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VOL. XX.: NO. 1,049. ^ fcatwriil tn SciMU'l ?:ta.w llatt?r at lb* Vuat-offlca ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928. Public 8*^'" SINGLE COpTsCENTS jv
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M^oo Much Luxury
I h Nol Xppreciated
COX BOOM PLAYS HAVOC
WITH EHRINGHAUS HOPE
Growing Sentiment For Cox Probably Means
There Will Be No Serious Consideration of j
Elizabeth City Man in 1932
Klizaheth City's gubernatorial hopes for l'Ad have gone a j
I glimmering. O. Max Gardner from the W est will he the Demo
cratic nominee for governor this year. Four years hence the
Fast will again he recognized and Flizabeth C ity has had great
hopes in the gubernatorial possibilities of its aiVablc and popular
citizen J. C. T>. Khringhaus.
ltut there has ci'iiM1 :i shadow!
ji-MT the |>rn|H>s4ii Kltrin^haus boom:
'Un* Elizabeth t "ity uinn is not in the
i minds of strong fwivs tliruoiit the1
i Suite that are or^uui/.irur to put!
G?*Jieral Alhert E. fox. of Kalemh
f in line for the m mi nation in 1HJKJ.
General fox head of the North
i Carolina division of the Aiueriean
mil. is the ehoiee to-da,v of huir
jdtvds of influential North Cato
iinians for the jjovcrm rsbip follow
Iinr .Max Gardner, ami a fax oman
jixuiion is already underway.
General fo\ was in Elizabeth fity
Saturday for a brief visit Hud those
in Kli/al>eth fity who met him.
looked him over and talked with
friends who aeeotupatihsl him on his
|e\|?Hlitu?u here, were impressed
with the man. He is a typieal first
rate North faroliuiau: able, eotir
aae ii>. taetful. friendly and genial
'without alTis-tiou or effivt. Kliz
aMh eity has nothing exeitiiu; to
olTer to offset the winning t?'fsoti
ll ity and stale-wide |>opiilarity of
Albert fox. And fox has a reeonl!
for pu'elie servio- that will satisfy
most N?rth Carolinians.
Kliznbefh fity is proud of Khrinu
haus; he shows oil' well: litis made
friends and admirers thruoe.t the
State. Mat North Carolinians de
liuatid niueh ?>f an aspirant for its
i governorship: they demand first of
fa'l that he must have renders! the
, State some outstanding ptibli-- s. r\
'lee. Ehriuihans has never had tin
op|?ortuniiy to ijualifv in tb.?t re
s|nH-t: tliere is not ti h's reeord
, any eutstamlim; pnbli.- service to
bras about. Klizabelli fity was
ri^'lit proud of the way he an pi it toil
i himself iu il?e iumturi of the recent
! community h del litigation: but that
; was not a publir service: a bill for
S|.."iPO went iu to the stoekhoblers
of the hotel for tin.* lawyer's fees
'for that, service.
Ami hi liet'e we are. only lejzin
:iin:j to tliiuk a'oout ^ettin^ one of
our eiti/eiis irrnomtd far rhe ^?ver
norship. when we find the Stale ln
inc rapidly orjjanb.ed far iundvnun
J for another and in ?sr genial person
ality. W'e just haven't liiirni'il bow
to play the ^titne up here in tliis.
\?iri l;eas| n?rner of Tarlieelia.
!'W.O." SHOCKED
NORFOLK LIONS
IN BRIEF SPEECH
It takes much time. ><_>
unu'li cticrj:}. -?> much |ea<lrr
sliip ami -?? uuu)i uioitcy t<?
k < c |> tip a multiplicity .if
churches ??f conflicting faith
in oim -mall city that no won
jilcr the potential ica?!cr> of the
t<>\* n have little time lor or in
tm-t in larifer community
activities. \\ . O. Sampler- tohl
tlo I.ions ' IiiI? of Norfolk. \ a.
\\ n|nr-iJav. I'cli. Ist.
