VOL. XI. PINAL BDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 159.
Would Put City
On Barge Line
J
Vice President Warfield of New
York Canal And Great Lakes
Corporation Asks Freight Guar
antee of $100,000
- -
Through :ght service between this city and Baltimore,
at a maximurr ,te of twenty per cent less than the present
Tailroad freif rates, will be furnished by the New York Canal
and Great Lakes Corporation, which last week purchased the
government barge line operating between New Bern, Wash
ington, Norfolk and" Baltimore, if Elizabeth City merchants
will guarantee to ship sufficient freight to provide an annual
revenue of $100,000 to the company, according to E. G. War
field, vice president of the corporation, who was in this city
Saturday and Sunday to confer with Secretary Job, of the
Chamber of Commerce, and others.
If Elizabeth City is includ- -
ed in the barge route, Norfolk;
will no logger be a stopping-
point for the line, Mr. Warfield
indicates. " He states that, it is
not the intention of his com
pany to compete with local
water transportation interests,
but rather to provide additional
facilities to Baltimore and
points north not served by
them. He is specially interest
ed in Elizabeth City for the rea
son that it is the terminal of a
number of short boat lines op
erating to points in Currituck,
Hyde, Perquimans and other
i . . r- inf
erable aggregate in -ncism,
much of wbAejn is consigned to
Northern points served by the
corporation 1k represents. ,
, The New (York Canal and Great
Lakes Corporation has recently
bought 84. boats from the govern
ment, and ' is operating them on
cana's and other waterways in the
North.. Mr. Warfield declares that
If the "Washington-New Bern-Eliza
beth City-Baltimore iboat line is not
a success, these boats and barges will
be diverted to traffic lines in the
North. The corporation -has asked
guarantees of $90,000, Jn freight docks, witlx its railroad facilities,
revenue erf Washington, end New m& wtn its actively functioning
Bern, and the fact that 100,000 is chamber of Commerce, the city of
demanded " of Elizabet! jCity indi- Plymouth, with its 2,500 inhabitants,
iates that the company! expecting jg rapidly making for itself a place
much larger volume of business 0n the map. Mr. Krause, who is
from.thls city by reason of the num- acting simply as temporary secretary
ber of smaller water transportation 0f the Chamber, states that as soon
lines converging here. as the membership has been sum
It Is pointed out that neither ciently increased, a full-time paid
Washington nor New Bern has any secretary v'.'.l bo cmployvl.
considerable local water traffic to;
and from these cities which the cor- j
oration might handle. Mr. Warfield '
was accompanied to this city by .
uf Walnh. a Raltlranrn attornev who
. ' rrnmntnn nf
.nnrttttinn mmr-ani alone the
Atlantic coast. "
Before leaving Sunday night, Mr.
Warfield wrote the following letter
estate the position oth. company
state the position of his company
as to ine inciusiuu of. cinaauoiu ,nj
in the barge line: j Dan c ep ,
To the Chamber of Commerce and',.,, .
Shippers of Elizabeth City, N, C.
Gentlemen:
Having been requested by my as
sociates, the new owners of the gov
ernment barge line now operating
between Baltimore, Md.. and New
Rom. N. C... in tnnVo a H'lrvpv tit
your city with a view , to whether
these boats should be eont'nued In
this service or elsewhere, we su-
gest an agreement based upon condi
tlons showing a mutual benefit to and
the good faith 'of both parties.
First, that the company is to pro
vide not less than a weekly service
from Baltimore to Elizabeth City,
VMng ai a basis of rates, twenty per
cent less than the rail rates as a
maximum; the schedules of service
to be subject to the usual conditions
beyond human control, such as the
acts of God, the enemy, etc., and that
the company will furnish a satisfac
tory surety bond to you for its
faithful performances.
