One dollar p Year, Tne Official Paper of Pasquotank
STATE NEWS.
A graded school is to be estab
lished at Guilford College.
An old maids' convention is to
be held at Charlotte this week.
Sheriff John C. Wooten, of
Lenoir county, died Sunday of
pneumonia.
The Board of Aldermen of
Greensboro has appropriated
500.00 to secure new factories.
Dr. D. W. C. Benbow has pur
chased the Hamburg Cotton
Mills, at Mt. Airy, paying 9,500
Mr. J. W. Guiton, of Raeford,
lost two stores valued at $1,200,
by fire, last Tuesday. No insur
ance. The division officials and dis
patchers of the Seabord Air Line
are to be removed trom Raleigh
to Hamlet.
The Herald says that Durham
is to have a fair of her own and
the first meet will be held some
time this year.
A citizens' meeting at Tar
boro has called a white primary
to be held Friday, February 8th
to vote on the dispensary ques
tion. Governor Aycock has appoint
ed Armisted Jones, of Raleigh,
solicitor of that district, vice K.
W. Pou, who resigns to become
Congressman.
The head office of the South
ern Cotton Spinners' Association
is to be located in Charlotte, N.
C, with branch offices in New
York, Philadelphia and Boston.
The State has chartered the
People's Ice and Fuel Company
of Charlotte, capital, $25,000 It
will be put in a large refrigerat
ing plant for meats.
The case of B. F. Long a
gainst the Southern Railway for
$50,000 damages for killing his
son at University Station, is on
the civil docket at Iredell court
next week.
Capt. William H. Kitchen, ex
Congressman irom the fifth dis
trict aud father of Congressman
W. W. Kitchen, of the Second
district, died at his home in Scot
laud Neck Saturday night.
It is understood that Joseph
McRae, of Wilmington, will sue
ceed the late General William
Gaston Lewis, of Goldsboro, as
engineer to the State Board of
Education, which controls the
State lands, some 500,000 acres.
Congressman Juo. Small has
introduced a bill which provides
that there be established a life-sa-
. . ogue Banks,
ne - iufort mlet.
ELIZABETH CITY N.
THE M CNIDE1 FEBRY .1
Communicated.
In the issue of "The Econo
mist" of la.t week I notice what
purports to be an Editorial on
the subject of the New Ferry iu
which I am singled out from the
many advocates of a new ferry
to Camden and charged with
motives of personal apite and an
imosity towards Mr. Lamb and
an attempt to deprive him of his
property. This attack on me I
denounce as unwarranted by facts
aud the motives therin ascribed
as false.
About 1872, one, P D. Bun
nel, bought Goat Island and to
gether with some of the busi
ness men of the town advocated
another ferry. To head off this
move Mr. Lamb went before the
Legislature of 1873 and got one
mile added to his charter, giving
him three miles instead of twro
miles, which, as is well known
on this side of his ferry, owing
to the width of the river below
Goat Island, cuts off all compe
tition for about twenty miles.
Nothing further was done to
wards cutting off this monopoly
for several years and the people
waded through mud and water,
paying an exorbitant price for
the privilege of doing so, or were
compelled to stay away from
town. About 1S77 Mr, Lamb
went to the merchants of the
town and proposed to shorten
his road if a bridge was built by
subscription across Knob's Creek
Being willing to get any relief
offered the money was raised and
given Mr. Lamb to buiM the
bridge, Mr. Broderick and my
self, who were in business at that
time, paying 35 00. The road
continued i 1 about its normal
condition of mud and water un
til iu 1886 I bought Goat Island
and again the subject of another
ferry was talked among the bus
iness men of this place and Cam
den, and bills were sent up to
the Legislature at its several ses
sions and promptly killed
through the superior "wire pul
ling" of Mr. Lamb. It is true
that a bill for another ferry was
introduced by Mr. Squires, the
member from Camden, about 18
95 passed the House and myster
iously disappeared in the Senate,
it being removed from the Cal
endar after a visit to Raleigh of
a prominent Republican lawyer
of this place.
The Legislature of 1897 pass -
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it back to two miles. This extr;
'xtra
mile which the Legislature of
1873 gave Mr. Lamb without
consideration (and which Judge
Clark in his Supreme Court de
cision calls a gratuity which the
act ot 1897 was right in revok
ing) is what "The Economist'
sees proper to call "private prop
erty". If one man can own the
Pasquotank river and have the
right to tax the people of two
counties under this gratuity
granted him in 1873 it is more
than anv one else in the State
can obtain.
The Economist also sees prop
er to designate in its local col
umns those interested in break
ing up this monopoly as "The
New Ferry Gang". As this des
ignation doubtless applies to
those who applied for a charter
foi a competing ferry I am proud
to be numbered as one of "The
Gang" with D. B. Bradford, W.
J. Woodley, G. W. Ward. J. B.
Flora, J. W Sharber, Dr. O.
McMullan. H. T. Greenleaf, P.
