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VOL. XI.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1921
NO. 1G
ZONING IS MOST IMPORTANT PHASE
OF CITY PLANNING EXPERTS FIND
Saves Thousands of Dollars For Business Men
K And Makes Every Home In the .Commu
nity Safer and Happier Time to Begin is
Now
(By L. D. Case)
The outstanding feature of a City
Plan such as lias already been dis
cussed in these columns is what is
known as zoning. It is by the zon
Ing system that the city plan is
worked out. '
Zoning expresses the idea of order
liness in community development.,
Just as we have a place for every
thing in? a well ordered nome, so we
should have a place for everytfitng in
a well regulated town. What
would you think of a housewife who
Insisted on keeping her gas range in
her parlor and her piano in her
kitchen?" Yet anomalies like those
have been commonplace in our com
, muntty house keeping. What would
be considered insanity in an ordinary
house is excused as an exercise of in
dividual liberty when practiced in
citft large. And yet misplaced
buildings are to be condemned much
more than out-of-place pieces of fur
niture. The whole purpose of zoning is to
encourage the erection of the right
building In the right place. It pro
tects the man who developes his pro
perty along proper lines againSt the
man who develops his along improp
er lines. Rightly understood, zoning
means substitution of an economic,
scientific , efficient community pro
gram of city building for wasteful,
inefficient haphazard growth.
Zoning Experience of New York
As it is the theft of the horse that
teaches one to lock the barn door, it
is the dire consequences of unregu
lated building which are the most
offensive in impressing the value of
zoning a city.
When New York had been taught
only too well that unregulated bund
ling meant anarchy in its industrial
and residential development, that
putting' apartments next to private
houses, and factories next to depart
ment stores, proved, not only un
profitable, but involved the demor
ilization, If not the collapse of real
estate values, the acceptance of zon
ing came as matter of course, and
now the wonder is that the city did
not effect and exercise control over
building a half ecntury ago.
In New York the testimony of real
estate experts is almost unanimous
that the adoption of the zoning law
has stabilized land values. The ef
- feet of the zone plan has been par
ticularly noticeable in the districts
reserved for detached houses. In
such districts there has been an J
increased demand lor private
residences since the enactment
of the zoning law. The re
strictions have resulted in a great
t of real estate
uuai in. i' . v . ... - .
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conditions in ucu nBi8uuuiv..
Where the prohibitions against ob
jectionable uses of land Imposed by
restrictive covenants were formerly
limited In their duration, they are
now permanent.
Use Districts
mu .nnfnir law In nanlirltie theSO
1UD BUU'U, " 1 " " 1 ti
districts an orderly development in
the future, has strengthened values
to a considerable degree. Free from
' any fear of invasion from garages,
stores, or apartment houses, the
home owners in these districts are
settling down to enjoy the relief
which the zoning has given them.
r Business Btreets, too, are reeling!
the whiolesome effect of the law.
Keeping business off residential
streets means keeping it on business
streets. Haphazard development
hurts business property. The spor-;
adic store invading quiet home
streets not only demoralizes residen
tial values; In decentralizing the
shopping district it also disintegrates
business values. 1
, Viewed in every way w cayc
T ience of New York has clearly de
monstrated that no city can afford to
do without zoning.
Four classes of use districts are
needed in Elizabeth City: residence
districts, business districts, indus
trial districts, and heavy industry
districts. The regulations adopted
elsewhere for such districts are as
follows:
Residence Districts
In a residence district bulldlnpj
may be erected only for certain spe
cific uses. The uses that are not spe
cially permitted are prohibited. The
uses allowed are: dwellings and ten
ements; lodging houses and board-
lna hntnla tY, II rll OS tfhnnl.
libraries and public museum; private
May Hear Program
Thousand Miles
Pittsburgh, Jan. 19. The
Pittsburgh Chamber of Com
merce on next, Saturday after
noon will render a program on
the wireless telephone which
amateur operators within a
radius of 1,000 miles are ex
pected to hear.
'
clubs, hospitals and sanitarium;
philanthropic and ellemosyAary in
stitutions, railroad passenger sta
tions; and nurseries and green
houses. Uses customarily accessory
to the above uses and located on the
same lot allowed. Garages for more
than five motor vehicles are not per
mitted as an accessory use.
