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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1923. FOUR PAGES. 'no. 208
DEPLORES LACK OF
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Column Tells Kiwaiiians VS'lir
hliz:ilietli City Is IVot Kee|i
inj: Step with Progress in
l!?'st of North Carolina.
Thirteen years ago Elizabeth City
held ninth place in population j
among the cities or North Carolina. I
Today her rank is seventeenth, Lack I
of community spirit, which lack has I
held the town back in everything |
save as a mere mercantile distrlbut- >
ing point, was cited by W. L. Co
hoon of this city, counsel for the
Stat Highway Commission, in a
brief address before the Eliz
abeth City Klwanls Club Friday ev
ening, as the principal reason for
the failure of the town to continue
its growth at the pace set in the
decade between 1900 and 1910.
From 1900 to 1910 Elizabeth
City's population increased 2 5 per
ccnt. From 1910 to 1920 the rate
of Increase was hardly five per cent.
Lack of ideals and vision?the in
ability to see anything but the dollar
and that the dollar just in front of
one's nose?Mr. Cohoon declared to
be the point wherein his own home
town had been weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting.
"My uork?with the State Highway
Commission for the last two and a
half years," said Mr. Cohoon, "dur
ing which I have visited every one
of the 100 counties in the State, has
given me extraordinary opportunity
to know my own State and to appre
ciate thp immense strides it is mak
ing In the march of progress. Only
a few days ago, for Instance, I stood
on the courthouse steps at Murphy.
124 miles from Atlanta. 122 miles
from Ashevllle and Bit miles from
Elizabeth City. There you have a
striking illustration of the extent of
your State.
"The industrial, economic and ed
ucational development of North Car
olina is the present day marvel of j
the Republic. On a recent trip to.
_N< w England In the course of which |
I visited 12 states It was- hi Clllll Mil ill
occurence in any of the states vis
ited to hear North Carolina's prog
ress commented on. and I was struck ]
with the contrast between the New'
Kncland mills, some of them Idle and
some operating on half time sche
dules, and those of North Carolina,
where practically all are running full
time and some are running day and
uight.
"Within a radius of 100 miles of j
the spot where the Mecklenburg dec
laration of Independence is supposed
to have been signed are more cotton
mills than are to he found within an j
equal radius of Fall River. Massa
chusetts. a city for decades the cen- 1
i. r of the textile industry of A inert- |
ca. For many years Ipswich, Massa- j
chusetts, enjoyed the distinction of
having the largest hosiery mills In
the world, hut today Ipswich is
? clipped by the North Carolina town
of Durham.
"At Greensboro Is the largest den
im mill In the world and three out
ot every four men clad In overalls
don a North Carolina product.
"At ItoanoKe Is the largest damask
mill In the world, while at Kanna
polls is the largest towell mill in the
world. The chances are more than
even- that the cover on your table j
and the napkin at your plate are)
North Carolina products.
"At Winston Salem Is a factory
that pays each year an excess income
tax on $lf?.000.000. In the same
town Is one of the largest underwear
factories In the world and probably
one-half of the men at these tables
are wearing n. V. D.'s tonight that
were made In North Carolina.
"In Winston-Salem again Is the
strongest financial Institution south
of the Potomac, the Wachovia Ilank
Si Trust Company, while Greensboro
Is the largest insurance center south
of Philadelphia, and now nearlng
completion In the Gate City Is a typ
ical metropolitan skyscraper.
"North Carolina today Is produc
ing more than 7f> per ccnt of the
mica In the world, snd every time
you take down your telephone re
ceiver vou hold In your hand a North
Carolina product. The famous crock
ery mills of East Liverpool, Ohio, are
getting the bulk of their Kaolin and
feldspar from Mitchell, Wataugua
and other Western North Carolina
counties.
"You will observe that none of
these wonderful developments are In
Eastern North Carolina and the corn
eal plain. There are three distinct
divisions of North Carolina?the
mountain*, the piedmont, and the
coastal plain. *nie mountains nnd
the piedmont are making progress.
Tlu're community spirit abounds nnd
\t manifest. Discord and dissension
at* not apparent as In the agricul
tural towns of the east.
"Two towns In Eastern North Car
olina are conspicuous for their dls
f. :i-ion. They are Wilmington and
Elizabeth City. Both have been out-,
stripped In Increase of population. In
industries, In wealth and In civic de
velopment. A few years ago Wil
mington was the State's largest city
and only seaport. Today It Is prac
tically without Industries and scarce
ly anything more than a distributing
point for wholesale mercantile enter
priser nerving the southeastern part
of the State. Wilmington will not
thrive, In my opinion, until discord,
now so apparent even to the stranger,
has abated.