Second, the shippers of Elizabeth
City agree to ship a sufficient volume
of business to provide annually not
i than 1100,000 of revenue in
WILL SOON HAVE
THREE RAILROADS
Plymouth, Down In Washing
ton County, With Actively
Working Chamber of Com
merce, Is Getting On Map
The city of Plymouth, in Wash
ington County on the broad Roanoke
River, is up and doing things, ac
cording to C. A. Krause, secretary of
the recently-reorganized Chamber of
Commerce there. Mr. Krause says
that the Plymouth organization will
be expanded into a county Chamber
of Commerce as soon as the territory
can be worked over." " '
Plymouth is now served by two
railroads, the Norfolk Southern and
the Atlantic Coast Line,, and" a third
is being ibuilt by the Blythe-Harrison
interests to give their holdings in
Hyde County ready access to rail
and water transportation for the
marketing of crops. This road is
now within six miles of Plymouth,
the right of way to the city has vir
tually been guaranteed, and, al
though the construction of the road
is temporarily being held up by lack
of funds, it is believed that its com
pletion is only a matter of a rela
tively short time.
Withflfteen feet of water at its
ix rcLirn conn
J Anilrcw narrcs. colored.
carr;od
with being drunk, was fined $5
and
costs ln P1Ice curt here Monday
i morning. -
John Spellman, colored, and his'
wife, Christian, were fined $5 and!
costs each for eneaelne In a famllv1
ch d with
afrrav I
, ,..,. n ... . ' , '
day, was fined $10 and costs for
speeding. The truck made 27 miles
an hour in the test trip.
'mch Portions as you may agree
amon "elves. and t provide!
""' ine company covering
such obligation,
Third, this agreement is to re
main In full force and effect for a
period of one year, subject to re
newal. For your Information, New Bern
and Washington, N. C, will be re
quired to agree to ship a sufficient
volume of business to provide annu
ally not less than $90,000 of reve
nue, and to provide like bonds.
Business compels my return to
New York, where you may commu
nicate with me at 27 Pearl street on
or before July IS, at 12 noon, as to
your Intentions In this matter.
Thanking you for your hospitality,
I am,
Tours truly,
E. O. WAItFIELD.
IS INTERESTED
IN CIVIC CENTER
Enthusiastic Response and
Practical Suggestions Made
For Making Home Town
Beautiful and Prosperous
Editor The Advance:
Just at this time our School Boar
-is giving more or less serious consid
eration to the question of locating the
new high school building they hope to
build as soon as the bonds which
were authorized can be satisfactorily
sold. The committee appointed by
the board favors the purchase of a
piece of land fronting on Road and
Dyer streets known as the Ehring
haus property and also the land in
the rear of the present High School
fronting on Parsonage street and
presumably extending to and includ
ing the old house formerly the resi
dence of Mr. J. C. Commander. The
latter piece of property appeals to me
if it can be bought at a reasonable
figure. In the event this is done
and a school building erected there
on Parsonage street should be widen
ed and surfaced with some soft 'ma
terial. I believe, however, that the pur
chase of the Ehringhaus property for
a school site would be a very serious
mistake. This tract Is bounded upon
one eide by the Suffolk and Carolina
railroad tracks and a little road of
public driveway. Located imme
diately at this property1 is one of the
sewerage -pumping stations. The
objection to the railroad and pumping
station is obvious and both of these
are likely fo be fixtures for years to
come. Hi addition to these objec
tions to this location it he re is this:
that this property bounds what might
be termed the prominent negro sec
tion of the city. Immediately to the
rtr is the largest church auditorium
itijour city, a negro church. While it
is admitted that there are some nice
homes of white people near this
property is it not a fact that a very
large part of the residents of the
whole section just beyond are colored
people, quite a number of whom own
homes? Is it advisable to build one
of our best public buildings in such
environment? Shall we Intentionally
build jvhere we know that such objec
tions!? things will be for perhaps
generations to come? Is it not
wise, V4ry wise, indeed, to locate one
of our test public buildings in suoh
surroundings as shall appeal to and
develop 4he esthetic nature' of our
young men and women along with the
Intellectual and physical? ' Would
not the splendid school we contem
plate built in splendid surroundings
appeal to the pride of our children
which would And expression in their
finer civic life and help to mould
their characters aright?