Tlii' r*'i'ii>inn h:i< Ladies I>ay
with i|m- Norfolk I.inns ijml tin
editor was greeted by a inixiil andi
I'liii' ?r nearly 'Jon I.inns aial their
Lnr-fs in the mas- ive ! >;i 11 room of
'i|l?e .Molith*elln Fl'?lel. "\V. It."
' -hoel.etj tlnin. hut they listened in
tenriy iii what lie said, applauded
' him at tlie end and. when a rising
or thank- was -invested, a Ita|e
ti.-t minister and a Catholic priest
to re anion/ those who showed their
J'hmI iiiiiliners and si'ml np. Mr.
? Sannder- said in ri :
I, of year most enterprising
am) nio-i partriotie eiti/.ens was
}*??Iir?sr me of lite general ajialhy
. tad indifferenee to great public etc
,' terpri<es in your city, tie told nit
? of tiio great diffteulties em-ouiitered
- in eiitjstin/ tin- interest of some ol
I' \onr leaders in your great eoiiiniuri
.. if\ parking eenire and eoiiiiiinnit >
- -er\iee station whieli I eonsitler em
n of the greatest forward step- Not
- folk ha- taken in a long time.
"He tohl me of Norfolk's greal
u j need for an anditoriitm. for lark ol
- which Norfolk is denied every op
port unity to hceame the great eon
it.'enlion rit.v ami musieal centre thai
t ii uonhl rightfully he. And In
s t it seem.- almost impossible V.
'?-.oatir.uzJ. Ar; naeo
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Negroes
Many Lodges \
And Churches]
; At ;i meeting of about 150
representative colored citizens i
of Elizabeth ("ity in a littleI
churcli over in tlie mill section |
of tlu* town the other night
twelve churches and seventeen:
'lodges were represented, and.
no particular elYort had been!
i made to have representatives'
there Iroin all the churches and
lodges. J
A imputation el' approximately ^
(mm W'.Tms iii Kit/a li tli t'il.v is
support in- more lltau a do/en J
elmrilies aiiil more than a suro of;
: secret orders. Think what an.
?voiiotuie harden is iiero imposed '
i n[mill a rare rotn posed largely of tile
i most j* oi ly paid working people.
Here ilieu is- a slant oil Nejrro life!
In our I'-wii that few white people
a-.* eounizant of. What is tlie ex-j
p'amitioii of so many ehim-hes and j
ainoii-' V.Mjroes? Ihfrhaps I
i
ihere an- two explanations.
Kxplanatit'll No. I is ihat thei
Neuroes t iitiiuinlfied in a while!
mail's world hand tlieinseltcs to J
! yet ho r for initlnai sympathy audi
[ proteetiou.
Kxolanatieii No. ?_* i> that, tliej
\?^ro eraves leinlership: a entered'
man likes to talk and he hoard ami
t?- eoii-.ii.iria ! a huiih r of his ^roiip.'
t?l?\ioiisly there isnt roi-m f--r many'
j< at-landing' leaders in one ilinreh or
one India*. ~o those who eaUt assert i
? themselves in nmanizai i<>us already!
;tophea\,v with letplership. out 1
ami start an organization of their;
owip Tbis may sis-m r:it her lidien
buis to white folk wli" have less ;iin-.
bitioti for leadership. bill it'tmansj
?*v?-r.v|liiif-x to a V'sin. I?' ui<slaj
voiee in |!i<' v Idle man's world in
which |i?' li\?>. lie fries to ?-;i f i -.1" \
himself b\ making a big iiois<. in his!
nw n lit11** world.
Ami. after all. ilm-e many <liiuv!rj
c? a in! lodges iire great training
schools for \o:;ro leaders; it is in
flie I'lmri'li ami t!i** bulge room Ihntj
fliey learn self expression, isirliim n- I
try practice ami how t ? play polities.!
If w e knew more ai>eiit what g' >es nn
ill these Negro <-||lirchc.s ami lodge 1
r<H.iiis- we won hi lune a holier un j
ilelslainliii-' of the \cgre ami a lief
fer appreciation of his progress.
