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BIRTHPLACE OP THE
NATION—1584
BIRTHPLACE OF
AVIATION—1903
DARE CO
TY TIMES
A PAI'ER ATTUNED
TO THE HEARTBEAT
OF THE GREAT CARO
LINA COASTLAND
«ri-
Vol. 2: No. 59
MANTEO, N. C.,frida!i, Axuiml I',, 19.ir,
Single Copy 5c
FORT RALEIGH PAGEANT
ON AUGUST 18TH EVENT
WORTHJOING TO SEE
Mrs. Alexander Mathis to Direct Pageant;
Dr. Roht. Drane to Be Present; Exercises
in Morning and Afternoon; Elizabeth
City and Manteo in Baseball Game; A
Full Day
TREASURE HUNT FOR GOL
OF PHARAOH FARROW i
DARE eOAST^NEXT WE|K
Gum ]\eck Man to Go to Avon to Scarcmfoi
Money Buried by Wealthy Hesiden ■} A
Hundred Years Ago; Many Atte^ips
Have Failed
A Good Old Couple
Who Teli of Other
Days
Depend on It, even Iho claliorate
publicity lias not been given It,
August 1811), blrllulny of Virginia
Dare will bo one long remembered
in Eastern North Carolina. It will
really be tne beginning or the cele
bration of the SSOtli anniversary of
her birth a year hence. It is to be
celebrated by speaking and
pageantry, baseball games and band
concerts.
A scries of liLstorlc sketches, en
acted by the Elizabethan Players
of lioanokc Island, will be prasent-
cd at Fort Raleigh next Tuesday,
Aug 18, m r. lilting memorial on
the birthday of .Virginia D.arc. The
program, will be given in tlie lovely
natural amphitheatre of the grove
where the famous Virginia first saw
the ligiit of d.iy. Dr. Robert B.
TVr„*»o “■'ho for so many years has i
devoted himself to the preservation
of Fort Raleigh and the perpetua
tion of the memory of Virginia Dare
and the coloiiists into wliosc little
group .she was born, will oijcn the
cxccrclse.s with an invocation. The j
invocation will be followed by an
overture, played by the Fort Eus-
tis Band. Tile band is composed
of twenty pieces and is under the
direction of Gene Gorman ,an ac
complished bandmaster, who has
chosen for tiic overture “Tlic Gold
en Dragon", by King, in kccjilng
with the spirit of the occasion.
Misses Mary and Virginia Drane.
nlcnc.s of Dr Robert Drane, who are
New York concert violinists, and
wiio aro spending their vacation at
'Nags Head, will be present, and will
probably contribute something to
tlic program.
Tlic p,agcaiit, which will consist of
six skctclics. is cnltllcd “Americas
Cradle Song’’, and will depict many
historic happenings which look place
.-fn-tills, region! ’, The-prologue, "A
■iGllmpse of the Past”, will be given
by Melvin Daniels, well-known lo
cal orator. In Scene One, tlic au
dience will sec the arrival of the
second expedition of the English on
the shores of Roanoke and. the col
orful and inspiring scene of Uie
hoisting of the British flag. In
Scene Two, the touchhig episode of
the baptism of Virginia Dare will
be imrtraycd. Scene Three will de
pict the decision of the colonists to
leave the island for Jic mainland
and Croalan, tlie decision which has
left forever undecided the fate of
the colonists who were never again
seen by white men. In Scene Four,
Governor White returns to look for
the colony whicli he had left on the
island, but which he finds has so
inysicrioasly disappeared, taking a-
way forever his own daughter and
granddaughter. Scene Five, will
consist of the presentation of
TO DIRECT 1‘A(;EANT ON
VIRGINIA DARE DAY
MRS. ALEXANDER MATHIS, gift
ed and exiicrlcnccd p.agcant 'direc
tor who will put on a pageant at
Fort Raleigh dciilctlng the story of
the "Lost Colony" on Augu.st I8II1.
Sec story elsewhere.
ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS
IS OPENED IN MANTEO
Contest Being staged For A Name
For New Soda Shop Here;
Win «A0
The name for Manteo's newest
business firm, a soda shop, carrying
a full Ijnc.jif^palcnt. fh^.s Ai^-Eos-
meTlS', recently-'opened by Sain
Midgctt, Is to be .suggested by some
reader of the Dare County Timos.
A contest is being held as a means
of securing .such a name ;is might
be suitable to the management.