Business Districts
In a business district buildings
may be erected for any use that is
not specifically prohibited. The
uses exclude from business dis
tricts are: garages,- except after a
public hearing by the board , of ap
peals; blacksmith shops: horseshoe
ing establishments; nillk and bot
tling and distributing stations; car
pet and bag cleaning establishments;
coal yards, lumber yards; car barti.--;
junk yards, and those trade indus
tries that are prohibited in an indus
trial district. The manufacture of
such products as are sold at retail on
the premises to the ultimate consum
er is allowed in a business district;
manufacturing that does not come
within this description is prohibited.
Industrial Districts
In an Industrial district buildings
may, as in a business district, be
erected for any use that is not cat
egorically excluded. The trades and
Industries -banned are all of a nox
ious or offensive character by reason
of the emission of noise, odor, dust
or gas, embracing among others,
boiler works, acid plants, garbage in
cinerators, founderies, smelters,
slaughter houses, stone crushers, and
tanneries.
Heavy Industrial Districts
In a heavy industrial district the
only use for which buildings may
not be erected is for residential pur
poses. This exclusion, however,
not apply to the erection and main
taenance of dwelling quarters In con
nection' with an industrial establish
ment for the family of one watch
man employed upon the premises.
The exclusion of residence from
the heavy industrial district is a
special feature of the scheme out
lined for Elizabeth City. The very
reasons that make it desirable to ex
clude nuisances from the residence
districts apply with equal, if not
greater, force when it comes to
prohibiting the erection of new
buildings which will in the main be
developed with trades and indus
tries especially offensive by reason
of the emission of odor, dust, gas and
noise. If it is unhealthy for peo
ple to live near an isolated factory
in a residence district, it is all the
more unhealthful for them to live
in an Isolated residence in a heavy
industrial district. Any dwellings
erected among the heavier industries
In the meadowns are doomed in ad
vance to become slums. Wholesome
homes simply cannot be maintained
under any environment having Its
character fixed by chemical plants,
tanneries, shlpways, founderies and
railroad yards.
Keeping all kinds of industry out
of the residence districts and resi
dences out of the heavy Industrial
districts Is expected to go a long way
In Improving social conditions In Ellz
abeth City, for zoning offers at one
stroke, without expense or any In
crease of rents, a method of protect
ing such housing standards as we
have achieved against steady deter
ioration. It does more than that
In defining the direction and char
acter of city growth, It lays the basis
for an ever Increasing Improvement
In social and economic conditions af
fecting the whole community.
Never has the Intimate relation
ship between good housing and suc
cessful Industry been plainer than It
Is today.
The stabilization of employment
conditions and the reductions of la-
(Continued on Page 3)
KILLS CHILDREN
THEN HERSELF
Winchester, Va., Jan. 19. Mrs.
Mary Glenn Hicks shot and killed
three of her four children at her
home near here with a shotgun and
then killed herself. She Is believed
to have been mentally deranged
from a recent attack of Influenza.
Harding Ready For
Trip to Florida
Marlon, Jan. 19. President-elect
Harding's engagement calendar was
clear today and he turned his atten
tion to personal affairs in prepara
tion for departure tomorrow for six
weeks in Florida. He will leave to
morrow night for St. Augustine,
where he will be Joined later by Mrs.
Harding.
St. Augustine will remain the
President-elect's headquarters dur
ing February. ,' , .
Mitchell's Store To
Give Away Goods
Mitchell's Department Store Is
featuring bargains in an advertise
ment on the bade page of this issue
which is bound to attract attention
in that 0. F. Gilbert, proprietor, is
promising a present to every one of
the first twenty-five persons enter
ing his store on Friday morning,
January 21. "This offer does not
apply," says Mr. Gilbert, "to clerks
from other stores In the city."
Further particulars may be seen In
the advertisement.
Many More Blacks
Live In Norfolk
And Cleveland, 0., Tops List
With Increase of Negroes of,
308.1 Per Cent
Washington, Jan. 1!. The negro
population of Norfolk, Va., is 43,477,
an increase o 73.2 per cent.
The negro,, population of Ports-j
mouth Is 23,242, an increase of;
100.1 per cent.
The negroes of Charleston, S. C,
number 32,292, an Increase of 4 per,
cent.