Biddy Crank Gets
; Four Months, 60 Days
Ifiihly ('rink. former runner for
'prohibition enforcement olTieers in
this eify was senieimeij to four i
lijoiiths ami <?*i days on the mails in
iIm County Court yesterday.
The four months was for wife
al-imlonim nl ; the Mi days was for
J assault on his wife. The ,pro?e< u
tion of frank ?:h enlivened h.v a
cross e.xauiiuation of a witness h\
tin1 name of I?a\id I'. Mayne. a
former prohibition offieer who is
'living at the frank home and who
; was in eoiirt to testify thai he had
! never seen anything w rati;' between
l i rank and his wife.
Mil) ne, who wits kicked out of his
; job some months ago has .spent
j mueh of his time in Elizabeth City
pretending |o he getting evidence lo
i show that proliiliition officers gener
ally are a lot of eronks find hi jaek
ers. .Insi how May ne himself makes
j a In ing is not km iwn.
thi; best is cheapest
' Breakfast l"e: tumli. meat or fish
?'with two vegetables, dessert, bread,
j butter and colfee I'm.-; regular din
jiiier 7"?e. A room with private lava
? ( lory S2.oti
The Virginia Data- Mold
Li Elizabeth (ity, N. (. advtf
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? l.'AW 1*1 ICS WANTED; fuun.
? Mink, Opossum. Utter, etc. Hides.
t, skins, soybeans and eggs. Top
? market prices. Spot easli. W. f.
, ULOVEU, Fh ml ??', City, v
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OBJECTION TO
BRIDGE NORTH
OF PT. HARBOR
Two Companies Eager lo Build
Toll Bridges Acrosr Curri
tuck Sound
Tin' proposition of the rec
ent lv incorporated t uiiituck
& Dare Bridge Corp. to bridge
Currituck Sound between 1 ig
Point and Martins Point will be
opposed by influential interests
in both Currituck and Dare
('utilities.
' The opposition emit ends lh.it the
pri posed bridge wit In* loo far North
In serve the l?M interests of the
two i?-s: I hilt il ?*'! a!i'"?'i| It",
an iiiilireel route to It1 uiioke Is
la ih| whereas I he ohjeetive of Male
Highway eoustruetioii is to eonnm-l
isniiiiy seats h.v the shortest |v<ssihle
route: ami they eoule'i I that She
proposed route Mill iulerseet one
of the most attra. toe shoi limr areas
in Currituek Sound. demoralize a
Kportsinan's panidiso ami cut oil a
eoimly's revenue from many shout
ing lieenses.
A ilelesratioii of ton < r more riti
y.vns of t'urrituek ami Parr is ex
poeleil to organize to protest again*!
the proposed l?ri*lii?* ?it a ptiidie lu.ir
iug to Ih' eomlneteil hy I.ieut. ' ol.
Ili-ury ('. .tenet! for the Mar Pe
partim nl in the ChnmLier of Conr
uieree rooms ai Klizaheth ? it.v at
11 o'elork Winlnesday. Pel'. s'h
Conner Sheriff 15. I.. Crib's. ' f
Point llarhor. one of the im?>| iir
fl lieu I la I men in Curritmk County
i< i \pe< led to lead 11
fn m tiiirilmk ami Pare it is pro
)(oMsi to dignity their protest l>y :i
dinner at the Virginia Pare hotel
on the day of the hearing.
I.. C. Uholes. S. it. Parker am!
M. It Sawjer of Kliztiltet'i Pity are
tlie iin*, rpoiaitors of the Piirrilm k
\ Pare Itridge Corp. Tlu'se gentle
men are interested in property on
lhe roast at Marlins Point .North
of Kilty llawk. They foresee not
onl.i profits fn.m the operation of
,1 !??:? Iiri<l'^(% ;jrl'OSH ('lirrit ili'K
S? nml: I hey are interested in mak
ing their real estate holdings ae*
spile ami solpis t to development.
p. it I new highwaj routes .always
meet villi opposition. I he terrx
line in operation P-lweii Point liar
I.or ami Kitty llawk has fixeiMhe
puhlie niiml on that route. Point
ilariior folk don't want a bridge
North of Point TlarP r and the ma
jor iiy or Pare" County folks don't
want a bridge North of Kitty liavk.