Tills new store Is located in the
building formerly occupied by the
New Deal Market. It was opened
to the public last Saturday after
noon Its Interior is nicely decorat
ed with now and modern furnish
ings, including a new fountain and
fixtures, tables and chairs and a
full line of patent drugs and cos
metics.
Sam Midgctt is proprietor of the
business and his employees beside
hl.s wife, ore Robert Midgctt a',:'i
Lutlicr Daiiiels.
The contest ciuls Saturday night,
August 22, at. midnight.
who will be in attendance at the
While Fawn", a poetic drama has-1 exccrcl!^.
cd on the author’s conception of
tlie probable fate of Virginia Dare,
CHAMPION PAPA IS OFF
TO SOUTH CAROLINA
written, by Howard Twyne, a mem
ber of the Elizabethan Players, and
of the playwriting class of Uie Fed
eral Theatre. Tills play has been
given before local audiences, and
will now be presented to the visit
ing public, as a part of tlic pageant,
giving tho public *1 large a chance
to sec wliat wonderful oportunltics
present themselves to members of
the Little Theatre group here. In
the way of natiye folk lore, and
how much it means to the station
to have a Little Theatre in which
native drama can be encouraged
and devcloiicd. Scene Six, will con
sist of a plclursque and charming
colonial wedding taking place on
the Island at the close of the Revo
lution. The hoisting of the Colon
ial Flag will bring the cxccrcises
to a close.
Tliroughout the pageant appropl
ate music will be played by the Fort
Eustis Band.
The Elizabethan Players of Roa
noke Idand, who will present the
drama, arc Roanoke Island Fed
eral Theatre Group, and under the
the capable direction of Mrs. Alex
ander Mathis, who is responsible
for the writing of the sketches used
In the pageant.
nie exercises are being sponsor
ed by the Dare County chamber of
Commerce and the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners. Tlic building of
a stage In the amphitheatre is un
der the supervision of the WPA, and
is being constructed by WPA work- GEORGE ISAAC HUGHES, 96
ers. years old, of New Bern, who this
It is expected that a number of week left for a visit to one of his
tourists will be drawn here for the sons ago 76. In Klngstrce, S. C.
celebration of Virginia Dare Day, Mr Hughes young wife recently
and that they w’ill greatly swell the presented him with a new son, the
throng* of Dare County rwlrtents, second in two years.
Starting promptly at 2:30 in tlic
afternoon tlic Manteo Allstars will
cross bats witli tlic Elizabeth City
Jaybirds in wliat local fans believe
will be a game of baseball well
wortli tlie l,.(io one would spend
seeing It.
Tills event will come at a lull in
the activities of the day and will
give visitors as well as local people
something for entertainment be
tween tlic morning activities of the
day’s series of events and the pag
eant 111 the late afternoon.
Dare County is to wlltic-s a hunt
for biirieel trea.smc. one of ilio’ e
events ii.i.eli alwa.v.s cip’iirc Im-
iiiaii imagination 13. 13. Combs of
Columbia will lead an cxpr.-lillon to
Avon in .scai'cli of tlie gold of the
bite Pliaraoli F.irrnw 10 lived
more ban 100 yuar.s ago and is said
10 have bc'ii worth many thousands
jf dollars hi gold.
Pharaoh F.irrow waa a merchant
and boat builder, who carried on a
vast tnule wllli tlie West Indies, nad
was an cxeecdlngly wcalUiy man
for Ills tiiiie,s. It is .said that wlien
.111 old man, ho married a young
eirl only ten years of age. and her
toaibstonc, now to be seen at Avon,
.hows her as having died at the
age of ten ycar.s. For a long time
Fliaiaoh Farrow lived alone and
one night wlieii lie felt that Ills de
clining years were nearing their end.
he blindfolded a tailliful -slave and
lcl him to a distant corner of his
plantation, where they burled the
gold deej) into tlic ground, ^ome
liimf aft rwards Pliaraoli .Arrow
.sliook off lilts mortal coll aikl al-
mo.st before he was decently «irlc:l
.relatives began looking for hitlrca-
.surc. but It wa.s never fouiit, al
though for many years aftaward
sc.irches were made and holM Wcrc
dug In many places near Aton.