The negro population of Clove-1
land. Ohio, is 34,474, an increase of
308.1 per cent.
O'Callaghan Seaman
Must Reshio Soon
I
Washington, Jan. 19. Counsel
for Lord Mayor O'Callaghan was di-j
rected today by Secretary Wilson to!
deliver O'Callaghan promptly to the
immigration inspector at Norfolk, j
The order is described as merely J
a formal notification to Judge Law
less, in whose custody O'Callaghan '
was placed when parolled, of the
secretary's decision last week that
O'Callaghan is a seaman' and should :
rCiship on a vessel bound "abroad.
Wrecked Seaplane I
Sunk By Gunfire
San Francisco, Jan. 19. The
naval seaplane NC-5, which was
wrecked during the flight from San '
Diego to the Canal Zone, has been
sunk by gunfire, according to a radio
received here. No explanation of
the message has been received.
HACK FROM XKW YORK
J. T, McCabe has returned from
New York City, where he has been
to buy spring goods. Mr. McCabe
says that New York is crowded with
buyers and frankly admits that it is
very difficult to got a line on which
way prices are going. As usual he
was on the alert to secure the best
prices possible for "The Busy Store."
D'Annunzio Will
Live Near Paris
London, Jan. 19. Gabrielle D'An
nunzlo, who left Fiurae yesterday, is
reported enroute to a village near
Paris, where he will stay with
friends.
RECORD COLD WEATHER
Washington, Jan. 19. The cold
est weather of the season prevailed
last night throughout the Middle-Atlantic
and New England States. At
Northfleld, Vermont, the tempera
ture dropped to 20 degrees below
zero.
Burglar Gets In
At Benton & West's
A burglar entered the store of
Benton & West on Polndexter street
Tuesday night. He Is said to have
made a good haul.
WOMEN ARE FOR
THE PRIMARY LAW
Would Also Censor Movies,
Raise Age of Consent, Aid
Mothers, Vote Privately and
So On
Raleigh, Jan. 18 Retention, of
present State-wide primary law a bill
to provide privacy in voting and en
dorsement of the proposed bill for
State censorship of all moving pic
tures are three of the most impor
tant matters that the women of the
State are asking of the present sess
ion of the General Assembly.
In asking for retention of the
primary law the opinion is expressed!
women willj
in all circles that the
have little difficulty in having their
wishes cnmnlip.l with Kl,.n I. 1 m
believed that there is the remotest I
chance of repealing the'law." 'Before
it became know, however, that the,
women were backing the primary
there was fear expressed by friends
of the primary that the law might
he destroyed.
The full program as outlined by
the North Carolina Legislative Coun
cil of Women, of which Mrs. C. C.
Hook of Charlotte, is chairman, and
which represents every organization
of North Carolina follows:
1 Endorsement of the bill to
provide af state censorship of mov
ing pictures.
2 To amend the law concerning
carnal crimes to read
Carnal!
knowledge of a" girl between the! radius of one mile,
ages of 12 and 16 is a felony." (The! The loss has . been lixed at UP"
law now reads between the ages of wards of a million dollars.
12 and 14). I The Knowles building is in the
3 A mothers' aid law as recom- heart of the city and was quickly do
mended by the organization of sup-' stroyed. The fire then spread across
erintendents of orphanages and the Main street and In a short time
State Board of Charities and public other fires were reported in all quar
welare. ters of the city and reports of in-
, 4 Adequate appropriation for cendiarism were rife,
maintenance and necessary increase I One fire was in a group of three-
in capacity as 'recommended by the
State Hoard qf Charities and Pub-
lie Welfare, ot Samarcand, Jackson rear of one building and in an ad,
Trainirig School and Caswell Train-: Joining building a fireman found a
ing School, tnaking special provi- flaming suitcase in the front door
slon at Caswell Training School for way.
care of colored mental defectives, j The police say that they have
5 An appropriation for a train-; only the faintest suspicion of til
ing school for delinquent colored 'cendiarism but that the origin of the
boys, on the order of the Jackson principal fires remain undetermined.
Training School.
b hnuorsement of the program
of legislation of the North Carolina
Forestry Association.
7 A bill to provide privacy in
voting.