*p? ad'l to the mufti-doii. another
company i oiuposcd of II. <I?iw
iS'ii'S1 ami 15. It. I.i lieridu" have
retired a franchise fr in lh" <"oni
mi -doners of Pare County to build
a bridire to-rosN Curriliiek Sound
from Point liartmr t.. Kitty llawk.
'!?? more l'iivorril routs'. The route
] Iijis Imm-ii sitrvrynl. ritriit-- of xvuy.olr
l.iiirtl .iiiiI iioiiuri'is r?i)iloyoi| li>
I il< >i'jrn :in<I rsiiiiintetIn* h>s| of siicl)
j;i lirid.'.'f.
J Ami ?o l!ii- I'. S. Ann;. Kir-jiueor's
i Im.iriim in lie nunlm tnl here next
y vijll Im> m> tiiuir nfl'flfr. 1
j When ('iinilm !< ;in<l l>inv I their
| fncrs si^iiiiin n tiit:ir lliry throw
Iliejf filers wiilr open.
Elizabeth City Let
Him Get Away
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\Y. SKLISY II.ARNKV. .or several |
years assistant manager of the .lark- j
-omiile, Kla. < handier of Coimnerre. ^
sometime agent of the Norfolk
ISoiillirrii Kail Koa<l al Elizabeth!
C'ily and lain* at fidenloti, has a<
'tepfcd the position of exeentiiej
j>TM"i lary of the Nerfolk-I'ortsmoulh j
t'lmmber of Onuiimt*. Sol by
Harney is a native of lilizabeth <
City, a son of Mrs. T. S. Hartley.!
!!IH| W. Main SI. lie is drinoer.it ie.
larll'nl. rrsoiucrfiil. efficient and)
high-powered with that ipiiel energy *
that accomplish:'* iniirli in a day
i without a m ind and a rlatter. Ilej
has inado a name for himself as a
cliambrr of romaierre secretary : j
i Norfolk is proud of having serured
his senders and l-iii/aheth City is'
{happy to see him in Norfolk.
if Ycu Hear Music
j In The Air, Lcok Up
If ymi hour music from llie :iir
o,<KHt (Vet nr iiiori' nhnvo Kli/.iiietli
} <'ity tlii< wok. have no fours: ii ;
I will I ?f noli In*!* (?;ii>i'icl nor ;i i-Ii??ir (
? of i'inui'1-. loit :i iiovjii iiiicrtiiiu-i
m? lit |?ri?vii|?*?l l?y 11n- ;? <1 \ criiscrs
of ;i now hraiul of oi^rtirotU's.
II ua< lenriietl in Norfolk this
week 111.*11 tlio t'lil l.iolil <'i?;iretli?
makers ooiili'tiitilalo hmnilnisHnil* a
, |no irain over ICIi/.n l?i I It City from
' :i ti*l*nio| 11* l'"okl;or piano ?'i|iii|i|?-?l
' w i:Ii uittsio tinikoi'v ami ii lotnl
is| i !i!?or th;il will inal'o wop/
| on in tlio Iiii: |i!.'jiio a milo in ilio air
j:ioi|i,Mo to listeners on 1 !??? streets
nil over town. Wnlcli fi r it.
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oJheSkNK CLCRK ??* TUC SODA JCBKE-R
THE SODA JERKER HAS A JOB THIS WINTER.
