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[WIN HELL I IS PATRIOTISM? | Former Soldiers Haven't Late 0 ly Seen Much of the Stuff So | Evident In 1918 ? "I'll write you a story, and ? it 'it make some more folks ? V? >t." says Kennedy Davis, of 1 hu. ibeth City, a former sol I dier ,)t the 81st Division. "The I soldiers should he writing up ? .their recollections to remind ? th,e public how iAhas backslid Btfen from its great dose of ?patriotism. The people ought ? to think it over a 'Jirtle. I'll ? give you my storv in a few ? days. I ' But don'r a*k me what I think ? the >rar accomplished." says Ken I Davis. "It can he answered In a ? w <f r d, ? 'Nothing". Patriotism. ? where have 1 heard the word? ? What good do you think it does I that fellow out there." and he war led his hand toward the spot on the Icourthouse lawn where a simple ? cross marks the rearing place of Itseth Perry. " What good did patri I oti-tii do him? I ".Nobody remembers him. Think B of it. wnat iu God's name ails a I community that hasn't dome one I blessed Thing about marking his I grave, not even to lay a flower on lit. If it hadn't been for Jerome I Flora, nobody would know a grave I was there. Jerome Flora bought I the lumber, the hoys at the fire f engine house made the fence and the I cross and painted them, and the I crowd went over oue night at mid ? night and put it up. I "And who else in this whole town I thinks about it? The only person I who has had enough patriotism to Brake a flower to his grave is .Mrs. B Cam Melick, and one little girl. ? who slipped shyly np to the grave ? one day and left a flower, and ran ? ?iway before we could get her name. "Where is the glory iu war? Serb ? Perry, rook the dangerous part of | a courier with the 119th Infantry I of rhe 30th Division. Nobody gives In dam about it now.. The rich ? folks bought iu the Liberty Bonds I I * heap that the poor folks put up I I the money for. Oh. if we all said j I what we thought the jiugoes would I have us In Atlanta. I ' Like a lot of other soldiers I Jtvas taken from a good job and ! keur overseas. I'm not complain-1 ling about my hardships. I struck [good officers. I got back home Iwnlt as much as |#> left in my) I pockets. I had to buv civilian 1 I clothes. The folks ln m.v own home' /! towp wanted to charge nie $tio for? a $20 suit. 1 rom the men in the armv tl>e Government got $d.r>0 a month' tor insurance. When the armistie was signed they tried to get ?s to fcign a pledge to keep our insurajice premiums going so long as we re mained in France. There were two and a half million dollars overseas, ami that would mean more than .9.15.000,000 a month the Govern ment would have been getting from its men. The politicians, and big business meu would have ke^.r us . 1 i in Franco for 1^?* "The whole business was rotten ' from the beginning to the en.L The I public didn't ffive a dam. It w a. Hjuw worked up with what it call ltd patriotism, but i? divhtt last. I You can make a study of the list I j 0f the men who were dm tted from thh countr even, and compare it with some of those Who were left home That'll show you a lot about patriotism. \>s. 11 write you a pioee if you want to print it." And leaders of "this newspaper 1 will watch with Interest for this aud other stories which, will appear in the near futn.v. GIVE BIRDS A CHANCE TO EAT Veteran Sportsman Condemns Early J Morning 'ami Late Night Shooting j There is a growing sentiment j among sportsmen for giving water-, fowl more consideration and protee j tiou durin grhe open shooting season, both for the purpose of saving the birds and for improveing th sport of waterfowl shooting. A uiemlier of the American Gamel Protective Association writes as: follows: "Reduce the immlier of sliootingg' days to two or three days a week. The number of days oil which ducks can be shot should nor ex<-eed three days a week and preferably two days. Also there should lie a law against anyone going on the hunting grounds until one-half hour after sunrise and everyone should lie oft the hunting grounds one hour lie fore sunset. "At tiie present time, as you |?r?.b ahly well know, gunners seem to ; have no regard for the ducks at all. | The only thing they see mto think I of is to get to what they ho**> is go Jnig to lie the lucky point that day I and to this end they will go to tlieir | gunning point thfit they are going to I shoot the next day at two or Three o'clock iu the morning, thereby driv ing the birds oft their feeding ground in the night. This is the worst pos sible tiling tor the ducks aud sec ond to this is staying on the shoot ing ground? np to sunset thereby preventing the birds getting hack to their feeding grounds until after dark. "Another very reprehensible prae tiee that drives the ducks out of i their feeding grounds is the tin- j necessary chasing of them in speed j boat-*. In some cast's they shoot | (from the boats but more often it is i | don*' to break up the flocks. I don't I know of any better method to drive | birds out of a bay than chasing them j | in speed boats." I NEW JERSEY MEN LET OFF ON FISHING CASE ( Capt. Russell Home, and Geo. I Neve in a small sloop which has linen hanging around the viciuity of East Lake and other interesting j ! sections of the North Carolina) 'sound country ostensibly for thei j purpose of fishing were let off in j ? county court here this week on pay- j meat of costs, when arrested by 'rapt. L. A. (Juhliey. Fisheries Com ) uiissioner of Manteo. for trawling ' without a license. The men were j ! from Wihlwood. New Jersey, j I'mler the Stnte Fisheries laws, la non-resident of the state may not j ' trawl in North Carolina waters.' The men were fishing .under a. license issued in Currituek County! to Ephriam Jones of Elizabeth City, lint even this is contrary to law. t ('apt. yuidloy stated, and not even a i ? non-resident crew, or a boat hailing ) from a port out of ttie state, may ! fish in these waters, even tho they] may lie hired or chartered by a resi dent. ! t DEATH MEETS At TOMOBILE ROPER PEOPLE WERE 1N ? j Death laid its hand on an autoino- j bile in wliieh a nuinher of Roper people were riding near (ireenshoro this week. William Smith. 