Retention of the primary law. I
Republicans For Koads
Republican members of the Gen-, "ertha ltaulfs Palmer, became the
eral Assembly will introduce a good!bri(le of Mr- Mordecai Keuton. Uoth
roads bill within the next week ' bride and Broom reside in the nelgh
dred million dollars to carry out rhood of Union church,
asking for a bond issue of two hun-i Tne ceremony was solemnized by
Governor Morrison's program of a . the Pastor, Rev, E. L. Stack, before
State-wide .system of hard surfaced ' an Improvised altar of pines and pot
highways, i e(1 plants, in the presence of the
The bill has been drawn by Rep- immediate families and a number of
resentative S. O. Macquire, of Sur- relatives and friends, including Mrs.
ry, who said today that he would In-j Raymond A. Stanton and Miss Mar
troduce the bill. The Republican Kal'et Stanton, of Norfolk, and Miss
members with Representative Mac-1 Elizabeth Raulfs and Mr. and Mrs.
quire are contending that the Demo-' George Markham and children, of
crats of the State have talked good Elizabeth City.
roads long enough and it is now! The ,)rille was becomingly attired
time for Immediate action. j in white silk crepe de chine and ear-
"Both dominant parties in North i "ied a corsage bouquet of white car-
Carolina have good roads planks In
their platforms," said Representa
tive Macquire, "and it Is the opin
ion of the minority members that
the sentiment oi the people of the
State is for good roads. By passing
the bill which we will Introduce fix
ing the bond issue at two hundred
millions roads can be built. We
agree with Governor Morrison that
it the people are in earnest then
we ought to make a step forward,
Roads cannot be built by merely.
talking. If the Democrats are In
earnest then we want them to sup-!
port our bill or else quit talking,"
Although the Macquire bill shoots
far over the heads of the most pro-!
gressive Democrats lb the amount of
money involved, It does indicate that j
Republicans as well as Democrats
favor good roads. Advocates fj
good roads think it a healthy sign'
and look fnr nmn cnnair,.Hva w. ;
" 1
Islatlon within a short time.
t I
j Urges Economy
Judge Francis D. Winston, of
Windsor, former lieutenant governor
of the State, Is in the capital look
ing on tle legislature for the first
time since the law-makers con
vened. The former president of the Sen
ale Is talking economy In the ad
ministration of the State's business,
and he Is opposed to additional rep
resentation In Congress for North
Carolina. "We already have more
congressmen than we need," Judge
Winston said today.
As to holding the State's ex
JensP! i down . to a minimum, the
Judge thinks that there are entirely
FIGHTsaTkeaFrns
And Official Confirmation
Lacking of Report Dempsey
and Carpentier Not to Meet
New York, Jan.Jl9. Official con
firmation was lacking early today of
an announcement printed In the
NewYork Times that the champion
ship fight between Dempsey and Car
pentier had been definitely called
off.
Ran Jfranrlunn Tan 10 Janh-
Kearns, Dempsey'. manager, de-'
clared today that the fight had not
been called off and that the man
agers of both fighters and promot
ers had posted forfeits.
Shortly before noon today Tex
Rit'ard' one ot tlie Proraoters of the
ukui, Hiuieu positively mat uie
uoul au "i ueen caueu on.
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"
WORCESTER HAS
MILLIONAIRE FIRE
And With Many Fires Report
, ed Simultaneously In AH
Quarters of City Talk of In
cendiarism Rife
Worcester, Mass., Jan.' 19. Fire
starting early today in the Knowles
building here destroyed that and
spread to 19 other places within a
story wooden buildings in the lum
ber district. This blaze began in the
KEATON-l'ALMER
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Palmer, at Weeksville, was the
scene of a lovely wedding on Tues
day afternoon at two-thirty o'clock
when their attractive daughter, Miss
nations and ferns.
The attendants were: Mrs. Annie
Pendleton, of Norfolk, sister of the
groom, matron of honor; Mr. Tom-
mie Keaton, brother of the groom,
best man; Miss Thelma Stanton, of
Norfolk, cousin of the bride, brides
maid, and Mr. Howard Palmer,
brother of the bride, groomsman.
The couple were the recipients of
many beautiful and valuable pres-
ents.
After the ceremony the party was
served to a bountiful supply of ice
cream and cake,
Mr. and Mrs. Keaton are among
the choice young workers of the
Union church and the many friends
are delighted to know that they will
continue to make their home In the
Union neighborhood.