B B. Combs of Gum NcclJwho
will cotiic to Manteo next wc4. be
lieves he has an histrimien^^thal
will locate the treasure and at
tempt to find the money.''f;lt is
stated by many reliable people .some
of whom arc dc.scciidaiiUs and. icirs-
ai-)aw of Pharaoh Parrow,5 that
thcic every vosUgc of autl cnll-
city to the tales of Pharaoh .Par-
row's wealth, and it has bcen^clty
well established that no onyever
found his money. At anyjr.ato.
there will be an attempt to
next week, provided the land;'
cri or the descendants do no'
the Irc.asure hunters away
TWO HISTORY MAKING
DAYS FOR COASTLAND
TRANSPIRE NEXT
Fort Raleigh Gathering on Tuesday, Ai%j
list 18th, and Southern Albemarle Melat
ing on Wednesday, August 19th &
ORTHOPEDIC ■
CLINIC HERE
AUGUST 20TH
l’or.soii.s .Sufferiiipr From BoiU’
Tniiililcs Be Gi\en I'’rfc
Examinaltoii and Advice
Dr A R. Sliancls. lir.id of
Duke UnlversUy ortliopedie de-
paitmoiit, will as.si.st Dr VV W
JohiUion in condiictin. a clinic here
Tliiir.'-cl.iy, .Augu'-l 20, aecoiyling to
an .annoiiiicemcnt m.ide this weel:
by Dr Joliiislon.
This elini" h for e.xami;
SOME REASONS WHY THE
STATE SHOULD ASSUME
OOUNTY ROAD BURDENS
If Free School Books. An Eight Months
Schools and Highway Maintenance is a
Public Charge, Then Debts on Major
Uniis of the Highway System are Equal
ly So
Inji a
GOE.S TO A.SHEVH.LE
.IWlTll COI NTV ori’IClALS
iiislruellon to aiiy and all ’.vho .ift i
.'Uffcriiig from bone or joint con- |
dllions .such as old fraetuio' re-
.sidls of Inf.mlile paraly.si., .and tlie '
like This examination will Ik- '
malc by Dr. Sli.inds, wiio r iled '
as One of the b'-st bone .-■peelali.-.U J
in tlic South, and adivee or iiistrii:-
tloiio as to mcaas of ovcrroinmg '
sucli conditions witliout any co.sL i
to the individual.
Such clinics liave bwii liel.l at
variou.s placco llirouglioiil E.i.dern
North Carolina ovfr a iieriod ol ii-
bout two and a lialf y ars and li.rve
i been iiioiisorcd by varioiLs civic ur-
ganizalioiis. but this one is being
lield by Dr Sliand.-i as a coiirl'sy
to Dr Johii.^lon It is alio bc'.ui
of Dr. Joltstons interest in the wel
fare of the people of Dare Coiiiit.vi
■ tliat he invited Dr. Shand., lo liold j
th eli.ii" i
I Dr Jim loll i‘! i '..i‘'d i.i hi, an-
. ncim eiiK nt ili.il aii> or all wlio
ha-L been going fre n tins .-'cclion
It is iiiglil e.ilni and poignant is lo the clime Dr Sh.iiido lias b en
Next week will bring two iilstory-
maklng d.iys to Dare County. Piist
will be tlic annual celebration at
old Fort Itolelgh, From many places
forKS look forward to this great ail-
ntnl,i;vrt)t| arnl ”10 llj'T f-fi-'
'bratlon is not to be'a pretentious
one, there is wide interest manlfc.st-
cd.
The next day, Wednesday, the
lOtli. is anollicr event of great im
portance. Tlie Southern AUximarlc
meeting, bringing 100 delegates of
the Association from Dare, Hyde,
Tyrrell and Washington Counties,
.tt’lll give Dare Its first opixirtuiiliy
to be liosl to tills protnislng assa-
clalioii of North Carolina's greatest
region of dlversIDed InteresU hi Its
bofderr
Melvin R. Daniels, chairman of
tills event has promised a real treat.
Speaking, music by the Port Eustis
band, and last but lot least a real
dinner.
Roanoke Island and Dare County
will give llicse visitors a royal wcl-
DR. JOHNSTON MOVE.S
IN HIS NEW Ol'flt''!
announcement made by lilm Wed
nesday.
The flnlsiihig touches on this new
and modern brick .structure arc be
ing made Ibis week. Such a bultd-
liig and one of its kind Is a credit
to any small town. It has two
spacious waiting rooms niedy furn
ished. ■ one '‘of"tliCsd' \vUl be' for
wlilto people and tlic other for col
ored. It also has two treatment
rooms, one for general medical
work and another for electrical
trcalmcnls.
the darkiic-ss. .Acrois the curnfields
and tlie iiicado’A's come-, lo the lone
ly cctlages the vcice of a man, shig-
hig, scflly at fir.-t, but rapidly
gathering streiigtli. reaching forte,
and luilding it.