'Jtt. sou j ( of Mr. and Mrs. A. X. Smith was I j killed when the car crashed into a bridge at Hack Creek, after being struek by a delivery truok. Smith \va sthrowu from the ear, and the true kran over him. Leonard Baveo. I 17. and Joe Bareo, lft. all of Boper i were in the ear with Smith, eseap ii'? with slight injuries. The three were on a trip to Asheville. CANAL LOCKS MATTER TO COME UP IN JANUARY War Department Will Give a Fur ther Hearing on I'/oMrm That Interests Hunters A further Iteming on the ques tion of restoring the looks at Great I bridge in the Albemarle and Chesa- I ! t penke Canal. is to he held at Wash ington '? ?lannar.v before the War Deimrtment renders a final decision. Protest has been made against the report of Col. F. A. Pope, former X*. S. Engineer, who lias recom mended against restoring the locks, by navigation interests and game conservationists. Major Dan I Saltan resident! engineer at Washington of the engi- j noer corps, has advised that a far- j jther bearing will probably be held i as Senator Simmons and Congress-' man Warren, of Xorth Carolina, I i representing flip territory aflfecfed. liavp requested that it bp set for January, The Hampton Roads Maritime] Exchange, protested the adverse re port against the installation of the j locks on the grounds that they were needed by navigation, since It Is claimed thnt their removal has re sulted in currents in the canal water that are very dangerous to naviga tions. At flip same time, fishing and sporting interests are working for the reinstallation of the locks to prevent the flow or snic wnier imo CnrrltiK'k Sound. where if is ruin ing tlie fishing industry and de stroying the feeding grounds for ducks and other wild game in the Currituck and Back Bay section. JOHN DEERE Stalk Cutters. Mid dle Breakers. Disc Cultivators,, Manure Spreaders. Repair parts, etc. W. C. GLOVER, Elizalteth City. X. j C. c021-tf NOTICE OF ENTRY Pntry No. 427. Nook No. 0 Page 04. North Carolina?Dare Oounty. finy H. J.rmion, Claimant. Iiarfn? |>rodiirei| to the nnderaifnrd Entry Taker, a writin signed by himielf that lie lay* claim ami enters a certain tract or parcel of land, I lure ? rmAI H. :i' <" v.. ??., ** tbMM NOHIKIII '" rour* ?* -? H (v^H IMRWI '"'" , ? i ? i i , Kiiiff?l ?!?'? : ? ?-. MKl.VIN U |i .? y ? rOUK-41. '?",l I Cold weather has little effeti on en gine performance with gasoline that is made rightthe year'round. That is UTANDARtf1 GASOLINE I ! *:^ I iMade in the Carolina^ * ' J 4 ??%?' . ? I Tfhe Duties of the Pamlico WHAT is the Pamlico supposed to do? Many people asked the question Thursday, Navy Day, when they viewed the beautiful II ,S. Coast Guard ( utter moored at the wharf at the foot of .Main Street. The Pamlico j with 30 officers and men has duties enough. Stationed at New Bern under the command of Commander Charles Jensen, the Pamlico is the flagship of the fleet of vessels assigned to chasing rum runners in North Carolina waters. In g^srral the duties of the Pamlico are: to render j assistance to vessels in distress and to save life ami property; the de- j struct ion and and removal of wrecks, derelicts and other floating dangers to navigation; protection of the customs revenue; enforcement of navi gation ami other laws affecting merchant vessels aiul motor boats; en forcement of laws providing for the safety of luunan life, laws governing the anchorage of vessels etc. Commander Jensen Ls an officer with man) years service in the Coast Guard ami during the world war lie spent 18 months oik patrol duty near Gibralter. He is popidar throughout eastern North Carolina, he always likes to show folks a good time, and ius men are \er> courteous to visitors to his ship. / \ "DUNLOP ; CITY", ^ five times as big as ATLANTA ? DUNEO'P CWY i r ?? A \ * * > Throughout the world the productive Dun lop properties cover so vast an area that?if combined into one place?they would form a "Dunlop City" of over 100,000 acres. i THE great industrial capital of the South? Atlanta, with her 19,634 acres?is but one-fifth the size of "Dunlop City." And even greater than the size of "Dunlop Gty," is Dunlop's world-wide reputation for * - building uniformly supreme Dunlop Tires. Supreme quality made possible Dunlop's great size. In turn, Dunlop's great size makes pos< sible this same supreme quality, at lower prices than ever. You can expect more of Dunlops. (Jack) E. O. BAUM THE FOUNTAIN I ! . ? '? I Elizabeth City, N. C. V " i Chesterfield smokers don't change with the traffic signals f..but watch how othersmokersaj^ changing to I I "' R ^ Q J"" 1 PS WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED- 11 8 The Newest and Latest H Designs for Fall || RANGING FROM |Sf| The Lowest Priced Tapestry Rug To The Highest Priced || Econgoleum | New Shipments of the Famous Gold Medal and other Popu- W lar Linoleums in all sizes or by the Yard. IMAi We Are Always Glad to Show You, Whether You Buy or Not The Largest Furniture Store in Eastern North Carolina BUI | Quinn Furniture Co. |
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