.<) j^.z? library Ralei-Sb 0 The Independent i j i.l! \\\ II.; NO. 1,461. rublithtd h>?rPVrM? bt w n ? - ' _ ""T^ b*Ul CitI" K ? LIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY^ DECEMBER 6, 1935. ?t?j SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS ? ? ^ ? \ ? V. E. & P. Co. Believed Likely To Extend Its Power Line to pt Harbor and Maybe to Dare Cm learning thin week that the Virginia Elec poirer Company of Norfolk is prepanng to ' if* power line from Moyock to Coin jock, in p , < k County, optimistic Elizabeth Citizens pre entual extension of the Vepco lines to Point fjn and thence across Currituck Sound to the /)ast. v & P. Co.. which origi-' led lo start work on the! ',T c. .-.'.jock power line in 1936.' project up into this1 i:n. and its agents today ia signing up prospec-. V. .;ners along the proposed! Dudley Bagley. whose home! y, xk and who is serving as . o: the State Rural Electri Authority, is generally 1! . credited with persuading ? - v.ver company to rush this ?ire '.t along. ' : proposed line probably will Movoek thru Tulls Creek !'!c ..uk Courthouse, and thence ;o ca.njock. a total distance of 12 '.4 miles. v . or company has consider :l- extension for several years. ??:: has held off on it because of ?;-e small number of potential cur: :t - users between Moyock .< Courthouse. Chair ;; Bagieys Rural Electrification rcm.ttee. however, has probably Vepco officials that such :.s ... pay dividends to the com panv. ' A majority of Currituck County's uou:e<. s'.ores and filling stations, p v :r..al power consumers, are u ;he thickly-settled low r : : the county, from Coinjock p>m; Harbor, and once the \v- > extended its line to Com ? k . almost undoubtedly' will see v.m mt of carrying the line on to Point Harbor. With a power line a; Pom: Harbor and a big beach envelopment in the making on the Dire Coast, the Vepco officials i.li probably have the foresight to their line on across Currituck Sound to the beach, unless the Roa r. ke Utilities Company, which now ha> i's line extended as far up the each a- Kill Devil Hill, extends its me further northward in the mean while. At any rate, extension of the Vepco line to Coinjock virtu ally assures property owners north of the Kill Devil H.ll oi electric arrent. for if the Vepco doesn't xtend its line to that point the r. of such competition will spur Roancke Utilities Company to . -ten further extension of its lines. New Bridge Likely Another result of the proposed ex .. ion probably will be the con traction of a modern drawbridge, ith electrically-operated mechan ic.:. across the Albemarle & Ches ...? ke Canal at Coir.jock. CKi.-oline mechanism has been used 1 i.-ively on this bridge ever since conduction, and the undepend ? and defectiveness of this me o.ism has resulted in four deaths. ../i.-t recent of which occurred last year. In July. 1934. David Dindsay. 64 ? ear-old tender of the bridge, was u-tuntly killed when the draw span addfenly carried him high into the air and then threw his body into the cant*".. It was disclosed at that time tha: the mechanism for lifting the draw fly into the air, its ascen: several years and that the draw bad been raised by simply releas ,:.g a brake on the gear and lectins .e draw fly int othe air. its ascent coin? retarded by iron and concrete ? ights. There was no means ol 1 king the mechanism when the : , .v was down except by insertior a small iron pin into the gears v rkmen who had been sent tc C .a jock to repair the mechanism ittingly or negligently removec . pin and allowed the bridge tc : k the aged bridge tender to s len death without the slightest warning. This incident stirred Curricuck to such an extent that petition5 circulated, signed and taker Congressman Lindsay C. War requesting him to exert every :o have the United States Wat ? partment provide a modern struc ?i' across the canal at Coinjock h both electric and gasoline u'kors as a safety measure. The War Department has nevet > anything -about the matter with power available from < > line it probably will haster : ? r Company, many Currituck Muiies are to have electric cur *' brought to their front doors ' n >?' k is to get a safer bridge anc ?p rty owners on the norlhcrr 1 i oi tlio Dare beach devclopmenl 1 '.<> get badly-needed electric cur Ihii~r jr* only 71,01X> dfntists u ! ntpH St Won't Be Easy To Get Money From City Now Tired cf being continually pest ered and ofttime embarrassed by requests for donations for this and that organization or enterprise. City Councilmen Chas. M. Griggs and Fred M. White, both of the 3econd Ward, on Monday night in troduced and secured adoption cf1 the following resolution: "WHERAS: The City of Elizabeth City through its Board of Aldermen. I s continually called upon for dona- j tions for various organizations and j enterprises, and "WHEREAS: Many of the requests! are brought before the Board of Al dermen without said Board having the time or chance for investigate mg said request, and i ?WHEREAS: The City of Eliz