T."!' ’.’olcc is s!i-oiig, from a deep
chest, and fervent, tlic tunc Is one
Inf those sung by throngs at camp
meetings ycar^ ago. or at present
vy tliosc wiio .sang them in a long
gone youth.
In tlie cottage whence cemes this
•ong. (lo-e lo tho window, and by
i.iiiipllgbt si.’s an old iiiaii; his
1 iisclc^n: hard and better-devclop--
average youlh
of toS93 There is a downy pure-
nhlte b.-,iiil on his face cllpjxxl close
e.xcepl on the chin, for there Is a
iJO.TN A .MKL’KI.VS Cjilii.J Com-
By VICTOR MEEKINS
Should the State take over tho
ubligiilioiis of counties assumed for
111’ conslnictloii of road.s inoi »rc
major units of the Stale Highway
system? This Is a question that is
before the people of the Slate, and
is being studied by a Commission
appointed by the Governor. Sciia-
I tor Carl L. Bailey of Roper, Is
' Clialr.nan of ’Jils Commission.
For a number of reasons It ap-
puirs SR a .sound and fair business
Uiai tho Stale should now assume
(•'jligatioiis that the State failed to
• ake up In the early stages of higli-
w.O constructions. Many of these
tilings could not iiavc been foreseen
at the tune, any more than it was
foreseen Uiat free school books
hould be an Issue, or eight nionlhs
, of school should become a Slate
i obligation.
j Take the situation In our county
1 for instance, then we will know tor
! a certainly what wc arc talking
; about The reader may apply'and
.compare the situation to that In
! his own county
In our county -we have approxl-
New Brkk Straclurc .la Lrciiil .yjj.
iSWee’^or-M’fiirvo''
Dr W. W. .lohnston. prominent
local plij'slcian, will move in his
new office, recently built in Man-j pointed goalee. Ho holds loosely
teo, thl.s week end, according to an/ in both hands a uiiall, age-worn
volume, wiicrchi i.s the lyric lie
•sings. There aro no notes, and
none are needed, for he learned
the iong Irom I'ne many voices at
the camp meetings, and he has sung
it many lliiics shiec.
Tlie b.ick of the book, is Icatlior
pas’ted lo card board, and is rein
forced by while cloth sewn on witli
ccar.se, jclloivcd string It is the
.-.ong of lliis book and of UiU man
that cause.s the people in the cot
tages lo say. "Uncle Charlie's a-
singiiig again tonight.” Singing
brings back memories to Uncle
come. Tlie events will be long re
membered.
The Land of the Southern Albemarle
By WARBLER GIBBS, KUkenny, N. C.
lidding hi Elizabeth City, arc mvit- .
cd to cctiie lo this clinic. !mis.sioiior from RodanUie. who with
The clinic will start at 9 o'clock • Wuc of Stumpy Pont, and
on Thurixlay morning and last alll^- Mcckiii-s. county accouiilant.
day. It will be held In the new ol- ! atleiidhig the coiivcritio:i of
fice recently built by Dr Johiisloii. Commissioners and County
Aeccuiilanls tins week in AshvUIe,
' Chalrnian Z. F Perry was scheduled
Aiiriciil ! jQ )i](. irip. CoavenllorLs of
Bloodlub. "My
ancc.'try 1 valuable tr.alnlng and
tho. 0 wiio attend get valuable ideas
; to make the trip.
Mis.-,
dates back before the day
Charlemagne How old is your county Goverraiieiit. Mr.
family? 'Mcckir. planned lo s'op in Raleieh
Count Nocoimt: “I really can’t„
„ „ r „ I to talk over some matters perUln-
say. You see, all our family records '
were lost, ^ In the flood."—■'Wliltc-road relief In thq
.Wright Suii.K-~'Dafc'COfiiiDC' ' .
mately $375,000 outstanding In road
bonds, which if paid when due will
require a total of $750.000—a quar
ter of a million dollars for princi
pal and interest. If the bonds have
to be refunded it will cost us a lob
more, and it is quite likely that re
funding will be necessary.
Ours is a small county with bare
ly more than 1,500 homes in it,
many of them badly hit by Uie de
pression. It means that each aver
age home is saddled with a mortgage .
not of the occup.an's aiB’Ung. to
tho tuiie of $500.03
ThciY
hurdteds' of hoiiiis woilli far
WANTS DARE COUNTY
PEOPLE TO HOLD AN
OLD F^IONED PICNIC
Tuesday, August ISth, Offers People of Eas
tern Carolina Chance to Revive the Old
Time Siindag School Custom; D. B. Fear
ing Urges Them to Meet at Fort Raleigh
Next Week
_ Rcni'mbrr the go«l old days when (he roads, .-^ntence to bo suspended
Ctiari^lo Ivlarcus Midgctt, and he ]County ic^ti to j p.iy„]eiil of fine of SIO and
told me about them.