"What Is true of Wilmington Is
equglly true of Elizabeth City. \
Continued on Pago Three
ril'ILS KKMIVDKI) TO
l?|(KI?.%liK H)lt SCHOOL
All grammar urade a??<1 high
school pupils who are entering
the Elizabeth City schools for
thf first time are requested to
meet at tin* Hiuh School Tues
day morning. September 11. at
0 o'clock. Those who have
passed the seventh grade ex
aminations in the rural schools
will at that time come pr?-par<d
to stand the examinations or
present their examinations pa
pers for inspection. All pupils
conditioned and who have at
tended summer school and ex
pect to try to stand off their
conditions will also meet at III'1
High School Tuesday morning,
September 11, to take the ex
aminations.
All pupils in the first three
grades who expect to enter the
Elizabeth City schools for the
first time are requested..to meet
in the Primary School on Har
ney street between the hours of
9 and 11 Thursday and Fri
day mornings for classification
and assignment. It is suggest
ed that It would be wise for the
mothers to accompany them in
as many c^jses as possible.
All pupils promoted from the
seventh grade to the high
school are requested to meet
the principal. A. H. Combs, at
!? o'clock on Friday morning,
September 14. for a conference.
DENNIS APPOINTED
TO RECEIVE COTTON
Local Freight Agent Will
U)?k Out for Cotton
Shipped by Cotton Co-oper
atives of This Section.
|.M. E. Dennis, freight agent, has
been appointed receiving agent for |
cotton delivered by members of the '
Cotton Growers Co-Operative Asso
ciation of this section.
MillOll Mn in.m.?fit Id n pn-mnta
live for the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Co-Operative Association,
was in the city Friday to look the j
situation over and to officially ap- .
point Mr. Dennis as receiving agent.,
"We have averaged members 22
cents a pound net this year, said Mr.
Norman," and expect to pay them
this season $15 per bale more than j
the average price receivejl by non
members. This will amount to quite
a good surplus for members of the
Co-operative Association.
"Farming," continued Mr. Nor- :
man. "is the biggest business in the
world, but it takes co-operative mar
keting to make it a profitable busi
ness, as other sections of the country
have demonstrated.
"In February. 1922. plans were be
gun for the North Carolina Cotton
Growt rs Association. In August of
the same year, little more than a
year.ago, a general manager was se
lected and he began to organize the
association and to get ready to ac-1
tually receive the cotton.
Tin- co-operative handling of cot-1
ton was new in North Carolina. There '
were no offices, no grading rooms, |
no warehouses. Yet something had
to be done immediately.
"Cash was needed to take care of
the sight drafts which would come as >
soon as cotton was shipped out.
"The bankers of North Carolina]
were canvassed and a revolving fund |
of $3,000,000 was secured so that1
the association would pay "members' J
drafts as they were presented.
"The cotton came?135,000 bales,'
and not a single draft was unpaid {
where the draft was properly made
out and presented.
"Moreover, it is believed even by
the outsiders that the Co-operative'*
steadied the market and thus bene
fitted not only members of the asso
ciation, but all cotton growers:
"The newspapers and banks have
been our friends." said Air. Norman."
In Klizabeth City I am sure that all
the banks are our friends. I have had
dealings with the branch hanks of
the Carolina Hanking and Trust Com
pany at Columbia and Hertford and
found them to .be the staunch friends
of the farmers of their sections.
"The appointment of a local re
cevlng agent will he of considerable
advantage.to the farmers of this sec
tion. and 1 am sure that Mr. Dennis
will prove a friend Indeed to mem
ber of the local Cotton Orowers Co
operative Association."
"LAW IU HTLKItH" TONIGHT
Today the featured attraction at
the Alkrama Theater Is "The Law
Rustlers." a new Arrow Western
photodrama adapted from W. C. Tut
! tie's adventure story of the same
name. It was produced by Hen Wil
son and stars William Fairbanks.
Once again William Fairbanks
[scores heavily, and It seems that he
must moM certainly he following the
estimable M. Coue's advice, for with
each succeeding picture he gets bet
ter and better. "Th' Law Hustlers"
lis his fifth story in the \y. C. Tattle
series, and to us It seems e-islly to be
the best. Fairbanks, unlike a great
number of his contemporaries In the
field, Is not only a two-fisted dare
) devil whose riding, gun play, and
I stunts are without equal, but Is an
j actor of real ability who can get over
the more subtle dramatic values in
a story and who plays hit love scenes
like a veritable Romeo.