abeth City is heavily in debt, neces sitating an ever increasing tax rate; J "Therefore Be It Resolved: By .he Beard cf Aldermen, in regular | session this the 2nd day of Dccem i ber, 1935. That any and all requests j for donations of whatever nature. i must be filed with the Mayor or j Clerk of the City of Elizabeth City,, in writing, signed by the pe.?son or persons, firm or organization mak ing such requests, at least ten <10> days before said request is brought i before the Board of Aldermen, i Such notice must fully explain the nature of the request, its purpose 1 and intent and a good and plaus ! ible reason shall be stated in said notice why the City of Elizabeth , City should be called upon to grant ' such request. "Adopted and in full force and effect from its adoption this the 2nd day of December, 1935." At almost every regular meeting ! >f the City Council some individual I or some comittee appears before the j City Fathers and asks for some I amount ranging from $10 to several hundred dollars for this or that asserted worthwhile cause. Many of the causes for which donations are requested are really worthwhile community enterprises. On the other hand, some are not so worthy but are -aided because the matters comes befor'> the Council unexpect xily and places them in an embar rassing position, especially if they nave just previously granted some other request for a donation, t It was with the idea of avoiding being thus "put on a spot" that Councilmen Griggs and White draft ed their resolution. As a result, obtaining donations from the City ' for anything but truly deserving , causes will be a difficult matter in the future. Drum Corps Invited j To Norfolk Again ; j Having made distinctly favorable ? impressions on the occasions ol f j their two appearances in Virginia ?| one at' Norfolk last February and i at Portsmouth last month, the Eliz . I abeth City Boy Scout Drum and > Bugle Corps has now been invited ! to parade again in Norfolk. I The following letter from Louis i R. Lester. Scout Executive of the i Tidewater Council, to L. P. Louis, ; director of the local corps, is self explanatory: "As I may not see you for several days. I am taking this opportunit} II to congratulate you and your corps upon the fine appearance and effect ? they made in Portsmouth on the ? occasion of the recent Armistice Day parade. A large number ol , people commented very favorablj ; regarding the corps and their splen did showing. .1 "I also wish to call to your at ! tention the Anniversary Court ol j! Honor parade scheduled for Feb , | ruary 8. 1936, which will be pre I ceeded by a Boy Scout parade in I eluding ever}- available man and boy j j in our movement. This, as yoi ; j know, is an annual event in Nor k| folk and anticipated with a great ' ? deal of pleasure by all. Both th: ' | senior and junior corps of Elizabctl '? City are invited and will be expect 1 ed to t-ake part. Their appearance ' year created such favorable comment they will be greatly miss ed if absent. "Details regarding the time ami i! Dl*ce of formation will be forward led at a late"* date." Babson Urging Co-operation On Part Utilities By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park. Mass. December 5. 1935.?Under the Public Utility Act passed last August, most holding companies were required to register with the Securities Exchange Com mission by December first. Some did?most did not. I believe that the United Gas Improvement Com pany was wise in refusing to regis- j ter. It was up to some concern to] test the constitutionality cf this | questionable legislation. United Gas Improvement is probably the oldest utility holding company and is one of the largest. In my judg ment it has been honestly and con servatively operated. Legality Should Be Tested The vice president of this great Pennsylvania concern, Philip H. Gadsden, was in charge of the fight on the Public Utility Act in Wash ington last summer and is thorough ly acquainted with the "ins and outs" of the legislation. Therefore. I thoroughly approve of the attitude of tile United Gas Improvement Company in refusing to register and in determining to test the consti tutionality of the act. This same comment may also apply to one or two other outstanding companies. i However, when it comes to a dis ! cussion of the attitude of those companies which do not have such | a bona fide reason for refusing to ! register I have a different opinion. II refer to the fact that so many of these concerns have followed lute blind sheep and jumped the wall. In my judgment some companies, by refusing to register, have not 1 taken into consideration the real good of all their stockholders. Then executives are. of course, honest in their actions and are doing what they think is best. Making Big Mistake I believe, however, that they are making a great mistake. They are defying the law and thereby setting a bad example for labor, farmers, and other aggressive groups. We arc I living under a democracy?the old est -and largest democracy in the world. During the past few years other democracies have crumbled and fallen. We have seen great nations turn to communism and j fascism because some powerful group was not satisfied with the slow ' progress of democratic government. I We bankers and utility officials I critic Ic direct resistance to haw and order by communists or fascists. But. are we justified in resisting J law and order when it suits our con venience? Of course we are not! Hence, certain power compan.es ; may be making a great mistake in I arbitrarily flouting an act passed ! by our duly erected representatives. ! I feel very strongly on this point for the act. by proper amendments ! may become a real benefit to the | security holders cf certain com ] panies. Importance of oooa win For many years I have been in timately connected with the Utility | industry. It is a splendid business and is constantly growing. There t is nothing in sight to stop its growth so far as kilowatt-hour output is concerned. The only flies in the ointment are municipal ownership j pending franchise expirations, anc | unfair rate reductions. Legitimate i rate reductions need not now b: j feared as thus far they have re j suited only in increased business 1 Unfair rate reductions, of course i have been, and are still ,a seriou: 11 problem. i All this means that those powei ? j companies have the good will o I j their customers are making money '; The only ones in trouble are thosi '! who are suffering from poor publi< II relations or from unwieldly capitali i zations, especially in connectior ' j with bond issues of holding com | panics. The stocks of public utilit; ' i companies operated by honest, far ' seeing men and free of troublesomi ; franchise expirations, should still bi ; wonderful investments. Some sucl j common stocks may double or quad ' j ruple in value during the next tw< [ | or three years. , What of The Future? f Currency inflation, which mean , rising prices, would be severe o: ? those utilities whose power is steam generated. Their costs would ver; . likely rise more rapidly than woult r their rates. This, however, migh . not injure those utilities whicl . generate their electricity fron .! waterpower. Their production cost ? | would not be much greater under i i! period of inflation. Many peopl . i even believe that the stock of i ; i good hydro-electric company is on ?! of the best hedges against inflatior i i Therefore, since the utilities havi .' so many good points in their favoi ; | it seems too bad for their leader > i to undermine in any way thei . j greatest asset, namely, good will am ! public confidence. It is upon thes lltwo fundamentals that continues ? proper rate structures and pnvat (.OnnMnued on Page Thpee> ? - - - And the Duck Slaughter Goes On in Spite of Stupid Laws Made by Bureaucrats Checking up on the fears of Rupert E. West, State Game Protector, that the drastice regulations prescnbed for migratory wildfowl shooting will de feat their purpose, a reporter for this newspaper has convinced himself that Mr. West's fears are well founded. I Limiting the season to 30 straight I days, cutting down the bag limit to' ten ducks, prohibiting shooting | ! from batteries and prohibiting bush i blinds in open waters more than 100 yards from the shore line; pro hibiting the baiting of shooting ponds and shooting oyer live de coys. will not save the ducks, and these regulations have the unhappy ! effect of depriving thousands of! ! people of a livelihood at a time j when the government itself is | spending billions to take car? of the ; jobless. i This season's regulations thco ' retically deprive the poor man or the man of moderate means of the | privilege of shooting ducks, geese ?and brant. The regulations are al- J j so designed to ham-string the rich man; but rich men, poor men and j | men of moderate means are going to keep right on shooting after the ! legal season ends on Dec. 19th. j Let's see now the rich man es- j | capes embarrassment from the new | regulations. The law says he shall net shoot over a baited pond. There is nothing in the law to prohibit i i him from baiting ponds over which ' : he does not shoot. Very well then: the rich man baits a large number I of his ponds over which he theo retically does not shoot, leaving the I unbaited ponds over which he may shoot to his heart's convnt. The j birds flock into his marshes to feed | in the baited ponds, but don't con 1 fine their excursions to the baited ' ponds. All ponds look alike to the j bird in the air and he has to do | a lot of exploring and diving to! find which ponds are baited and which arc ui/saitcd. The result is that shooting is as good on the unbaited ponds as on the baited pond. And the uncsrup ulous rich man may keep a motor boat puttering around in the bait ed pond to drive the ducks over to! his unbaited pond when he goes; forth to shoot. The law says that if a guide i shoots, his kill is charged against j the bag quota cf his employer. Very