He came lo Roanoke Island its one
tho big time piciiic.s. usually when found guilty of assault-
; hold
1 called Sunday School picnics, bc-
caif'C llicy were organized llirougli
Land of the Southern Albemarle
Where waters and skies are blue:
Great out-of-doors of work, life and love.
Land where our dreams come true.
Empire of wildfowl, fish and fun.
Land of the open door;
Greatest of sport with rod or gun,
Joy for ricli or for poor.
None can stay poor in so favored a land.
Where freedom is wide and chances are great:
And sunrise and sunset enrich every man,
And make him rejoice to live in Uils State.
Hire's where the latclistring Is ever outside.
Where the hand is outstretched for one in dislrisss;
(Where tnic pioneer spirits now live, just as brave
As those who first conquered its wild wilderness.
Here Is the licartbcat of true manliness,
• Where nature and lilstory have freely combined.
To open the door of true happinav;
And make a real world for the peers of mankind.
Land of the Southern Albemarle,
Wlicra life, love and labor bring blessings untold;
Tlie pearl of tho coastland, the pride of the east,
•Wlierc dwell kindred spirits whose hearts are pure gold.
Over ripe waving cornfields and giant green forests,
O’er far-spreading waters and wolden Iwde beaches;
In beauty and splendor arc four royal counties.
Famed the land o'er where true value reaches.
For in W.ishlngton. Dare, or Tyrrell or Hyde,
True values arc counted the pride of the land:
The stranger will find the latchstring outside.
The down'neartcd someone to lend iilm a hand.
For the land of the Southern Albemarle
Is a land of fair women good and true;
Of loyal brave .men who fight for their right.
Of folks who are willing to dare and to do.
of ills fathers f.-imliy when he wasj cpurciny;, Tiiey were looke.-! for-
teii years old. Tlicy settled on the
sliore of that bay just south of
A.shby’s Polul wliich was the liar-
ber cf ilien-Uirlving Sfcyco, made
their home among the pines, clorc
li Uio water, able to sec tlie trade
aiid other vessels as tlicy stopped
at Skyco's di^c'Ks, But T would like
to liavc lived 111 ilios-e day.s at Skyco.
Blit I would not like lo sec what
the yoatli Marcus saw one day when
he and icveral comrades rambling
in til,, woods c.mie to Hayes Creek,
Floating face down in the water was
a colored woman, her hair and
drc,s undulating with the motion
of the water. After momenus of
bewilderment and fear the boys
turned .and fled. The "darkles"
came and buried her near the
ward to from J’car to year
D. B. Fearing, wiio Is takiivg the
lead in the Fort Raleigh cclrbra-
tioivs next Tuesd.iy. August 18t!i.
wants tile various Sunday ifeliool.s
of the county to join in and' come
lo Fort Raleigh witli tlicir baskets,
and make an all day outing.
Such an opporlinilly to meet old
mg Dan Hopkins. Sr., and Dan
Hopkins. Jr., with a deadij’ weapon
and of simple as-sault uijuii Lucy
Hopkins, all colored
One other caie in which three 1 highway acts.
f
ir
than $1,000 ajfiece -lany 01 then!
.arc v/orth less '.'nan 5200 apiece But
the average lellow must pay olf •
S500.
Now all of this indebtedness was
forced on us after the Morrison
administration launched Its ambitl-
' ous highway program, )steiislbly
lo connect all Uic county seats and,
principal twons. It was apparently
forced on us. cither because of the
wilful neglect, or through the
Ignorance .and carelessness of those
who administered the Slates early
ro.ad program in these parts? Money
that should have been allotcfl^us
for roads in our county was'spent,
evidently In other sections In cx-
rj-.R of allocations that wero»their
rightful warrant, or were used fo
cover blunders in certain road .or
bridge projects that were lost, a-
bandon^, or underestimated in
their inception.
Suffice it to say that after six
years of highway construction had
gone oil in ful force, we were still
without roads as inledod in the
Our people." suffered
bov.s of Currituck, were charged
with diiviiig an automobile wiillc
tind.r the iiifl'ucnee of liquor was
.lubmiHcd on Monday before it
could be tried Tiie-day and fine
friends, and to break bread witli j and coste in tlic- case amounted to
tlicm has not b;cn presented i n
many years. It will be one groat
outstanding event.
