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PASOUOTAtlK TOOK
By Prof. E.
"I know fairly well the story and
the glory of Pasquotank In the Al
bemarle country In bygone days.
Eut you will perhaps be willing to
forgive me for a greater Interest in
Pasquotank today and day after to
morrow than In Pasquotank day be
fore yesterday. A student of bu
siness,' life and folks is given to the
round about and lorward look more
than the rearward look.
The flies Of the North Carolina
Club at the University are crowded
with, economic and social studies 'of
Pasquotank, along with all the other
counties bf the state. I have sifted
these studies and am presenting the
results under three heads: (1)
Things to be proud of in Pasquo
tank. (2) Problems to be Solved In
Pasquotank, and (3) Cooperative
Solution of Pasquotank Problems.
Things To Be Proud of In
Pasquotank
1. A brisk and beautiful little
capital city of 10,000 people. Frank
ly Elizabeth City takes me by sur
prise after a lapse of twent" years.
More than half the population of
this ' county is in this one city,
which grows at a thirty two per
cent rate during the decade, or
two end a half times faster than
the country population
S, 6ma! illiteracy rates.
Only I
three! count'es have smaller ratios
'' . of Illiterate whites, 10 years old ana
Over; and only tour counties make
a better showing in the literacy or
white voters.
t. A high rate of church member
1 lhlp, 68 per cent of the total popula
tion. It 's 18 per cent above the
average for the state. In per cent
Of church membership Pasquotank
CQunty outranks 94 counties. Never;
v theless, 3,100 people in the county,
: 10 years of age and older, were not
on the ehurcb rolls of any denomlna
tlon tfi 1906. 1 I'-rn...
; 4. The wlllngness o' the people to
bear local tax burdens. In 1913-14,
the. rate was $2.31 per thousand of
. "fcssessed valuation; rnd in this par
ticular Pasquotank county stood
' 'head of 84 counties in the State.
l . In per capita country wealth,
, ParquOtank with $351 ranked 17th
among the counties of the state in
the census year. It is not a large
amount, It Is barely a third of the
average of the country people of
: the United States, and about a
tenth that of the food and feed
farmers of Iowa; but it is beyond
the average of 83 counties.
9, Livestock wealth. In the
' ; census year the county had 32
cattle per thousand acres and a
rank of 22nd; but the number of
: hogs was 74 or nearly twice the
avenge for the state. In this
particular only 12 counties made a
better showing. It may be In
teresting to know, however, that
there were 6000 fewer pigs in the
county in 1919 than In 1860. Pas
quotank is also one of the 17
counties that gained instead of los
ing sheep daring the census period.
Her sheep more than trebled In
ten years, and her gain of 206 per
V" cent puts the county first in this
V deUflf.
" V However, live-stock farming In a
free range tick Infested rea is at
a great disadvantage. Grades add
breeds count for more than mere
'' numbers.
Problems To Be 8olved In
Pasquotank
l.Pewer and better schools with
larger salaries for the teachers.
' , The last report shows the average
' (salary for wfclte country teachers
- to be only $164. Only six coun-
ties pay-them k smaller salaries. The
teachers deserve better pay. Every
white teacher in the county but one
" has a first grade license; three-fifths
of them have had normal training,
and, fifteen of them have college
; diplomas.' T:
v 2v; An ill balanced farm system.
' Pasquotank is not a self-feeding
ant therefore not a self-financing
farm community, , or not so In the
' census year' At tbat time the
money. sent-outx of the county .Vfor
"od aW ! feedstuff Xwas,' around
1 1.175',000,:i'In!$ two;' Jyeara
is the total farm wealth ab-
AND lODMffi
C. Branson
cumulated in Pasquotank in
years. It was $400,000 more
238
than
the total farm wealth produced in
the census year. It was nearly
1900,000 more than the cotton
money of that year. -Three hun
dred and eighty-seven or nearly
one-third of the farmers bought
feed for their farm animals. The
everage spent for this purpose was
134.90 per farm.
In 1860 the farmers of Pasquo
tank had their barns and bins,
pantries cribs and smoke houses
filled to bursting with home raised
suppMes. Their stock of farm
animals averaged 630 lbs. of dress
ed meat per Inhabitant; In 1910 it
was 210 lbs. In the census year
the county ran ahead of home ne
cessities in meat products but far
behind in grains, hay and forage.
Then the farmers raised 70,000
bushels of wheat' 575,000 bushels
of corn, 39,000 bushels of rye, and
7.00C bushels of oats all told,
690,000 buehe's of grain or 77
bushels for every man woman and
child in the county. In 1910 the
wheat crop was only 142 bushe's
and the corn crop fell to 15
bushels per person. In potatoes
a'ne of all the standard food crops
was there a per capita Increase
during these sixty five years. Then
the county raised
1910 cotton alone
cent of the total
no cotton; in
produced 46 per
crop wealth of
the season.