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Annna1 PavmonU
annual r aymenis
Are Now Agreed On
Paris, Jan, 19. Abandonment of
the plan fixing the total umount of
reparations to be paid by Germany
and the substitution of annual pay
ments has been agreed upon by
French, British find German dele
gates, says a Berlin dispatch to the
Journal,
too many minor attaches on the
State's payroll. He Is In favor of
"cleaning out" every department so
as to get rid of all "dead weight"
wJJrAjtllrpsultJht a great saving
to North Carolina,
WA IT ON SCHOOL
I REVENUE BILL
Dr Boks Says State Educa-
I tional Commission Will Make
No Recommendations Until
This Is Settled
Raleigh, January 19 Comment-
i lng on the proposed revision of the
public school laws prepared by the
State Educational Commission over
!h"e ha si!run up, 8ora T
position, Dr. E. C. Brooks, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, today said that no recommen
dations concerning the revision will
bo made to the General Assembly
until the si.'.uoi revenue bill has
been enacted.
"Much of the proposed revision
depends upon how the finances are
to be. administered.", said Dr Brooks.
"If the revenue bill is late In being ,
enacted then it will bo impossible to
to many changes and enacted into
have the proposed revision adjusted
law this year."
The most bitter objection so fur
lias come from Plummer Stewart,
chairman of the Board' of Trustees,
of the Charlotte schools, and Supt.
Harry Harding. The objection
raised is that the revision will inter
fere with the local self government
of the schools. "The one purpjse
of the change referred to," sa'd Dr.
Brooks, "Is to give more self gov
ernment to the cities and to place
them on the same plane with the
counties in the administration of the
funds received from State and oun
ty.
"The proposed revision is in ac
cordance with the Ivw-i creating
the Educational Commlpsioii but this
work of th's commission was so
heavy that the revision of Mio laws
and suggested amendments could
not be prepared until J ist beitre
the General Assembly convened. The
outline ot the proposal amendments
were discussed at the Teachers' As
sembly in November, but all super
intendents were given to understand
that no attempt would be iiiade to
have them enacted Into law until -every
superintendent had had full
time to study the proposed revision
In every detail.
"It has not been presented to the
General Assembly for enactment and
will not be recommended by me un
til every superintendent has had op
portunity to study it, very carefully
and present his views."
Cotton .Men Meet
In semi-annual meeting here yes
terday the North Carolina Cotton
Manufacturers Association went on
record as favoring the plan outlined
by former Governor Richard I, Man
ning of South Carolina, who ad
dressed the association on the Amer
ican Products Export and Import
Corporation, und drafted resolutions
in respect to D. Y. Cooper of Hender
son and Charles B. Armstrong of
Gastonia, deceased members of the
association,
"The association goes on record,"
reads the resolutions, as favoring
this or any other plan that will sta
bilize the price of cotton and assist
In exporting cotton and we recom
mend the plan be presented, through
the secretary, to the members urging
their careful and favorable consider
ation of it."
It Is the plan of the export and
Import corporation, said Governor
Manning to sell and buy for Its own
account and will also handle a com
mission business. "We believe a
great opportunity will develop In the
marketing of cotton In Europe, par
ticularly ,'n the Central empires.
Mills and labor are their Idle, walt-
ing for the cotton they cannot buy
because of prohibitive exchange
rates and poor credit facilities. They
have security to offer and products
t exchange for our commod'tles.
The American Products Export and
Import Corporation can use foreign
credits and can assist the Southern
farmer In selling his products."
ENTERTAIN H. 8. C LASS
Monday afternoon Miss Catherine
Schuyler and Mrs. Hite entertained
their Sunday school class at the
rectory. Though It was cold out. of
doors, the class did not seem to find
It so for busy they were playing
games of all sorts, looking for hid
den peanuts and the like. After
heir rames they wore served re
freshments In the dining room,
which was all aglow with lighted
candle. Masters Johnnie Wlnslow
and Mills Bell received prizes for
finding the greatest number ot pea
nuts. The following were present Misses
Hazel Pendleton, Mary White, Faith
Hite, Masters Johnnie Wlnslow,
Mills Boll. Melvll Dell. Francis
Scott. Charles Robinson, Billle Rob-InsonTGarlandBSWden.