"I'liti'l soiiiclliiii'4 In- dune lo
ichuuip' I II'.1 styles in v\ i? 11H? 11'- clothes
>n the dariiplmols will wenr onoiijHi
in weather t" keep iJjriu n>:is-1
< ikiI.Iv couiforlahleV" asked (lit- Soda
Jerkor i<f liis friend the Hank t'lork. j
! "?\lld wlllll llJIS COlllO l.?MT yon
jimu'V" < \<-l:iuui'iJ Ilio Ikiiik ' 'l"rk :
! "it w.js niilv :i (V\\ weeks :i^n Unit
I.Mm were proclaimim; woman's
: riulil- In weur iit11'iiiiii ;il nil if tin v
Islintil?l si eliniise. Mini now vim are
.'ill In-I ? 111 for l liein to Is- 1111 in 11 <-i I
j up in so iii.iii\ clothes Hull .-ill tlic
j modern joys would lie Inkeu mil el
I lie popular piisliiiiie ol' pel I inix."
| "I luive chained my iifens aloiil
wl inen's rijrlil In wear nothing Iml
; two piei-es of silk niiil a pnir of ehil'
i fon hose." suid Hie Sodn .lerker:
"You see. it. lets fallen lo my lot to
i look nl'li r I lie fires ill my house lids
j winter and I he durn women work
Hue to (hath keeping (lie old house i
! hot enough or llnni lo live in I heir i
jveiiii-niidily without l'rco/.liijj.
"A l.ieiilcuiinl I'e\ it and a detach- j
i iiiiul of Iwenly hellinns couldn't <
j kei p enough fire ^oin^ lo make ai
; frame house coinfortahie for a ?
hunch id' women who naked ex
jeepl for lite thin silk cauioiifhi^ej
j called a oue-picce dress that they,
j wear out if respect for Hie pre j
jprielies and to hide their parts.
"The nearest things to clothes that I
I this female ireneratiou wears are
[corsets and hrassierrcs. There's aj
I little wariiith in a pair ol' corsets |
or in a hrassierre. hut only the fat |
ones wear such things and the thin!
ones w ho need their protection don't
v.. i r Hi em nr. d
,-.Viii| ii iIh'v ;in- workin:; 1.1 it* i
I'liil 11ius mil t'f mi.' up ;il uiy house ;
-riling in i iinii^'ii wood ;iml coal I??.
keep tin' fitrs U"ii'U willi nil drafts j
wiilf open :? 11 tin- I Line. I,el me look I
Iil*iit <i fire my way and I would so |
rc:;iil;ili.' the drafts Hint one scuttle
of ????;| | Would keep il ilf'Jllr i|ll p'iuy
J- In k'l In ins on :i stret'h: hut. I
'?.in t have no w;u i11? .i Iniiii'h of J
hi in* iiiim'i.1, ?voi?so-l)iun|iy. shiierinc |
w? nii'ii \ i'llinu' J'or no to lion i nil the!
liiuo. Tim f.'iviirilc son:? ill my!
InniM' is. 'Papa. Koop t In* lioiiii' |
l iens Itiiriiin.z lor .Mama's fSrowing
fold'."
'?|{iit when I sen IIiitii mi Hie'
si root in their flimsy frocks with u
freezing wind feeling lliom out. IJioy
seem to 'ho jierfeetly Imppy ninl not
snirfrii)- fri in I lie eoid ;i t all," said
I lie {hiuk t'lerk.
"Vint iloifl know women," said
tlio Soiki Jerk it*: "woiueu .'ire al
ways smiling ninl its tyareenl'lf a
.?iii^'ols in pulilie. lull Ihut aim no
index lo what tlicy are when they're
home. Ill loll yon l hey are so flor
in;? like hell in winter for I lie sake
f wearing these pelting party frocks
et eel era :iml they aiuL holiest
i icii^li lo ailniil il."
>01U EVi:s AT WORK
Constant use of your eyes in any
line, work in? all Way hy artificial
light will lower their efficiency. It
is wise to liclji your eyes with a
I pair glasses. correctly prescrilieW.
[Coiisi It an eye specialist. JUtt*.
| J. 1>. HATHA WAY, CiuvWiLr. Bank
Bo". t""r. Cdv.
SAYS NEGRO BOY
HELD HER UP AT
POINT OF A GUN;
Forced Her Into Dark Alley I
and Threatened To Cut
Her Throat
I Ted Moore. a halt-wiltcd
Xegro youth under 10 years of
age was sent on to the Juvenile
Court from the County Court
yesterday on a charge of at
tempted criminal assault on a
young while woman of this
city.