well then, the rich man gets rid of! most of his guides. Really, one1 doesn't need so many guides when he can't put out live decoys. The guide is fired and then hired all over again as a guard or watchman and as such he can shoot without his quota being charged against his employer. But what happens in the case of the poor man or the man of mod Candidate MISS ETHEL PARKER, popular Gatesville woman, who this week let it be known that she will be a candidate for the Democratic nomi nation to the State Senate from this district in 1936. crate means who owns no marshes or ponds to bait? He can't shoot from a battery in the open sound i> was his custom. A nearsighted juneh of bureaucrats in Washington has practically confiscated the pro perty of batten- owners and denied them the right to earn a livelihood. But this government that makes damphool laws makes no provision for effective enforcement. The ! number of game wardens in all the j state is negligible. It's a ninety I nine to one shot that the little fel j low who violates the law will not be ; apprehended. And so the little fel I low waits until the ducks and geese come into the marshes for the night anc; in the twilight of the fading day pumps hell into a raft of ducks or gee-c, hastily gathers up his kill and departs, unapprehended and unprosecuted. And he will go right on doing this after the season ends | (Continued on Page Three) y i that twice as many people died of diabetes in New York last year as r in 1929. And I thought this stuff f they call Insulin or Iletin would pro long the life of a diabetic and cut ? down the diabetic death rate." The ; Soda Jerker speaking. "Insulin will do everything that is i claimed for it," said the Bank . Clerk: "it will wrest a diabetic from i the brink of the grave and enable . him to live his normal life expect ? ancy, if he sticks to it and watches i his diet. But Insulin costs money } and I have an idea that millions . of diabetics in this country have a had to give up their Insulin during the depression, just as they had to give up a lot of other things. s "Poverty and diabetes are arch n enemies. When a man is down and out, he can still somehow manage f to get bread, beans and potatoes, j But bread, beaas and potatoes are t death to a diabetic. To a normal , man bread is the very staff of life .j but to a diabetic the staff turns s to a grave-digger's tool. , "Worry is also disastrous to a e diabetic: and these lean years since a the crash of the New York stock e market in 1929 and the closing ol , banks in the following winter and p spring have been worry years foi ?t diabetics as well as the rest of us." s' "The wonder is to me that hall r the population of New York City j doesn't die of diabetes anyway,' c said the Soda Jerker. j "And why do you say thai?" ask ed the Bank Clerk. "I say it. hpraii.M* Mat YnrV- Cit', is cue gigantic conspiracy agains: the human pancreas," said the Sod, Jerker. "If I have learned any thing about diabetes thru my hob nobbing with doctors and prcscrip tion clerks in this drug store, it i I a pancreas disease. The pancrea. of a diabetic breaks down thn obesity, worry or an excessive die of sugar and starch. Now. if yoi know anything at all about Nev York City, most New Yorkers ea their breakfasts and lunches it restaurants, tea rooms and luncl counters. They eat mostly crullers cinnamon buns or coffee foils wash cd down with sweetened coffee fo breakfast; and pie. pastry cr sand wiches for lunch. About every othe ground floor business place in Nev j York is occupied by a pastry shop restaurant, tea room, spaghett . joint, candy shop, drug store o sweetened drink stand. And n ? where else on earth do bakers, pastr : cooks, candy makers and compound ! ers of sweetened beverages displa ,! such ingenuity. The variety and ex i tent of the daily production of food | of high carbohydrate content in Nei York is staggering to one's imagi .j nation. Add to all -that, the noisi ;, rush, excitement and worry that a' ! New Yorkers are subjected to da I < in and day out. and I say that th ?! wonder is that half of the popula 1 tion of New York don't die c ? j diabetes." ;j There is no form of nerve disordc ? that may not be caused or aggra ' | vated by Eye Strain. For a Lhoroug 1 Evp examination see. DR. J. I Santa. Toy Shop To Be Set Up In Local Hi School Handicapped by a lack of quart ers in which to develop the wood working shop of which they have dreamed, local Boy Scout leaders this week turned their equipment over to the Elizabeth City High School to form the nucleus for a larger and complete shop for that j institution. j The local Scouts last year set up a toy shop to make and repair toys for the underprivileged children of the city. The only piece of me chanical equipment at first was a jig saw donated by the local Ki wanis Club. With the aid of this and borrowed tools, the Scouts pre pared and distributed toys and play things to scores of children here last Christmas. After Christmas, another