It has been said this is the best
available and most suitable site for
our school; to build it there would
enhance the value of the property in
that section; that this property can
be bought at a "reasonable" figure.
I submit that no site for this hand
some school building short of the best
is good enough or ought to be seri
ously considered. Would a man
build a very handsome home costing
thousands of dolars upon a poor
site located in what may be a per
manently unattractive and objection
able neighborhood? This building
Is to be center of the higher educa
tional life of our city to which will
be added as future needs demand,
we are building not for today but for
the future generations as well.
jnow as 10 cost., vvnat is a "rea
sonable" figure? Is a piece of prop
erty cheap at any price for the site of
our High Schools, which ought to be
the pride of our city, if It Is not the
best site obtainable for the purpose?
Shall we "economize" (save the
word!) to the extent of a few thous
and dollars and place our fine build
ings, school buildings, remember,
upon so-called "Cheap" sites? Would
you do it If you were erectjng a fine
home of your own? Would you not,
If you did, be penny wise and pound
foolish?
- For the sake of our children, for
the sake of future generations, for
the sake of the growth of our City
Beautiful and Progressive and Pros
perous, don't let us make so serious
a mistake! You may not be able to
measure the loss and damage but It
would be tremendous, nevertheless.
There is Just In front of our pres-
ent high school a tract of land known!
as the "Davis property." On tha
south side Is an open drainage canal
which Is an eye sore and a menace to
our health. This property extends
back several hundred feet to Pool or
Connued on Page 2
The faith cure li a grand thing but
faith must be taxed to Its utmost
when imagination Is required to fur
nish a substitute for a hootch pre
scription.
STATE'S HISTORY
ML BE FILMED
And Beginning Will Be Made
On Roanoke Island In Sep
tember With Reenacting of
History of Lost Colony
LIIistory is to be re-enacted
on KoanoKe isiana in Septem
ber, preparations for the un
dertaking are going on apace
and plans even now are begin
ning to take definite and final
form. x
On the steamer to Manteo Motf
day was Albert O. Clement, ft
Goldsboro, originator of the idea pf
the pictorial history of North Caro
lina and director of photography for
the Department of Education and
the State Historical Commission in
all matters connected with the pro
posed pictorial history. With him
were Miss Elizabeth D. Grimball,
pageantry director; and Frank
Wood of Edenton, representing the
North Carolina Historical Commis
sion. Though now of Ne York
City, Miss Grimball is a native of
North Carolina and thoroughly fa
miliar with the State's early history.
Besides experience at large in "pagean
try she has already staged quite a
bit of historical pageantry ln North
Carolina.
Mr. ClementMiss Grimball and Mr.
Wood were on their way to Manteo
to arrange the proper settings for
the pictures which are to be taken
in September. Old Fort Raleigh,
witfc its stockade, is to be restored.
The log cabins of the early settlers
are to be restored. Vessels are
to be re-rigged to represent the
ships of Amadas and Barlow and of
early colonists. In the Brooklyn
Navy Yard is a reproduction of one
of these ships, and an effort will be
made to secure this vessel when the
picture is staged. Col. Fred Old is
in correspondence ln an effort to se
cure additional vessels from England.
If the vessels themselves cannot be
brought here, they will be taken as
patterns for the ships used In repro
ducing the scenes of the landings of
the various expeditions that anchored
off Roanoke Island In connection
with Sir Walter Raleigh's attempt to
colonize the island.
"In the reproduction of the fort and
the cabins drawings of Governor
White himself will be used as guides.
Mr. Clement has already taken pho
tographs of the scene of the landing
of the first colonists, and filling these
ln with the figures of the watching
Indians and the arriving colonist
has a definite picture of the scene to
be staged when the moving picture
film is set In motion.