In (lie apprehension i f tliis Negri1i
youth the pollen Iwlieve they liavei
found a yotiug Negro who has becu j
terrifying white girls in the Second
Want of tJie city for several weeks.
The principal witness against Moore
is Miss Until Kiuulerli.it, l.'t years old
daughter of Mrs. TV. If. II. Coo|K*r
living <>u Harney St.. Miss Sander
tin (ells a harrowing story of an
title!ji|?|cd criminal assault <u the
uiglil of Thursday, .fan. 20th.
The young girl was returning
ale ul Jo o'clock to tier houie on j
Harney street after visiting u gtrl j
friend on t'ltltir Street just urouii<l j
the corner, when she was intercepl
ei| by the negro who shoved the
point of I he pistol into her side and
told her that if die started to run or
eried out tie would shoot her dead
in her tracks. He then ordered Iter!
to move al* ng to the corner of the
school building not tunny yards
away and lie would let her go.
Tin- girl, anxious to gel away m>in
'I"' negro, obeyed him jimi walked:
to i!t(> comer of I lie building. There j
lie ordered her to proceed a round 1
to the side if the building next to j
the residence of .\l. |\ I lite where!
ail alley <cpui'ules Hie home of Mr. j
I lite and the school building. The!
girl protested against this telling
the negro that'll was dark up there
ami she was not. going. The negro
jabbed Iter in the side with the gun ?
according to tic girl's fory, audi
cautioned her to move along and j
n< t to talk so loud.
Arriving around the coi'iut of the
building the negro placed his arm I
around the waist of the girl. She
pushed his arm away and sereamed!
for help. w hereupon lie grabbed her j
by llie throat with one hand and
slapped Ids otliep hand over her!
laoiith. Telling Jjer lie was going to |
cut her throat lie let go of her
Ihr at and reached Into Ids pocket i
presumably foiy it knife, when the
girl got <uie of his fingers in her I
mouth and closed down on it wit It'
her teeth, lie drop|HMl his hand
freei Iter.month ami taking advan
tage of this the girl screamed again I
for help This frightened the negro
ami lie ran around (lie corner of
the building towards liyer street,
the little girl made a sprint for her i
d or which was only a few yards
from the spot, ami dashed inside.
IbT screams were heard by residents
of the neighbourhood.
The negro js described to the girl
as lieing around the age of t<; <>r
J7 years of age. of medium height
and a dark brown color.
A Miss Elsie Hurras, who IIvm
next, doer to the Jitt.le Sunderlin
girl, reports that a negro followed
her across the school ground Friday
n'ght. She uas returning home and
met a negro on flyer street a short
way from (lie school ground and
alter reaching the selrm I ground
happened to glance back and noticed
the same negro who >he had met
oa Ilycr street walking behind tier
and apparently trying to catch up
with her. she hurried across the
dark school ground ami stopped in
the porch <.f Mrs. ?'<>operV home
waiting for him to pavs. After lie
had passed and nearly reached the
corner of llaruey and Parsonage
streets, she left the porch to pro
coed to her own home, the negro
turned around ami hastened to get
I to her before she reached her home,
|L'u' she (wat him to the house and
>g<-t inside of the door just as he
'came up. Tiie negro said nothing
J to lew amj she dees not. know wlr^*
I les intent ions in following her were.
I I lie description of this negro fits
fairly well with the description of
(lie cue that assaulted the Jit tie
Sanderiin girl on the night before.
i here have It-en two ether hi
st a tiers similar to tbe.-.e reported in
II'" last week.
I I here s a light, on the school ground
just hack of the pr<>|ierty owned by
M. P. Jlite, and (tie projierty of
i alvb Walker but this light has
not been burning since the storm
which occurred Tuesday night, .lun
uar.v 1M, when it was put out of
eojiimissu ii by the storm.
