hegin With drawing (ash Frozen paper has played havoc wiili tlir???* .small hanks in the Eliz abeth City territory during the past few days, the Hank of Hyde at Swan Quarter, the I'ooplos Hank of ('rosvvell. Washington County, and the Savings Hank and Trust Com pany of Washington, J tea n fort ' 'oiinty, having suspended business and closed their doors. These small hanks are said to have laid most of their de|M)sits tied nil in slow paper, at a time when farmers began withdrawals at the first-of-the-year activities. Coming at a time when a period or finan cial depression was on. the hanks were unable to collect their loans fast enough to supply the with drawing depositors. It is believed in local hanking circles, that the depositors will realize the full amount of their deposits. The Peoples Hank of C res wed I, which closed last week, listed de posits of &U I,r>00 ami loans of $330, ?")70. and paid up capital of $10,000. The officers were II. (J. Walker. President. J. W. Starr. Vice Presi dent and .1. C. (Jallin, Cashier. The Hank or Hyde, which closed Tuesday had deposits oT $?'.3,010, and loans amounting to $277,370. with $23,000 paid up caiiital. The officers are it. I). Harris, President, T. II. .fennel tc, Vice-President, ?iiid J. C. Williams. Cashier. . Officials announced Wednesday that the Savings Hank and Trust Company or Washington has re sources of $300,000 ami liabilities of $270,000, which include $200,000 in deposits. The hank was dosed, of ficials announced, pending reorgani zation. Steady withdrawals and inability to collect outstanding loans was given as the cause. CURRITUCK TO BUILD $90,000 SCHOOLHOUSE A new brick school to replace the present frame structure at Curri tuck Courthouse, is to he erected .shortly. Hie trustees having com missioned Norfolk architects to prepare plans for the building upon which work will begin this spring. Tito new building which will be of brick, with slate roof one story high, will contain seven classrooms, quarters for domestic science de partment and nu auditorium with seating capacity of 330 persons. The architects have said the build ing will he somewhat similar, in general apjiearance to the now Norfolk .Meadowbrook building, for which they prepared plans. The plans will bo ready h four or five weeks' Jlircc days of hectic excite ment; the revival of countless tales of buried treasure; doz ens of folk planning to dig at | spots where legend has it pir* j ate treasure was hidden, and all northeastern North Caro lina marveling at the story of a fortune unearthed in Edcnton. And thou Eastern North Caro j Iina's latest treasure story goes on | the rooks. Under the corner of an ! old barn, back of the Bay View J Hotel at Edentou, lay a rusty and unpretentious old iron box. It had i luin there for many years. Nobody had paid any attention to It. Tout Jones, the proprietor of the Bay View Hotel broke it open Fri day. "Water had seeped in cover ing the contents. He called the owners of the property, the Hinton Brothers of Pasquotank County. A crowd gathered around, the con tents were hastily covered up and carried away. That night some liod.v smashed the old iron box to hits. A reward of $50 was offered for the arrest of the pcrpretrators. Then countless versions of the con tents were woven aud peddled thru out the section. Jones 8a id The Gold Was There Tom Jones, the proprietor of the Hotel, interviewed over long dis tance by n reporter, stated that the box contained three heavy leathern bags of gold coins of English and America 11 mintage, weighing abrut ? 120 pounds, a rusty old pistol, a half i dollar dated 1S27, an eyeglass from !au old time set of sjiectacles. a wad of notes of the Bank of Er.g | laud three inches thick, and a bond ol 18.-JU OD inc vuy w wuuuviiv of the deuotuiuatiou of $3,000.^ Tb* ^ entire finil das cstlhiaTed oy^It~ Jones ns lieing worth around $100, 000. in addition be said there was jan old letter apparently addressed to u Miss Eliza or Elizabeth ; the . surname being illegible from ' age. The letter is said to have been postmarked in England. Mr. Jones stated that the lllntons took away I lie gold, and on Satur day carried it to Norfolk, return ing with the news tluit it bad.been ' expressed to Wushiiigtou1 for ap jpraisal and Norfolk people had esti mated its^ value at '$0,000, abide | from th<> numismatic value of tbe coins. i A visit was made to the home of It. Ij. Minion on Monday, but Mr. ! Minion was not at home. A colored ; man on tlie premises when asked I about tiie money, staled that it had : been shipped to Wushiugtou. Mr. ! Jones liad stated that the find was : witnessed by Ernest. Ed. and Luclan i Iliiiton. wealthy Pasquotank farm j ers who own the Bay View Hotel j pro|H'rty. and their negro chauffeur i Wright Brothers. The Hinfon's Hetty j on Tuesday the Uintou Brother*, cacti for himself denied that any gold coins were found in the chest. , The Million's are known as up .standing, truthful, businesslike and I exact men. They say tbey have ! shipped no gold. Mr. Jones, who is to operate the new llotel. was questioned again. , "Are you sure about the gold" he vas asked. "1 saw the bags," said ! .Mr. Jones, "but if Mr. Uintou says 'it wasn't, there it wasn't," he evad j ed. ' But a public in lews ted iu the dis icHvery of buried treasure, hates to ?give up so fanciful aud interesting a slory. Some do not hesitate to express the Ix-licf that the Hintous are being cautious, for altho the j find whs on their property, there is | liu> possibility of many claimants : coming forward to attempt to secure jibe rumored wealth. Kdciiloii lias Item busy this week frying lo ascertain who might have j owned the chest. Miss Elizabeth M. Moore, a maiden lady beyond her three score and ten, is advanc ed tis the rightful owner. Some of '?lie older citizens believe the chest j to have been lefl by her late broth |er. Judge W. A. Moore of Edeuton, j who lived a bachelor's life In the jobl building back of tbe hotel, i.Judge Moore is suid to have been j appointed as a representative of the Americau Government to tbe Paris Exposition buck in the 80's, and to have sjient considerable time in England. Many people believed I him a man of much weulth. But be died suddenly, of a stroke of apop lexy shortly after returning to America. He was siieecblesa, nor had he the means oi xnoiaag xuowl fC'PBt!!!!;'1 v y-mi ,
The Independent (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1927, edition 1
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