Local Red Cross
Will Raise $300
Kiwanis Response Augurs Well
For Japanese Relief Fund
Here
The Elizabeth City Kiwanis Club
voted a doiiatioti of $25 from the
[treasury to Japanese relief at its hi
'weekly banquet Friday evening,
individual members to make such ad
ditional contributions as they might
see fit.
The cause of Japanese relief was>
presented to the Kiwanians by Sam
uel H. Templeman. pastor of the
First Baptist Church, and the club's
action in voting a contribution to the
fund was hearty, prompt and unani
mous.
At the same time that the Kiwan
ians were voting a contribution to
the fund the Elizabetn uity Chapter
of the Red Cross was formulating
plans for collecting Elizabeth City's
quota of $300 to this fund. It was
thought that with need so great and
with the amount asked for relative
ly so small, it would be only neces
sary to bring the matter to the at
tention of the various fraternal or-i
ionizations. clubs and churches of
the city and that the quota would be
thus readily oversubscribed.
The Kiwanis Club responded in a
way that would seem to augur Wf-11
for the success of the plan.
Th*? resolutions passed by the local
Red Cross Chapter Friday were as
follows: >
"1. Whereas the most awful ca
tastrophe in all recorded history has
befallen a Uirue- proportion of the
Japanese nation, missionaries and
visitors of that unfortunate Island,
Involving the loss of several hundred j
thousand lives and incalculable in-]
jury, want and suffering,
"2. And whereas the local Red I
Cross of Klizabeth City fs asked to j
aid in raising funds to the amount of,
three hundred dollars for the r?llef
of the persons thereby imperilled,
"HE IT RESOLVED that the local |
Red Cross appeal to the different :
churches, civic and fraternal org v J
zntions of tln? rltv and County for!
contributions for this cause;
"And that tlrtK-nfipeal he published
In the papers of the cltv."
Committees were appointed to
bring this appeal before the organi
zations mentioned. Contributions are
requested to be sent to ^Ir. Harny
Jennings, of tlm Savings Hank A.
Trust Company, treasurer of the Red
Cross of Elizabeth City.
COKINTH REVIVAL
TO CLOSE SUNDAY
The revival meeting which has
been In progress this week at Corinth
Baptist church has been largely at
tended.
Friday night the church was filled,
and a great number were turned
away for the lack 6f room.
The pastor. Rev. R. F. Hall is be
ing assisted in the meeting by Rev.
A. ('. Hamby. supt. of enlistment of
the Haptist State Mission Boapd. i
Deep spiritual interest is being mani
fested in the meeting. There have
?been ten conversions thus far. The
meeting will continue through Sun
day night, with preaching tonight at
8:00 o'clock and three services on
Sunday., Sunday a. m.. 10 o'clock.
Sunday p. m.. at 3:15, and 8:00 p. m.
KIW A XI A VS CO.VTIllIII TK
BENEFIT "OIM^ORTI'.NITIES"
Jim Stalllngs and the, Elizabeth
City band were given a vote of,
thanks by Elizabeth City Kiwanians!
at the club banquet at the Southern !
Hotel Friday night, for their contri
bution to the enjoyment of the lit
tie folks who were the guests of the |
Kiwanis club at a picnic last week.
While the various committees that
were In charge of arrangements were '
nil congratulated on the success of
the event.
The Kiwanians had as their quests
34 8 of the city's children selected by
the County Welfare Officer as tlifis"
to whom picnics and good times gen
erally were out of the ordinaly and
the little fellows had the time of the
year at Dawson's lieach. with bath
ing privileges and refreshments free. j
During their banquet hour Frldav
night the Kiwanians also took a col
lection to be turned over to the boun
ty Welfare OfTlcer for use hi the re
lief of worthy rases of need listed as
"Opportunities" In a recent Issue of
this newspaper.
ftKPORT COTTON i.ivni n
TO SKITKMIIEH FIRST
Washington. Sept. 8 -Cotton!
ginned prior to September l amount-[
ed to 1.H1.337 bales. Including 51.- ?
7ft7 round bales, count< d as half
i bales.
\o rAttKft TRIED l\
I'OMCK rot RT SATI RDAV
| No esses were up for trial In the
|recorder's court Saturday and no,
, formal session of court was held, the
jnotlng of a submission Friday ;ift? r
? noon and a fine 6f $5 and costs for
!operating a motor car with a defer
' five muffler being the only matter of
-which the rourt tenk judicial nnTTco.