?The mystery of the disapjiearanee
of young Edward Itenii front his
heme in Charlotte was cleared up
whe nit became known tlrnt lie is
now serving with the marine*
against vi .r^. uaii fx.
i
Panama Canal;
PutsLaborOut;
Of Work Here'
The Fanama Canal has play
ed havoc with thr lumber in
dustry in Elizabeth City and
the South generally. It has
caused the shut down of otic
mill in Elizabeth City, forced
hundreds of Southern mills out
of business or into a curtail
ment of production and South
ern lumbermen are uneasy.
l'reigh rates from the Pacific
coast to Ualtiuioie. Philadelphia airl
New York via ilic Panama fanal are
so cheap that Pacific coast inaiitt
facturcrs can now put their finished
lumber on the Kasteru markets in
competition witli Southern pine,
actually underselling the Southern
manufacturer.
Pacific coast manufacturers pro
dine luinlier timre cheaply than it
can 1m* prodm-ed in Southern mills,
llero in .North Carolina we are cut
ting mostly nnall stuff. Much labor
is consumed in handling many small
logs to get a given quantity of
Itoards. The redwoods iff the Pacific
jcoast yield lttg Iocs. The saw mill
man on the PtK'lfic i-oast will saw
| thousands of feet .<Vom; oue log
while the mill man iu North Caro
lina is fiddling with little logs to
get a few hundred feet. I
/ nd to tic chagrin of local him- ?
hernien. the Norfolk Soul hern It. It.'
recently purchased several million,
fecf of this Pacific coast lumber]
to1 repair its bridges hero in Norfli-j
eflKtorii North Carolina. *?
1 ? TlaM hit li.v Pacific coast, com-'
j petition the Korenian-Blades' I.uiu-'
j her Co. shut down j is planing mill',
some weeks ago. throwing nearly KHii
| men out of employ ment. 'Jlie planj
i ing mill resnnus 1 operations to part j
j capacity hist week.
FRANK WINCH
SUES CAROLINA
DEVELOPM'T COJ
I
Alleges Breach of Contract
and Wants $10,300.65 Right
Away as a Starter
I Capt. Frank \\ inch, veteran
Uhuv. man. expluitationi.-t and
I super press-agent lias hi ought
|suiL against The ( arolina Deve
llopnient Co. fur breach of con
Itract. In Mis coniplaint filed
in the Superior Court of Pas- j
!quotank County this week j
| Capt. W inch asks fur $4,300.65j
? for expenses alleged to have
j been occurred by him for the
| defendants.
j And lie asks for $(!.(H.n? besides for
'damages wliiili he alleges !i<? has,
| sustains! t?y failure of the defend-'
ants to live up to the terms of his
contract with them,
j Capl. VCineli sets f??rlh thai lie'
:iv#s eniplojed h\ Frank Stick. Alien!
I It. Henth and Elmer 11. (ieran. trad-!
ling us The Carolina Development
I Co. under a contract made in March'
' l!?li7; uuder the terms of this eou
j tract he v.as to become a slinre
l holder In the eouipany control ling
ja aast acreage on the North Caro
j Una e? ast: lie \\sis fo receive a ?i>uir
imission of five per vent ou all sales
jof the property, whether made hy
1 liini or by other mem Iters of the
jeoniitany; and the company was to
i pay all < f his expenses.
It will he remembered limv Capt.
I Winch came to Elizabeth City, set
tip jiretentious ofiicecs S|ietit thou
sands of dollars for extensive print
ed matter proclaiming "A Fifty
Million Dollar Coastal Developnie.it
On T\qtr/\
MAYOR FLORA TO ASK -I
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH j
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Disgraceful Neglect of Public Health In City
and County May Be Remedied With ?
Substantial State Aid
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A joint city and county health department with a whole
time medical officer of health and a whole time maternity and
j '1
infant nurse will be urged by Mayor Flora of Elizabeth City
who has been giving serious thought to the subject and who is
convinced that the most important need of Elizabeth City and
Pasquotank County at the present time is to conserve the
health of their people. j|J
r.'JZ.TiHMii l.tiy anu i/atquinaii*. (
[futility an* -among the most back
ward in North Can linn hi the mat
tor of public health work. The of- ,
fleers of City and County Health
Off leers are mere political so:: 3 -I
t IiroAvn semi-annually to tlio^ ;
doctors who happen to stand In with >' ,
the respect he administrations. ?
