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jftli Southern in this region fx& kept pace with the : pro gress ia other lines, ' and u to ee Vthe ; condition of things , bov and then remember what i waa only a few years ago i the mind with wonder and ment. Cotton factories of every kind, saw mills, some of the lareest in the WOrkl col storage plants, turpentine stills and many other works, all attest the onr ward march of this thrifty sec tion, and is but an earnest of wbat the future will most-as touredly be. The people too, are not only industrious, sober and alert to everything that flute for their upbuilding, trot are also awake to the edu national needs of the hour. Everywhere splendid high schools and colleges are fur nishing young men and woni n too poor to seek education In the universities and private "Colleges, a sufficient education t fit them for all the duties and requirements of life. Elizabeth City the Hub of This 'ir Happy Land Elizabeth City, the county seat "of Pasquotank county and commercial center for a dozen others, is one of the most pro jgressive towns in North Caro lina. Its growth has simply been marvellous. Once it was la little village, and that with in the memory of people not near arrived at middle age. Now it has grown into a city however, with banks, markets, warehouses, factories, several railroads, many boat lines, pav ed streets, electric lights, water works, fine business houses of every discriptiou, well-conduct d newspaper, splendid schools and churches, and an up-to-date nergellc pojinilation, hound to prosper and go forward, and soon to be a powerful factor, in the industrial political and religious life of the entire State. This fertile section of North Carolina and this hustling city of the future offer unsurpassed facilities and opportunities to everj class of men men with capital seeking investment, la Jborers wanting work, home seekers desiring peace and plenty; trunk and crop farmers wanting rich yet cheap lands, journers for health or pleas ure the flshermau, doctor, law yer, merchant, broker preacher will find here conditions and opportuniticH both agreeable And profitable. Right here it might as well le said in all frankness that undertakers need not apply. Their profession is going out of style. Un dertakers who are willing to depend upon some other avoca tion for a livelihood and em ploy the Mack business only as a side line will lie enabled to get along nicely enough. Elizabeth City is a modern citv. It offers hundreds of inducements that other cities offer and many that other cities do not have to offer. d The water rate in Elizabeth VAtv is only ro cents per tap Tor domestic use at the flat rate, and twenty five cents for each additional tap. per month. Unlimited is the supply. It usually costs about $2 a month to supply a tea room house For small families the meter rate is only about thirty cents per 1,000 gallons for the first thousand and 20 cents for each additional thousand The commercial rate is twenty "ents per thousand gallons for the first one thousand gal Ions; 15 cents for the second hundred thousand; 10 cents for the third hundred thousand. and so on. The water sup ply is excellent, according to State" expert's analysis. The supplv comes from Knobb's Creek, three miles from the city. The company is making arrangements for digging - deep wells to supplement , and pos sibly do away with the old water source except in an emergency. Electric lights can be had here at a lower cost than in many of the large cities of the country, be cause fuel is unusually cheap. The icity has. a fire depart ment of volunteers which would do credit to a town several times the size. There are two steam engines. Most places this size have no steam ers lor fire use when they have ordinary main pressure. Eliz abeth City's pressure for fire purposes is 110. Elizabeth City is governed by a mayor, city manager and board of aldermen live, pro gressive, energetic, typical men. In their private business they play important parts in the upj buildiug of the community com mercially; in their public capa cities they take the same pride in making it a bigger, better and brighter community for people to live and work and worship in. The franchise has leen given for a street railway system. Elizabeth City has seven miles of paved streets and is building more. ' It has many more miles of improved streets. Brink is the material generally used, which shows the thorough ness of Elizabeth City's way of building things in general. Sidewalks are of modern con Crete construction . There are many beautiful churches here. In the awak eiusil life of this community in the new energy and develop ment of every commercial in lerest about it. Elizaleth City has 1 1 1 1 fallen into the idolatry of the material to the dwarfing of the spiritual well-being of its citizenship. It is too often the case that one or the other sutlers while the other id va need. There are principal congregations. with a total membership of around four thousand. All are coiuroriaoiy eiisconseu in handsome edifices. The Me thodist. Episcopal, Presbyter ian aud Baptist denominations have the greatest strength num erically. Numerous other beliefs are rep resented in the population . The health department is a paying investment. It remices the mortality rate by several per cent