The defendant In this rase was I,. B.
Woodhouse. Currituck farmer.
S\VE \TEItS ARE HKMJNf*
AT E. M. CMEHNOX *'<).
Sweaters adverflsed hv E. S. Che*
son Company at special prlre* in 1 he
J Advance Friday attracted shooters
) Saturday morning and were still go
Ilng strong when The Advance went
to press. The nsle lasts unt'l the
store clonA at 9 o'clpck tonight.
ITALY'S DEMANDS
SEEM SATISFIED
Council of Ambassadors* I*r<?
posals Almost Identical with
tile Italian View of tin
Situation.
IB* Th? AancUtrd Prni)
Paris, Sept. s.?The proposals con
tained in the note which the Inter
Allied Council of Ambassadors sent
to Greece are virtually identical with
those of the original ultimatum dis
patched to Athens by Italy.
All the penalties the council would
impose are now in conformity with
the Italian demands except that the
Hellenic fleet shall salute the flags
of the three Allied nations instead
of. Italy's alone and that the highest
Greek military authority shall pre
sent his govrnment's regrets for the
Janinu murders to the three Allied
dlplamatl^ representatives in Athens.
American Legion
Program Is Ready
Meeting Begins on Wednesday
At Rocky Mount and Many
Soldiers Are Expected
Rocky Mount, Sept 8.?Ex-service
men. several thousand strong, are ex
pected to gather here Wednesday
and Thursday for the fifth annual
convention of the North Carolina de
partment of the American Legion.
Rocky Mounfl alreudy is preparing
to receive the men who answered
Uncle Sam's call in the past war.
Progarm for the convention has ben
completed and only final (touches re
main to be made to arrangements be
fore the city will be in readiness to
receive the Legionaries.
In conjunction with the conven
tion of the state department of the
Ameriran Legion, will be ihe annual
mei-ung o 1 the .SflHIi t .iiullna dlvls
lon of the American Legion auxiliary.
Several hundred women are expr cted
to attend.
Principal among the speakers on
on the I^eglon convention program
are Major General John A. Le J.one,
of th?- Piiij.-iLStati s Marine Corps.
Urigjjdirr General Frank T. Hlnes,
director of the Veterans Bureau;
Brigadier General A J. Bowley. r\>m
m.inding officc r of Fort Bragg, and
Frank A. Hampton, of Rocky Mount.
The completo program for the two
days or the convention follows:
Wednesday, September 112
Morning Session:
Band concert,
9:30?Convention called to order
by James A. Lockhdrt. of Charlotte,
department commander. "America,"
sung by entire audience led by Mrs
George A. Westbrook.
Invocation by department chap
lain; ff, L. Parsley. Clinton, N\ C.
9:40?Address of welcome by May
or T. T. Thorne. Rocky Mount
Response by Francis A. Clarkson,
Charlotte.
10:00?Reading of minutes of
fourth annual convention.
10:05?Report of credentials com
mittee. - i. i
10:10?-Report of Committee on
permanent organization.
Report of committee on rules.
10:25?Report of departmental
officers. (All report except that of
the commander to he written out and
presented to the secretary.
11:00?Joint meeting with state'
division. American legion auxili
ary.
11:15 ? Appointment and an
nouncement of committees.
11:30?Address -by Major A. Le
Joune, IJ. s. m. C., introduced by
Major General A. J. Bowl. v, com- j
manding officer Fort Bragg,
Afternoon session:
2:15?^Convention called to or
der. "Carolina" sung by audience,
led by Mrs. George A. Westbrook.
2:25?Report of executive com
mitter.
4:00 ? Introduction of special;
guests and representative* of various
organizations.
4:45?Motor drive and supper at]
nearby city.
P:.*?0?Reception ard dance given I
by Rocky Mount aux.liary unit and I
the Coleman-Pitt post. No. 58, Amer
ican Legion.
Thursday, September Itt
Morning xession:
9:15?Convention called to or-1
d?r. Report of committee on time
and place.
Report of resolutions committee.
Introduction of other special I
guests.
9:45 -Form for parade.
10:15?Parade starts.
11:30?Memorial service.
11:45?Address by Brigadier Gen
eral Prank T. Mines, director of the
Veterans Bureau. introduced by
Frnnk A. Hampton, Rocky Mount.
Lunch..
Afternoon session.
2:15 Convention called to order.
