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b*Ul CitI" K ? LIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY^ DECEMBER 6, 1935. ?t?j SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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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
/)<//?( C >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
: <ke tiic Coinjock bridge safer,
s . it, looks as tho, thanks to Dud
B-iglc.v and the Virginia Electric
I'?> ? 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
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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>
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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
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i <n A^rv rwy l
e/h?<BANK ClERK *** TUE SODA dCRKuR
WHEN THE STAFF OF LIFE IS A GRAVE-DIGGER'S
TOOL
"I see by the papers that New
, York City health authorities claim
> 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.
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" 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 <M
! period in 1934 saw 78 arrests for
drunkenness, five on drunk and dis
; orderly charges, and none for {II
drunken driving.
i Further pcorf of Judge Moore's
'statement regarding more stringent 1
| enforcement of all laws here is seen
j in the monthly report of Chief of ?
Police R. C. Madrln for the month
of November.
This report shows that the police
department made 150 arrests in i
November, a record never equalled
b:fore, so far as the records show.
Of these, 147 resulted in convic
tions. Fines and costs collected
during the month totaled $821.60,
one of the largest sums collected by
the local police court in any one i
month of its history.
1 H
GOOD NEWS!
Goood news to students, better
lews to teachers, was the announce
ment this week that the Elizabeth
City public schools will grant a
two-weeks Christmas vacation, be
ginning at one o'clock on Friday,
December 20th, and continuing thru
the New Year to January 8th.
This was especially good news to
the teachers, for under a recent rul
ing they will be paid this year for
all school holidays. It has been
hard on the teachers, considering
their meager salaries, to have a
k day's pay deducted from their
checks for each day of holiday, in
| eluding those at Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter.
FIRE AT WEEKSVILLE
Fire of undetermined origin Tues
day morning destroyed three out
buildings behind the home of Jarvis
M. Scott at Weeksville and threat
ened the home of Mr. Scott and
> 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
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