When a million dollars In ready
cash slips through the fingers of a
farm N community year by year the1
accumulation of wealth will be
slow and the totals saved will be
small. In 1910 per capita wealth
In the county was only $351, as
has been said; but the per capita
taxable wealth of the whites, all
property whatsoever, considered,
was, only $478. . ;-.-
Bear in min3 the fact that the
self-sustaining, self-protecting, self
e'evating abilities of a community
ire based (1) upon its stored up
wea'th and (2) upon the willingness
of the community to convert wealth
into weal, wealth into common-,
wealth, and commonwealth into
common weal.
And this is the great modern
task of the church of the living
God. The chur'h needs to capture
the whole realm of wea'" 4he pro
ducers, the processes, and the pro
ducts; and to weave Into the work
and wea'th of the world. the spirit
ual significances of life.
8. Farm tenancy and absentee
landlordism. Nearly one half,
48.1 per cent, of the fanners of
Pasquotank are tenants; and four
fifths of these tenants are croppers.
Exactly one halt of the tenants are
white farmers. These landless,
home ess white tenants and their
families number 1600 souls.' Two
hundred and nine or two fifths of
the negro farmers wre landlords,
not tenants. Under tenancy con
ditions negroes rise into ownership
(aster than the whites. They can
live under crop-lien conditions and
time credit prices, and. ' accumulate
property better than the whites;
and so throughout the Southern
states they rise Into farm owner
ship at ratios that range from one
and a half to five end a. half times
the ratios of white Increase in farm
ownership. . '
And Pasquotank; Is one of the 47
counties in which tenancy Increased
during the last cenSus period. Ex
cessive and Increasing farm tenancy
means decreasing home raised sup
plies, and increasing difficulty In
solving church, school and Sunday
School problems in the country re
gions'. . The country, church seems
doomed in certain localities says
the Presbyteria standard in a re
cent issue. tThese certain local
ities are the regions of excessive
farm tenancy and absentee'
land-,
other
lordlsm in this and every
state. . t:-:tS?s-t
4; Bringing Into productive ,s use
98,000 Idle, wilderness acres In Pas
quojtanky or, three-fifths of; the land
area of Che county.twHere is elbo
(Continued On P;
The Ten Commandments
for Christmas Giving
Bg HARVEY PEAKS
TWXJ that lot dM p vtr el the gift,
b hai teat th gift
1 Thou ihk rememU fcm d very yooi tad
lb very old.
X TV ihth boy wi&m dy sew, mmo
fa dM tpA of tbt gift ud aot d nlu.
4 Timi duk sot beam t party to d awn
oehtae of sjhk Ltt thy bout go with mcS
ad wwy gfMta or pmnl dxw Mdt oat
5. Tkoa shah suae Neb gifts as A v aSuD may
warrant, baaiiach mUm work of thy kaadi
grM addad valoo lo tk otfarioa,
6. Tboo Aak lis p ao Utkar maambraoeM witk
a gjtt, bat ealy paws mi good wiB.
7. Taos tuts Ay mh mif aavanl day
bDMliMo(UlualBMJaBMdUli
am bafonClrMiauasuy bailkd with paaot
(JbapipoaadaotwaitinMaaadbaazy.
8. Tkoa tiuhwek lbs abodes of lbs poor and
mimdHai wnh Mien whtUioia gin Buy
cbaot aad aoariatt ibak boDgry bodM sad
bMtk
TlMaaMlBjotgatbovwlhygSt, Tboatbik
how thy gratitude ia More tiacert way.
Id Thos (halt. l aarlie opportunity, give written
or verbal manlu lor eucb kinrlwiane at thy
frieodi euy bate bettowed upon thea at
Chrittmaa.
TWO TOTS IN A TOY SHOP
Little Denny Was Almost Beyond
Hope In the Eyes of His Older
Sister, Aged Six.
She was six if she was a day; she
had a little fat back in a little black
coat and her wisps of red hair
matched her red tam-o'shanter. ' In
her firm hand she held a struggling
boy about a year younger, and they
were getting into the elevator at s
big department store and making for
"toys."
Children are not allowed, 'Unaccom
panied by guardians, in most large
shops, but such was her air of re
sponsibility, of decorum, that it would
have been a bold floorwalker who
dared to question ner. j
Nor, evidently, was It her first visit
The boy, still held in leash, ran In
front and made straight for the space
devoted to Santa Claus, his reindeer
and his sleigh, piled with toys.