The first scenes put on the film
will portray ln moving pictures the
early Indian life before the coming
of the settlers.
Then the first two ships to arrive,
those of the expedition of Amadas
and Barlow, will be shown approach
ing the island and the explorations
of these discoverers will be follow
ed. Then the arrival of the first col
ony, composed entirely of men, in
their fleet of seven vessels, will be
staged and the fortunes of the col
onists followed until their return
home on the ships of Sir. francs
Drake. f
Finally the tragic hlsto, of the
"Lost Colony" will be portiyed and
Its story set forth from the arrival of
the little company In 1587 to Gov
ernor White's unavailing search for
the lost colonists over two years
ater. Among the scenes that will
be depicted and put Into motion pic
ture film will be the christening of
Virginia Dare and the christening of
the friendly Indian chief, Manteo,
from whom the seat of Dare County
takes Its name.
Local talent will be used in, stag
ing the scenes, and in this work the
Department of Education and the
Historical Commission are leaning
heavily on the co-opt-ratlon of the
eoplo of Roanoke Island under the
splendid leadership of Miss Mabel
Evans, county superintendent of
tubllc Instruction. The co-operation
Miss Evans has been able to secure
In her work as county superintendent
of Dare would Beem to Justify the
confidence of the Historical Com
mission and the Department of Edu
cation Ln her qualifications for lead
ership.
All of this Is but the beginning of
the undertaking to present to the
people of the State a vivid depicts
tlon of Its history through moving
pictures. This history began on
Roanoke Island, and so here the first
pictures are to be made. But of the
making of these historic pictures
there Is to be no end until each epoch
of North Carolina nUtory has been
re-enacted down to the present day,
Young Woman
Makes New Record
Drops Over Fifteen Thousand Fwt
From Aeroplane With Para
chute Today
St. Paui, Minn., July 11. Miss
Phoebe Fairgrave, 18, rtMIshel
what Is believed to be the world dec
ord today for the parachute drop for
women when she dropped 15,200 feet
from an aeroplane today.
HARDING INVITES
NATIONS CONFER
Appreciation Expressed by Lon
don Press and Dominion Pre
miers Subject Will Be Dis
armament, of Course
London, July 11. Newspapers
here today printed prominently the
announcement that President Hard
ing has asked Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan to confer at Wash
ington on the question of disarma
ment. Editorial comment Is appre
ciative. Ambassador Harvey Is understood
to have conveyed President Hard
ing's suggestion to Premier Lloyd
George. The Dominion premiers
expressed hearty appreciation of the
effort.
ENLISTED MEN ARE
ASKING FOR DISCHARGE
Newport News, July 11. More
than fifty per cent of the enlisted
men stationed at Fortress Monroe,
Langley Field and Camp Eustls have
applied for discharge.
Made Their Escape
By Silver Spoon
Newark, N. J., July 11. Four
prisoners escaped from Jail here to
day. They secured their liberty by
prying a hole in the metal ceiling
with a silver spoon.
Robbers Get Part
Of Baseball Money
Chicago, July 11. Robbers blew
open the safe at Comlskey Park here
today following the game yesterday
between the White Sox and the Yan
kees and secured $3,000, receipts
from concessions. Gate receipts
amounting to $30,000 had been re
moved to a bank.
ASKS BE BURIED
WITHJMRADES
Laurence L. Kent, Historian
Graves Registration Service,
Found Dead In Paris Today
By Own Hand
Paris, Jui 11 (By The Associated
Press) Laurence L. Kent, historian
of the graves registration service,
who was gassed when serving here
with the American army, was found
dead here today with a bullet in his
heart.
He left a letter asking to be burled
with his fallen comrades of the Sec
ond Division ln Helleau Woods.