H. Williams, and J. L. Sawyer
If included in "The Gang" ail
those who have signed petitions
for a new ferry its members take
in nearly every business man in
the town. It is true that some
years ago when Mr. Nash was
in business here I asked him to
become one of the incorporators
of a new ferry and he declined,
saying, that while no doubt it
would benefit ihe business inter
ests of the town for personal fa
vors Mr. Lamb had shown him
he did not care to join the enter
prise. Mr. E. F. Aydlett who also
appears to have excited The
Economist writers, being alead
ing attorney ot this section was
employed in the case, and so far
as I know had no other motive
except as such attorney, and the
public spirit he has always
shown in encouraging and buil
ding up new enterprises in this
place.
It appears from The Econo
--list article that the old fer.y is
for sale but as Mr. Lamb lias
twice sold his road to the N. &
S. R. R. Co. whose tracks for a
long distance now parallel his
present road, making it danger
ous for travel, it will probably
be a long time before he finds a
purchaser, and even it he had
not sold his road to the R. R.
Prt and was willing to sell at a
. W()uM that
monopoly? The roan
.oia -
and Camden Counties. (Established 18
would only change hands and
we are not after changing the
persone' ot the ownerxhip ot the
Lamb -erry but desire two fer
ries which a Jury of our County
and a large majority of the busi
ness men have said was neces
sary for the public good and
convenience.
If the aged editor of the Econ
omist, for wnom I have always
had great respect, is the author
of the article alluded to, I can
only express regrets, that he has
either been misinformed as to
the facts of the case or that his
being Mr. Lamb's father-in-law,
and in a measure dependant on
Mr. Lamb for support, as Mr.
Lamb is half owner of the Kcon
omist and holds a mortgage on
the Editors half iuteres his
judgment of the case has been
biased or given under duress. If
Mr. Lamb is the author of the
editorial and locals and seeks to
hide his identitv behind the ven
erable editor, it would be more
manly to write over his own sig
nature.
Chas. H. RoDinsou.
Elizabeth City N. C.
Feb. 5th, 1 90 1
This communication was of
fered "The Economist' ' who re
fused to publish it.
Chas. H. Robinson.
Price Of Bale Ot Cotton.
Mr. John E. Setzer killed a
hog the other day which so far
breaks the record in this county,
it weighed 588 pounds. It was
sold to the Maiden cotton mills
store at 8 cents a pound. This
was $47.04, about the value of a
hale ot cotton or a common work
horse. McDowell Democrat
Opposed To Impeachment.
At a meeting of the Elizabeth
City Bar the following resolu
iian was adopted:
"Whereas there has been in
troduced in the North Carolina
House of Representatives a res
olution of impeachment against
Chief Justice D. M. Furches and
Justice R. M. Douglas, now
therefore be it resolved that the
members of the Elizabeth City
bar are of the opinion that said
proceeding is, in view of all the
circumstances, unwise and inex
pedient, and should not be furth
pursued."
J. Hey ward Sawyer,
Chairman
P. McMullan,
Secretary
7, 1901.
PERSONALS.
Hon. E. F. Aydlett is attend
ing Supreme Court at Raleigh.
Mr. W. N. Gregory spent yes
terday in South Mills.
Mr. S.. F. Newby, of. Norfolk,
is here on a visit to friends.
MissClara Bond, of Eden ton,
is the guest of Miss Grsealcaf on
Main street.
Mr Frank Spencei, of Nor
folk, is here visiting relatives
and friends.
Miss Ruth Thorns, of Hert
ford, was the guest of Miss Ada
Meliek this week.
Mrs. J. F. Weeks is visiting
relatives and friends in Ports
mouth, Va.
Solicitor Geo. W. Ward left
Monday tor Raleigh to attend
Supreme Court.
Mr. Julian Liverniaji, of Mur
freesboro, N. C. was here last
week on business.
Sheriff Robert E. Flora, of Cur
rituck county, was a visitoi 111
the city this week.
Mr. Chas. Sawyer, of Suffolk,
Va., is visiting relatives and
friends in the city,
Mr. Jos. W. Stevens, of Snow
den, was in the city Monday and
made us a pleasant call.
Mr. Frank Vaughan, formerly
of this city, but now of New
York, is here on a visit
Messrs J. R. Harrell and Lu
ther Coppersmith spent Tuesday
night near Elisha.
Dr. S. vV. Gregory has return
ed from a Northern trip where
he purchased his new dental out
fit.
Mrs. Joe Etheridge and sister
Miss Bartlett, of South Mills,
were in the city Tuesday shop
ping.
Messrs Frank Mullan and
John Tayl r, of Camden county,
were in the city Tuesday on
business.
Misses Bessie Seim, of Balti
more, and Edith Roach, of Ha
gerstown, Md., are the guests of
Mrs. J T. McCabe.
Miss Beulah Dickson, of Phil
adelphia, has returned home, af
ter a visit here to Miss Ruth
riowith ou Road street.
Miss Annie Spence has -one
to South Mills, where she will
teach school. Miss S pence v. as
teacher at South Mills last win
ter. Mrs. John P. Nobles and son,
of Elizabeth City, will pass
through here to day en route for
' Washington, N. C, to visit rela
tives aud friends. Mrs. Nobles
; was the guest of Mrs. C. H II or-,
; ton la . - FJenton C v
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