electric motor, a lathe, a band saw and ' several smaller tools were added, I and a yoar-round workshop was planned. It was quickly found that there was no room for a workshop j in the Troop 152 headuarters, where the equipment had been installed, so the workshop project was held up. This week, realizing the neces sity of putting the toy shop into operation at once in order to get ready for Christmas. Scout leaders hit upon the idea of establishing the workshop in an unused room in the high school building. Then it was decided that, in order to secure ; permanent quarters for the worshop [ and to obtain the moot possible | benefit from its operation, the equipment the Scouts have been using should be turned over to the ,-chool to be used as a nucleus around which to build a complete woodworking shop eventually. School authorities were enthused over the proposition, and the shop is to be set up this week end. The local Scouts are to begin rounding up old, broken and dis carded toys at once, and anyone having any toys, games, tricycles I roller skates, kiddie cars, ets., thai they no longer need are urged tc communicate with Lorimer Mid gett, Dail Bembury. Keith Saund ers or Fred Drinkwater. ;Colerain Girl j Wins Her Doll ?j Quite Easily | Typical of the ease with whicl : | many little girls and their mother ' | in Northeastern North Carolina an ' J winning the beautiful free doll ' The Independent is offering in re - turn for a little work is the cas< . of a little Bertie County girl whos: letter is self-explanatory. Shi . writes: Editor The Independent:? I am Mary Alice White of Cole j rain. I will be four years old jus i before Santa comes?Dec. 20. M; ' mother read in your paper that yoi I would send any little girl who sol< 'four 14) new subscriptions and go her Daddy's renewal, a pretty dol with a fur coat. Here are mine, sold them myself. Enclosed you will find a checl for seven dollars and fifty C$7,501 Thanking you, I am, Your little friend, t MARY ALICE WHITE, t Colerain, N. C. . Nov. 30, 1935. The dolls are going like hot cake: . with women and little girls in eigh 5 different counties determined to wii s | one. The big dolls and the srnalle 1' ones with the white fur coat, ca 1j and muff, are given free with fiv ,' subscriptions, including at least lou k I new ones. The pretty 18-inch doll 11 are given with only three subscrip j tions, which may include the re ; newal of the contestant or the fam ; I ily of the contestant. ? The dolls are very pretty and ar ~ j easy to win. The offer is proviti to be the most popular ever mad "' bv this newspaper. r l v | Sorn eof the others who have wo , I dolls are Wilma Doris Hudson, I j I F. D. City: Mrs. J. W. Meekins ( 'r! Hatteras; Erline Ward of Elizubet 0 j City: Mrs. J. A. Riddick of Belvi ? j derc. Route One and Mrs. Gilbei _ ! Godfrey of Route Two, City. y I . " I vs; Saunders Speaks -! On The American ij| Revolution of '30-4 ^ W. O. Saunders was the princip 2 speaker on the program of the V< " cational Agriculture Class Fathi ' and Son Banquet given at tl Gatesville school 'building Thur day evening, Dec. 5th. T i The speaker's subject was tl ! American Revolution of 1930-194C h i Frof. J. G. Pollock is the Voc; J. t:onal Agriculture lru'rueter f ?, Gates County. Morse Says A. B. C. Store Is Not | Responsible For Increase In $ | Drunkenness In This County I Local Drys who knowingly point to an increase in public drunkenness and drunken driving in Eliz abeth City during the past four months and attnbute this increase to the opening of an A. B. C. liquor con- I trol store in this city are jumping at a hasty conclu- I sion, in the opinion of Judge W. C. Morse, Jr., Pas \ quotank Recorder. j Oyster Shucking ! Ceased Here For j ! While At Least1 ! Henry McMurran and M. M. Lee, ? j veterans of 35 years' experience in i j the trade of oyster-shucking, are! today out of jobs, and Elizabeth! ? Citizens who cannot afford to pay! | top prices for oysters have to shuck i I their own .as a result of a recent! action of the State Board of Health I McMurran and Lee, both Negroes, i have been working for the firm of, Thos. Crank for around 35 years, but they and a number cf other local: oyster-shuckers lost their jobs last , month when a State health inspec tor visited the city and forbade fur- j ther shucking of oysters here unless I those engaged in this practice were I to install certain equipment and | ihuck their oysters in such manner! as to comply with the State sani- J tary laws. It seems that the State has had jsome rather stringent laws on the books for about two years now cov ( erlng the handling of oysters, but the law has never been enforced, i at least not in Elizabeth City. But last month a health inspector came , here, visited all parties engaged in | shucking oysters, cited the State j regulations, announced that oyster \ shucking must be stopped in Eliz . e.beth City unless these regulations . were complied with. Thos. Crank, leading cyster dealer | of the city for a