Dr. Zeuas Fearing, part timo L
rli Officer for fho city Is paid a fl
nominal salary <t $25 a tnentb. It f '?
Is a joke; the service he renders is
aIkuu in proportion to tlie pay he !
receives. A
Dr. Claude It. Williams, part timo /
health officer for the county is paid 1 j
$50 a inoiilh for his services as \
health officer and $25 a month as j
qua ran line officer. IIi.j principal '
service is to report the number of
births and deaths and put pia- /?
cards tn the homes in which con
tagious diseases are reported. It is
a joke.
The city however employs a whole
ihiie sanitary inspector who is sub
ject to nobody in particular, work
ing without any scientific direc- !.
tiou at all. Mho draws a salary of
$12<i a month. A
The city and county arc expend- '
ing annually a total of $2,010 a
year for indifferent health work
that is har<lly better than no health
work at all. except for the work of
the city's sanitary inspector.
The stale Hoard of Health will
appropriate $2500 annually in the i ,
maiutenace <*f a .coiuity heobh -'/
parlihcnt. euiployi'i? a whole-tlui^ '
medical officer of h \ilth. The tifatp M
will go a step further and coatri- r
bale an aiMiiioual nmount of :.-l.250
toward tie* employment of a whole- *|
time county nurse to specialize In
maternity and infant work, if the * j
ctiy and county v. ill appropriate a
like sum.
In oilier word?.. if the city and
comity will.spend $3.7.30 a year en a
serious' ami efficient health depart
inent instead of frittering away
:i jt'mmI piiri of $2,G 10 in indifferent
part time heallh work, the State 1
will provide an additional $3,7.33,
gh iiig Hie eiiy and county a real
heal'!i department costing $7,300.
In oilier words tlv* city and county
would have to expend only CI.110
more than they now spend to give
the eit.\ and oouty efficient health
departini iu w itli u whole-time health
offieer ami u whole-time nurse in
pbiee of ilie make-shift wo have. It
would he ''iter thinks Mayor Flora
to appropriate even tuoro money in '
dm interest ? f the city and county ? *
indigent sick a . well OS the public's ^
health K'tiorally
>ot only does the State stanl*'
ready to put $3.7.30 u year in a ci'y j
ami county department of health: ju j".
O'lf/ition to this rash outlay Ihe
State Hoard of Health furnishes
many supplied for such a health dc- ^
part incut.
Mayor Mora ha > given no public
ity lo his ixn.-:ideratIon of the ques
tion. going quietly about the busi
ness of getting information which |
he expects lo present for the con- ??
slrierution of the Beard o? Alder
men and the Con lit v CfUiurJssicne:"*
at an early date. His Interest in the
inatt?*r was discovered by this new - ,
paper Ibis week when Mayor Flora i t
was approached with a suggestion
that something should lie done about. ,
health ei >iid it ions in the city and J
' count j. It was then and there die- I
covens! that the Mayor has been i
thinking aln lit it since shortly after i
lit eiitercil office.
Merchants Meet and
Dine Here To-night v
V
Elizabeth City retail merchants !
will havp oue of the biggest get
together meetings in their history
at a banquet at the Virginia Dare
Hotel this evening, Friday, Feb. ! ^
3rd. at 0:30 V. M.
The particular business in hand
Is to organize to provide entertain- J!
meat f<.r the big convention of she 1
State Merchants Association to bo ?
I bebl here this summer.
| Kllzabeth City merchants, work- ;
I injr thru the Chniul>ei' of CommoiCe,
| have i mi Id iittle attention 10 yi.elr
? own organization as uieritSin. c a<l
! the need of a truly mere'.suit's a. so- j
' elation is felt in view ot ti.O < T f
I of the 'to * - ?'
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