annually. Capable men are at its bead, having the backing of the administration to the tallest extent. Come to Elizabeth City and if you are mil already a zealous sanitarian you will soon be forced to bo i nine one. 1 ne example is se you. to begin with . The back yards here are kept as clean and attractive as the front yards in most towns. The I'ounty courthouse, the I nited States Post Office and a magnificent hospital are a inong Ihe handsome buildings Elizabeth City's public schools are among the finest in North Carolina. The graded schools were opened in 1907 with an enrolment of 933. Now the average airenoance is several hundreds greater. The High School is rated among the half down leading institutions of its kind in the State. The methods used in the school are the same as apply in the city schools of the North, the teach ers are well paid, and the effect .of the educational system upon is six the community generally is felt in nianifold ways. ,: ; . The hospital is one of the best equipped institutions of the kind in the South. Its own nurses are trained and gradua ted in the hospital. There are a number of clubs and many other social organi zations here. The Elks have a large membership. All the fraternities that have taken hold in this part of the coun try have lodges here. Church Societies are numerous. The banks are strong finan cially and managed by promi nent men. They testify with their remarkable records of growth to the gains made by the community during the past decade. They have a capital of moit' than two hundred thou sand dollars. Elizabeth City has better transportation facilities than any other place in the city. Wa ter lines connect it with the Virginia Coast Cities, Balti more, and every point of any consequence whatever in the Tidewater North Carolina where continuous passage is possible. The new intrastate freight rates work to itv advan tage' decidedly. Kail conncf. tions are good. Frequent trains are had for passenger service, and the freight service by rail is ample. The business of the Tost office here increased a hundred ht cent in the ten years end ing in 111-4 . Nineteen people are employed in the office. Warehouse accommodations on the Pasquotank river are un excelled by tliose of any port town of any size in the State. Klizabeili City's ideal location has made it the commercial ca ital of this great region . Look at the map and try to conceive of a more appropri ately situated town. One of the many lumber plants here manufactures 30, IMio.OOO feet of sawed lumber in twelve months. About 75,000- 000 feet are shipped out of the l,al market every twelve months. Elizabeth City has scores up on scores of handsome homes. Some of them cost many thous ands of dollars. Realty values have increased consistently with the advance of the community commercially and the broaden ing of its territory. The increase in valuation during the past 15 years was approximately 300 per cent The Civic League conducts rest rooms, supports every pub lic movement for the betterment for all the people championed the Chautauqua, an established institution of Elizabeth City's mid-summer life, has converted a vacant lot into a creditable park, and is making itself tre mendously useful in general. It plants trees. engineers "clean up"' weeks, supervises communi ty Christmas trees, and so on. Elizabeth City's population is now increasing at the rate of almost a thousand a year. Well posted people confidently ex lied the 1 920 census to give it a total of something like 18,000 souls. It is not unlikely that the population will even exceed 18.000 then, since the influx of immigration is just beginning in Ihis section, and Elizabeth Citv being directly in the path of the tide, will gather much of the Is'st of the humane material that is sweetin' North Caro lina ward . nn Li.wlI I 2 n LiuO Cut Out the middleman's profit when considering where to get your next suit. Take note of these facts: 1st: Our clothes are cut in the latest styles but never go to foolish extremes. 2nd: Our clothes are made into so many differ ent models that men of every build can be fitted without any alterations whatsoever. Consequent ly we don't have to employ high priced tailors in our store and make our expenses heavy, which would force us to get higher prices for our clothes. 3rd: Our clothes are sold for less than other clothes because we make them ourselves and sell them from our own 13 stores. STORE FULL OF NEW SPRING & SUMMER PATTERNS CUT TO LOOK RIGHT WHEN YOU BUY AND TO STAY RIGHT SO THAT YOU WILL COME BACK. We make our own clothes. Therefore save you the Middleman's profit. Suits $15, &up THE QUALITY TAILORS Elizabeth City's Greatest Tailors. ARTHUR BURGESS. Manager. Cor. Hinton Building Main & Martin Sts. i 0 r r rf"V r r r tl nS rl r'l r T. P. NASH DEALER IN HAY, GRAIN, FEED AND SEED, COTTONSEED. MEAL AND HULLS Phone 17 - Water Street Elizabeth City, N. C. Mitchell's prices are lower Mitchell's goods are the best Mitchell's stock is the largest Mitchell's clerks are obliging THAT'S WHY IT'S The Greatest Store in Elizabeth City We are featuring special summer prices throughout our store, and every department has a tingle of newness; and the prices are lower MAKE THIS STORE YOUR TRADING PLACE MITCHELL'S DEPARTMENT STORE OLIVER F. GILBERT, Prop.
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