number of years, i reckoned that meeting the State j requirements would be too expensive jfor him at present, decided to lay j off his oyster-shuckers, four in num ber. Besides McMurran and Lee, I there were two others named Wil lliam Ward and Willis Liverman. I These Negroes shucked oysters J several hours a day during the oy ?ster season each year. McMurran 11 and Lee had worked for Thos. 51 Crank's father before him. *1 Also laid off were several Negroes who had been employed as shuck jcrs for the Hodges Brothers., whose \ j oyster boats have been coming here 11 regularly fcr several years past. The " i Hodges get their own oysters in j Pamlico Sound and bring them _ i direct to Elizabeth City and other "L1 coastal towns, selling them from r their boats. They had built up a j! pretty good business here, being j j!lble t:> undersell the regular oyster J dealers of the city because of their j low overhead expense. At first they j I sold the oysters in the shell only. but later employed several shuck { ers and sold shucked oysters on their boats. But now those who don't want to pay the top market price for shucked oysters will have to buy their oysters in the shell and do their own shucking, j The Hodges' have a small plant it I across the river, and they are said 11 to be contemplating putting in the n I equipment necessary for meeting r Gtate requirements for oyster p j shuckers. e Thos. Crank, for the present at r least, will buy his shucked oysters s from a shucking plant at Bclhaven. Incidentally, Mr. Crank doesn't loo - with favor upon the State's laws - which require that shucked oysters before being offered for sale, must e j be washed so much that the flavoi o | is washed from them. 'I tn Col. Ed Flanar/an !nf Visits Guaranty's i- New Branch Hen Col. E. G. Flanagan, president o the Guaranty Bank & Trust Co of Greenville, was a visitor to thi Guaranty's new branch office ii j Elizabeth City this week, for th j first time. He was accompanied b; . ' A. W. Ange, of Winterville; Johi 01 Staton of Bethel and W. H. Wool I ard, executive vice president of th al j Guaranty Bank & Trust Co., o J-1 Greenville, who cmoprise the Exam er (jning Board of the Guaranty Ban ac ( & Trust Co. s-1 Col. Flanagan took the oppor | tunity to pay his respects to man ie of his old friends in the city an l. ! expressed himself as delighted wit a- J Elizabeth City and with the pro: or peoto cf the Guaranty Sank ii Trui Cn hnnefi 'n this r.itv. % "Keturnmg prosperity, uiuic mail any other single factor, is respon sible for the very apparent increase in the consumption of liquor in Pasquotank County this fall," said Judge Morse. Folks here are drink ing more liquor, not because an A. B. C. store makes its more conveni ent for them to do so, but simply because they are more able to buy liquor now than they have been these past few years." "Furthermore," added His Honor, as an afterthought, "we can't over look the fact that there is a more widespread and more stringent en forcement of the law here in Eliz abeth City and Pasquotank County now than there has been heretofore. Just a few years ago we had no motorycycle officer on our police force, and until a few months ago we had only one. Now we have two motorcycle officers, and these men are responsible for an increase in the number of arrests for traffic violations and drunken driving. Also, we now have two State High way Patrolmen here, and our police | force has been increased in the past three years. At present, there arc more law enforcement offices in this i city and county than ever before In J our history. Hence more arrests do not necessarily mean more crime; it ? I only means stricter enforcement. "With people more able to buy ! liquor this fall than they have H . been since 1929 or 1930, and with I more officers keeping tab on them. , it is easy to explain an increase ui 11 j arrests for drunkenness, drunken : driving and being drunk and dif orderly And it is^my personal J opinion "that the opemffj W 'i^lkjuor 1 store here has not had a thing to I do with this increase." During the months of August, September, October and November, J this year, local officers made 84 j| ! arrests for drunkenness, 21 for 1 drunken driving, and three for be I ing drunk and disorderly. The same those of two neighbors, Tran Mun den and Lloyd Hals lead. Neighbors, t forming a bucket brigade, worked in vain to save the outhouses. Tha 2 Elizabeth City Fire Department ar 2 rived in time to keep the fire from 2 spreading to the nearby homes. V I " -1 Federal Revenue Down e! Internal revenue collections in f | the North Carolina district for No - vember totalled $20,074,429.22, Col- | k j lector Charles H. Robertson report I ed this week. This was a drop of -1 over $600,000,000 below the mark of y | November a year ago. The collect d ion of cotton processing taxes from h textile mills, now held up by suits - iind temporary injunctions in the ,t courts, would account for most of the decre.v-e. is pointed out. |j T J