Report of convention committees.
Unfinished and new business.
Election of officers.
4 ? 30?Adjournment.
6:00?Old fashioned Eastern Car
olina barbecue at Braswell Park,
given by T. T. Bland.
10:00?Legion Jubilee and street
[dafce at Five Points Square.
Italian Consulate
Burned By A Mob
<?? n.- ri.M.1
Rome. S?>pt. s.?The Italian con
sulate at Pal ran. Greece wan today
burned bv a mob during au ami
Italian demonstration. said a dis-l
patch to the (Siornale d'ltalia from
Corfu.
An Italian colony numbering &.-I
000 organized a counter deinoiiMru
ti?>n and there were victims on .both
sides. The police and military sur
rounded the Italian quarter for its
protection.
Farm Census Report
Of Gates Completed
Shows Acreage, Tenants, Live
stock, Fruit Trees And
Other Details
Raleigh. Sept. 8?The first county]
farm census report completed this
>ear. that of Gates county, was mailt* |
public today by Frank Parker, crop!
statistician of the Department of Ar-i
?rlculture., j
KVery one of the 100 counties of
jforth Carolina are expected to make
census reports this year and 7 4 per
cent of them probably will make re
ports from each of the component
townships, said Mr. Parker. "This
work is the result of the cooperative
efforts on the part of county com-,
mission?rs and the State and Federal
departments of agriculture, the in
formation >being secured through the
regular township tax supervisors,"
the agricultural statistician con
tinued.
Copies of the county farm census
reports are available, as they are
completed, at Mr. Parker's office in
the new state agricultural budding
here.
"The first report issued concern
ing Gates county," says a statement
Issued by Mr. Parker in making pub
lic UK' UMIIIII, "Hltuwh Mir .n i r im'
and the number of productive live
stock. land divisions, tenants, amount
' of fertilizers used, fruit trees plant
Jed, etc.. together with the. number
.of owned farms from which each was
(reported. Similar information is al
| so given by townships. Graphic.
! dra-wi^g* nre made to ' show tho
county township divisions, together
.with the proportional land area cul
tivated. Another circle graph shows
; that the "part of the county area cul
tivated by owners Is 19 per cent. by
j tenant*. 11 per cent; idle land. 4
I per cent and Woodland. U4 per cent.
[Another graph shows-that corn occu
pied .'*6 per cent of the county's area,
rotton 22 per cent; soy beans 5 per
cent; sweet potatoes 2.5 per cent and
other crops 4.5 per cents. A line
graph shows the number of farms on
'Whirl), each of the crops is grown.
' Reports for other counties are 'be
ing completed and will be issued as
rapidly as possible. Subsequent re
ports will show the number of acres
as compared with th" census figures
for 19 19 crops and 1920 live stock.
Thin Information will go to county
officials nnd others interested In the
particular county to which the in
divldunl report applies.
"The farm census reports aro the
final proof that sit last the farmers
are getting some reliable Information
on which they can analyze their econ
omic farm conditions an dmay.safe
ly plan for another year's work. The
educational agencies then can utilize
this to a great advantage by com
parison with neighboring counties
and* determining th degree of diver
sification existing.
"The Idle laud factor Is certainly j
one deserving considerable attention.)
especially as this may relate to thel
degree of farm abandonment and la-'
bor shortage that exists, the causes,
of which may be various."
COTTON TAKES JIJMI*
Font nou.AKs bam;
New York. Sept. H Cotton jumped
$1 a hale in the local market today, j
October selling up to 27.10.
Further advance took October
up to 27.00.
New Orleans. Sept. 8.?A bulge of
75 points on the strongest position
on the cotton market was the result
of the heaviest buying encountered
of the heavies buying encountered
since the Inception of the present
bull campaign. All months were
sent to new high levels for the sea-,
son.
4XVTTOtf MAHKKT
New York. Sept. K. ? Spot Cotton,
closed stondy, Middling 28.1)5. an
advance of 115 points over he open
ing. Futures, closing bid. Oct. 27,40
70. Dec. 27.40-45. Jan. 27.00-05.
March 27.00-15. May 27.2T.. July
26 70-Tradlng
New York. Sept. S.?Cotton futu
res opened today at thif following lev
els: Oct. 26 85-27.00. Dec. 26.*0
*5, Jan 26.45-42. March 26.50-55.
May 26.60-55. Olnners Report.
Ginned to Sept. 15. 1.141..137 bales.
E. I/. Rogers Is able to resume bis
duties with the Qulnn Furniture
Company. afler balnn ill for several
day a.