A MOST EXCITING GAME
OF HASKIl.M.L TUESDAY
Lovers of baseball will be given an
opportunity to witness a thrilling
exhibition of the great game on the
West Main street diamond Tuesday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, when the
team of the Blackwell Memorial
Young Men's Bible Class will meet
that of the City Road Wesley Bible
Class. Many oldrtime stars will be
seen In action in this game for the
first time ln years. The T)atteries for
the City Road team are Webb, Bray
and Rogers. The manager of the
Blarkwell Memorial aggregation Is
E. E. Prltchard, and of the City Road
outfit, E. L. Rogers. The regular ad
mission fee will be charged.
ADOITS SLOGAN' OF
WAKLKNS WOULD BY '2.1
New York, July 11. The new slo
gan of the Christian Endeavor socie
ties will be "A Warless World by
1923" and all the forces of Christian.
Ity will be enlisted to prevent war.
placed upon the film of the motion
picture machine and to preserved for
the people of North Carolina for all
time. t,j ,xuj ,i.tJl
EXTREMISTS MAY
CAUSEIROUBLE
Truce Between Crown Forces
and Irish Republican Party
Effective De Valera to Lon
don Thursday
London, July 11 (By The Associ
ated Press) It is officially an
nounced here today that De Valera
will come to London Thursday to
confer with Premier Lloyd George
and discuss a basis for settlement of
the Irish problem,.
The truce between Crown forces
and the Irish Republican army Is ef
fective, but apprehensions are ex
pressed that It may be difficult to
control extremists on both sides.
Curfew Iiuw KclinpoHed
Belfast, July 11. The curfew law
was reimposed here today as the re
sult of disorders. This is the only
place In Ireland now under this law.
Warships Have
Left Tampico
Mexico City, July 11. The United
States warships, Sacramento and
Cleveland, have returned from Tam
pico. No explanations have ,been
given as to why they have been with
drawn. Washington, July 11. Receipt of
orders from the Navy Department for
departure from Tampico has been
acknowledged by the cruiser Cleve
land and the gunboat Sacramento, the
department said today. The orders
were not urgent which accounts for
the ships.' failure to sail before this
time.
Lifeless Body Of
Negro Boy Found
AuguBta, Ga., July 11. George
Dunbar, 14-year-old negro boy, was
found here today lifeless with his
head almost severed from his body.
SERVICES ON SUNDAY
AT THE COUNTY HOME
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock
religious services were conducted at
the County Home for both the white
and the colored people.
C. J. Ward and David Simpson
were In charge of the service for the
white people, and the students of the
State Normal Summer School led the
service for the colored people.
TAFT IS SWORN IX
AS CHIEF
JUSTICE
Washington, July 11. William
Howard Taft was today sworn In as
chief Justice of the United States.
Farmers Union Head
Asks Investigation
Washington. July 11. Investiga
tion of operations of the Federal Re
serve Board, the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, the great
trusts such as the steel, coul, credit
and money trusts, was asked of the
Joint Congressional Committee by C.
S. Barrett, president of the National
Farmers' Union. The committee to
day began its survey of agricultural
Qondlt'4ns.
SAYS DEMOCRATIC ATTACK
AMOUNTS TO NOTHING
Washington, July 11. Debating
the permanent tariff bill, Representa
tive Tllson, Republican, of Connecti
cut, declared today that the Demo
crats' attack on the bill amounted to
substantially nothing.
II. Y. I'. U. TONIGHT
The B. Y. V. U. of Blackwell Me
morial Church meets tonight at eight
o'clock. All nieinbers are asked to
be prepared for Bible quiz.
CLUB MEETS TONIGHT
The Young Woman's Club will
meet In regular session at the Com
munity Building Monday night at
eight o'clock. All members are spe
cially urged to be present, for Im
portant matters affecting the sum
mer program for the club will be.
dealt with.
TO DKMVKK MESSAOR
ON BONUS IN PERSON"
Washington, July H. White
House officials today Indicated that
President Harding would deliver his
message to Congress on the bonus ln
person.
FIRST BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Excursion la Thursdav. Jul i.
Tickets are now on sale at O. W.
Twiddy's Grocery Store and St Cul
pepper Hardware Comnnj, np