And there is going to be good
music, directed by Gene Gorman of
the Fort Eitstls Band, .as well as
good speaking and the pageant lo
bo directed by Mrs. Alexander
MathU of the WPA l.itllc Theatre.
Fort Raleigh will be tiic .spot, tiie
$58210. Newbern was the name of
one of the defendants.
OUR OLD FRIEND CART.
T. MIDGETT IN HOSPITAL
creek, liut the cause of her 1 Knjj, (or
never came te tlie
-Ch-sriic Marcus.
ears of Uncle
an old time picnic.
Then there was the time that CARRYING
Jiicle Charh’' went around Ashby’s j HEAD
Uncle
'Point to cut ioiiie pound-net stakes j
from a growth of trees there. He|
wci king hard, chopping until he w-as Recorder’s Court Costs More Num-
1
crous Than Usual
able lo fill his boat .so full that the
water lapped against her gunwales. 4
.When he had .sailed out from shore, Tlirce cases in Recorders jCour
!a}id was well in the way back a- hero Tuesday brought .$40.83 in costs
■ ■ 'While much of 1
tecs, there was'
'cd Caught in the strong wind, the ^t-Hl enough left to partially take,
sail rocked tho boat heavily from.care of the-greater p.irt of the cx-;
{round the point, a storm arose. It 'uol including fines. Y
'rained and thundered and lighten-1 was witness tec
'cd. Caught in the strong wind, the st-Hl enough left to \
Jsail rocked tho boat heavily from.*^arc of the-greater p.i
■side to side, and before Uncle Char- {psnse Uie County went to in appre- ]
lllft could bob It into a goose whig bending the law violators and iry-
Iturncd the boat over on her sida In jing them.
Ihc water and the siake.s and Un-j In the case of Harry Cawthome.
'cie Charlie floated about in the {charged with carrying a concealed
Sound. The .stakes were soon gone.' deadly weapon, a fine of $5 and
•hut Uncle Charlie swam back to cost totaled $37.23. He was arrest-
'cd Saturday night near the Sca-
Vlcw Inn at Nags Head by State
' cling to the top side. It was cold
'and Ice had formed In the Sound
that winter, and would form again.
Liic'idly, the mallboat from Stumpy
Point soon came near and its Cap
tain, Sparrow Midgett pulled Uncle
(Costinued on Ps-se Pour)
Highway Patrolman, J. C. Scar
borough, with a ‘-black-jack" on
his person
Lloyd Bowser, colored, of Man-
CAFT. THOS. P jnDGETT, well-
known retired liglilliou.se keeper,
who U in Tanners Creek Hospital
at Norfolk this week, for treatment.
Capt Midgett Is trying to cure some
w.arts on his face. He gets a lot
Df pleasure out of life, and Is look-
teo. was sentenced to 30 days on ing well after himself.
a handicap in mai-kcUng their fish,
I this bchig our principal Sndyiftly
crop hi consequences.) laicompcll-
lloii with sections favored' "with
roads: our commercial activities
were strangled :and we had no hope
or premise of Improvement .or (Je-
vclcpnicnl either social, financial or
coninicrcial that might be 'associat
ed with the incoming roods. (!ln.
."liort. wc must battle for'a'liveli
hood just as -wc had done for a
hundred and fifty years before, and
must pay under those conditions
the same prices sections with mod
em methods must pay.
And tlic worst of It, they wars
enjoying Uicsc advantages 'and pri
vileges most certainly given them
at our expense and the expenses of
other counties similarly situated.
Despite all our indcavors and 'lm-
porlunlUcs, our people could not
obtain doflnlle promises, -nor could
they see any prospects of gel*ing
the State iq build the roads 'we
should have. ■ • -i-
Dcspaj,rlng of any progress in out
county without these advahtaScs,''
our Botrd of Commissioners, over ‘
a pMiod of three years, 'sp:ht"a.
half-million dollars in creating-'a-
system of roads that were-Tieces^
s-a-rily difficult and expensive' to
build. •
They built a causeway and'bridge ■
across Roanoke Sound iq, conuMt -
Roanoke Island ■with the ocean
front at a cost of almost $200,000.
They spent $250,000 on many miles ,■!
of roads through swamps almost
impenetrable to provide qut]ete jqr’.' '’‘^'|
several Isolated settlements:onvtlie'''' '4|
mainland. They spent the balance
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