THRILLING TALES
TOLD OF DISASTER
'.\s ('nimnuiiication Is
talili-lifd Willi Japan, Vt it
nexsps of ('ata*tmphi- Give
K\|H'i-i?-nco!i.
|Ri Ttie AovK-ur.tl Pr#?0
St.irles of mountains that hIUI int?>
valleys. of huge waves that swept
seaward hundrds ot ocean bathers at
coast resorts. of.the Yokohama hotel
that litfrally sank Into the earth,
and of other spectacular Incidents
witnessed by survivors of the Great
Disaster are being given to the world
as communication in and out ot Ja
pan Is gradually restored.
The Toklo correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says 500 foreigners
were killed In Yokohama, earth
quake and fire left the foreign resi
dential sections In ruins, and dead
bodies were everywhere when the
Hames had passed. Hotels in the port
city were obliterated. The loss of
life in the capital was not as large
as first reported.
According to the first message
sent over the re-established Toklo
Kobe line, probably 10,000 persons
lost their lives In the uptown section,
most of which wns spared.
Washington, Sept. 8. The safety
or additional Americans caught In
the earthquake disaster in Ja'pan was
established in a message to the
Department today from Consul Pnvls
at Shanghai, transmitting' the ?ferl
tled reports gathered by Consul Dock
er at Kobe.
Two hundred foreigners were
killed at.Yokohama, according to ths
Navy Department's first direct word
from that port received from Admir
al Anderson, commander-in-chief of
the Asiatic fleet.
Coal Strike Will"
End In A Few Days
Harrlsburg. Pa. Sept. 8?Com
plete agreement was reached between
lU" npi't.mns .mil in I in rn at Oliver?
nor Plnehot's conference Friday and
the possibility for the coal strlkt*
ending in a few days was forecast.
BENJAMIN SHARPE
SUCCEEDS 8TROUP
Washington. Sept. K. - Prohibition
Commissioner Huynes today an
nounced I lie promotion of llr-njamln
iSbarpe, head *?f the prohibition flela
! forces in the North Carolina-Vir
ginia district, to be divisional chief
j of that district, succeeding A. II.
jStroup, transferred1 recently to lloa
, ton.
papyrus will come
TO AMERICAN RACES
<11* A t?<1 I'rwi)
London. Sept. X. It has been def
initely settled that Papyrus will go
ro the l ulled States to race the best
\ me rim ii three year-old this fall, C.
J. Fitzgerald, agent for August Hel
rnont. wfio came here to negotiate for
the Knglish horse's aiipearance, an
nounced today.
QUARTER OF MILLION
FOR TRINITY COLLEGE
New York, Sept. 1.r?The will of
Angler Duke, millionaire tobacco
merchant, drowned on Labor Day at
(treenwtoh, Connecticut, was filed to
day.
^durational and charitable fce
qnests aggregated $2!?2.000, includ
ing $250,000 left to Trinity College/
Durham, N. C.
i im i rsMivi; trip
Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Houtz, Billy,
Kenneth and Jeanne Houtz. and
Lemuel lllades returned Friday
night from n fishing trip at Oregon
Inlet. They left Monday and arrived
In time to see 60 or f?0 airplane*,
hydroplanes anil dirigibles on their
way to blow up the battleships off
Crt|?e Hatteras. They also noted the
passing of a passenger plane plying
between Havana anil New York City.
"The weather was not good tor
trout," said Mr. Houtz. "A few da s
before we got there some flsherrven
caught 2,000 pounds of trout wltli
(lie wind blowing from the North
east. Hut the wind had changed
when we started fishing. Anyway
those fellows must have got them
nil."
However, the Houtz party brought
hack 200 pounds of fish, chiefly
flounders, and they were beauties.-,
BUSINESS trip is
M \I)K BY SEAPLANE
Mnnfrn. S?pt. 7.?A W. Drink
water left on a seaplane Thursday
to nttend to business In Norfolk.
Miss llazcl Willi* left Tuesday to
spend a few days In Norfolk.
Miss Lucy Midgett Is visiting rel
alive* in Norfolk thin-week.
Mrs. Charles Wnymack of Rich
mond 1? visiting her mother here.
Miss Rosa Fiilcher passed through
Manteo Tuesday enroute to Norfolk.
Miss Salome Harnett Is visiting rel*
atlves at Currituck lleach.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hampton re
turned Saturday to Poplar Branch
after spending some time with rela
tives and frlenda here. , .