There was a background of fir and
cedar and s huge Christmas tree, but
the pair sat down before the fascinaC
Jng old fellow ' In his ted robe, his
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iuu wuivo roojru, uuiuiug uid ui
whip, and from his face the small boy
did no$ turn, from worshiping in sol
emn adoration.
Across the room was a creche; also
I wlttierM and beautiful thing. The
infant Jesus in the manger, the moth
er in her blue robes, St Joseph, with
his staff, the three kings resplendent
The children had been perfectly
still tor 'fifteen minutes looking at
Santa Claus, when the little girl whis
pered to the boy. He' squirmed, strug
gled, but she was too much for him.
She dislodged him from bis seat,
dragged him to the creche, and with
motherly, Irish piety, pressed htm on
his knees.
Reverently she described the holy
group, then would Incite devotion
from a more human motive.
"See the cow, Denny; you mind the
cow we used to milk last summer at
the farm when we went on the fresh
air? See the goat, Denny; you mind
the goat In our alley? It's his pitcher."
Rut Denny whined and pulled and
pulled to be back again to his IdoL
The little girl looked up. Her sigh
was that given by every woman since
the beginning, for every man for
whose soul she holds herself respon
sible. "Denny," she said, "Denny likes
Santa Claus better than he likes God."
Qld lime lo hart your aloclcind hidH
ArdlctTtJurnotab&ntaHy
fc OlrwdHl up Hm cKimn
lev rruyr
Joyoufl fiy00 p"ks
RUB-mY-TISLl
Will cure nx, Reuxnaf!?m
Neir, ' r .dsta&en, .rrarnps,
ColiJ, jwans, Eruisc Cuts 'and
Burns, Old Sores, Stir. ;a of Insects
Etc."Ar.tisfptc Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c
ATTENTION
LWHITE FOLKS.
There is am vullaoited number of
ijood shaves and haircuU for sale at
the
f Up-Town Barber Shop
Sale going xon now. Will- continue
indefinitely. Head rubbing, tonics,
massages, baths, shoe shines, and
barber work of every description.
oCol, clean, and antiseptic shop. Old
Colored Barbers from Te Old School
3. Road near Main Street.
HENRY POOL, Mgr.
Attention
For apples, oranges, bana
nas, Lemons; Limes,
Cabbage, Potatoes, Onions
and Ruta Bagas
CALL ON
A B. Seeley and
Son
W i )lesile Fruits and Produce
ki.)7.aki:tu city.' n. c.
WE BUY IN CARLOTco
When in need of
COAL
CALL
FRED DAVIS
The old Coal Dealer
100 North Water Street
Phone 13
t & t it dec 14
A Good Shave
will make a new
man of you. Get
one often -and al
ways at . .
iTKin lVf CJin .tfPPt
nC lYldlU OlXCCl
Barber Shop
NOTICE!
We have the greatest var
iety of sfioes for this sea
son that we nave ever
shown. Our styles are the
best and our prices are the
lowest You should at
least examine or inspect
out stock before you buy.
Phone 250
Gallop & Toxey
Shoe Company
THE JACKSON MARBLE
COMPANY
N.230 Poindexter St.
Take Your Choice of
Designs at al Ranges
of Pricei
Wesley Williams
Manager
PENNSYLVANIA
REPAIRING, CO.
The Plce You Get- Your. Shoes
t V , Repaired Right -N
We make them look better than new
" Shoes Made To Order, 1 N
" i ' Clarence labruzzo 1
. ,V- h ManaEr" ! ".' '"
J52 North Toindextor street
THE message ofthe
tllK,J 11MU W 'All 1111-
portant oner and it will be
well worth your while to
talk to him.
' V.
He is not here to sell you
anything. f
He is here to explain to you
the remarkable new cooking:
fat which is so quickly taking
the place of lard, "lard com
pounds" and butterine and
to give you a can of it, and
a little book of recipes, so
that you can try it out for
yourself.
Take plenty of 'time to talk to
I per can I 4 I perdu
I THE
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HOUSEHOLD AND KilCHEN FURFJITURE
AUCTION SALE "
Commences Saturday1, December 1st at v ,
the ARLINGTON HOTEL Continues
every day until all furniture in build
ing is sold.
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J.W. Stokley t Water Street
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Christmas Holiday
via
NORFOLK SOUTHERN)
Convenient Schedules , .
Pullman Sleeping and
Parlor Car Service ,
Tick ets on sale December 17, it, 2t,2Ir 22,
23, 24 and 25th. Final return limit January
10th 1916. ' v
Ask nearest J NORFOLK1 SOUTHERN
Ticket Agent for complete information or
.write, ' yV-
H. S. Leard, G. Pv A
Norfolk, Va
Baltimore Steam Packet Co
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dayW December 5th and 19th, January 2adr 16th und 30th, tr
alternate Sundays theref ftor, ustil further notic-."
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