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Eeatetl Wire Associated Press Service The Weather Showt-rs tonipht; Saturday fair. FfMh loiilbwMi winds. VOL. XVll. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA KK1DAY EVENINCI, Jl'NE 10, 1927. SIX PACKS. NO. 138. 'Lindbergh Expects to Fly' Spirit of St. Louis From Washington to New York Tank of Assembling Plane Will Be Begun An Soon As I Possible After the Mem-1 phis Docks Saturday PLEASED W ITH PLANS I Lindy Is Kegarded As n' "Keal Good (Juy" By the Sailors and He Frankly Likes the (.'how on Board | By wireless lo the Associated ' Press. I!, s. r. Memphis. June l o. ' ? (AP)?Col, Lindbergh nahl ><>? d?y that he expects to fly the Spirit of St. IxhiIs, his trans-At lantic plan?, from Washington to i N#w York, as he promised, and perhaps later from New York to Jit. Louis, he added, however, that fall the details connected with his reception were in the hands of tin respective citizens committees and he would defer to their wish es. The task of assembling the monoplane will begin as soon as, possible after the Memphis dock? Saturday. - ? _j The airman has learned of tin reception plana of Washington and New York in wireless mes sages and iie declared that they met with his approval in every .particular, v The Memphis Is expected to chalk up a new trans-Atlantic re cord between Cherbourg and tin? Virginia Capes for man of war or ship of any other class. The cruis er has averaged 22.4 knots. Col. Lindy is regard as a "real food guy" by the members of the engineers force with whom he had "show." The young aviator was perfectly at ease and the men were equally at home at the plain board table, chatting like a lot of boys on a holiday. lie was inquis itive as to tho life of a sailor and the men were ea?er to know about ihls wonderful flight and the l, 836 hours he has actually spent jln the air. Well, there wero no formali jjilea to speak of," said Koxford llCouch, engineerman. of Lawrence HriHe. Georgia, who has been in tne Navy for 10 years, talking of the meal to the correspondent. "Lindy Just walked down the pas sageway, escorted by Lieutenant Lovette. who Introduced tho 20 of us to the Colonol and the fun' began. He seepied to be familiar; with all the uca terms, regarding chow, at least, and I Just believe i he had about the best meal with! us since he left New York. "Why, you know he called for seconds on the pork and I certain ly didn't keep account of his oth er second orders, thought pm sure he ute as much as any one of us. As for the Jamoke <cof-! fee) he had three great big cups and several hunks of cake." * iAit6r ,'lt* 8ouP- nien agreed, Lindy began reaching with a splendid reach for the punt: the1 sailor's nam- for bread. The men began asking questions about his trans-Atlantic flight but the guest gave modest answers and went In to technical details on the ques ts put by th? enginemen. We wanted to know about the > oposed Honolulu flight," Couch <? ?ntinind, "but Lindy wasn't fc>en about going into details afcmit this, and countered by ask about the men on watch, how they arranged the schedule so as to he, able to get hot chow, where they aJept. and how they liked life In I Je Navy. The Colonel told of rt%i parachute experience. His band reached for the creamed po tatoes and he remarked that the ?fads?that's what he called toem?certainly were good. . Before he left us. ho auto graphed all our picture postcards of hiunelf. He "ertalnly had the foods and we Georgians certainly are for him." Colonel Lindy sat at the table between Thomas Hunt, of Jersey City and Jack I. Hearman, of Brooklyn, New York, both ma ^hlnln mates. Charley Neal of Charleston. I would like everybody to know, es pecially In West Virginia, that it Was he who cooked and super Vised the "chow." A continuous round of honors and receptions then will await the knight of the air for the remaind er of his stay In Washington un til early Monday morning when be Will fly to New York. Although his trans-Atlantic Mrplane, th* Spirit of St. Louis. ??Ich is bHng brought on the ?I'mphis. will be reassembled ini imedlately by Navy aviation me chanics upon Its arrival. Colonel LJidy has not yet derlde,| defl-1 f>n*\y whether he will fly this ma-> cblne to New York There hs? been a suggestion here he may pMot an Army amphibian plane so! d N"w Yorl< harbor and thus avoid the danger of the' crowds which are expected tji "IJL!1* landing field on Sfaren Island, Another ptfnr'then* Would fly the Spirit of St. Louis (Continued on page 2) MEMPHIS NEARS VIRGINIA CAPES WITH LINDBERGH \\ a<*liiii?:toii is on Its Ti|> toes to Pay Honor lo Ht? ! ro: l.indv\ Mother (fiiphI of I lie (oolites ^ PLANES MKKT IIIM Drslroyer Humphreys Was l'ir*t, Meeting .Mem phi* 250 Miles at Sea lo Take Over Movie Films Of Capo Henry. Va.. Juno 10.? (An Mi. ttiiiarr Memphis. winr Col. Liudb?rgh aboard was Right ed from the Naval seaplane 2-J-l ai 2:58 |?. hi., today. | IT. 8. S. Memphis, June 10.? l Ity wir. )n .? |,> Ui*' A^sooUied Presa)?Tlid first home contact for Col. t'harles Lindbergh. New York to Paris flier, occurred at 6:05 a in today when the destroy er Humphreys met the sroilt cruiser Memphis at sea The vessels lliet 2T?0 miles off the coast The destroyer took aboard movie films, made of the aviator during the voyage and a bag of official mail which she was to curry to New York. The de stroyer was exported to reach New York iate today. Washington, June 10.? (AK*I ? Washington is prepared lo honor ,tomorrow with one of its greatest welcoming ceremonies in history the heroic NfW York-to I'arU flier. Colonel Charles Lindbergh. Tlie first taste of the admira tion of the American people for I his epic flight, however, was to be i given the 2f>-year-old pilot on the I last stretch of his voyage from Kiirope late today when the Navy dirigible Los Angeles and f.O Army and Navy airplanes, togeth er with a convoy of six destroyers were on their way to meet the cruiser Memphis ns she rounded the Virginia (.'apes. The cruiser was scheduled to pass the capes at 4 o'clock I his afternoon. Meanwhile a proud mother, Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, a Detroit 'school teacher, was anxiously awaiting in Washington the tri umphal return of her son when she can extend to hlin her heart felt greeting. Mrs. Lindbergh quietly left Detroit late yesterday by train and was expected to ar rive here today. She nnd Colonel Liudy are to lie the guests of Mrs. and President Coolldge at the temporary Dupout Circle White House during the aviator's slay In Washington. Tomorrow as the cruiser slowly steams up the Chesapeake Hay and I'oiomac Hlver another array ofl aircraft, one of the largest concon-! trations of flying machines ever] gathered in this country, approxl- j matcly !?0 Army. Navy. Commerce,1 and Post Office Department air planes, together with more than a score of civilian planes, will es-1 cort the avlulor to the Washing-1 ton Navy Yard dock where he will disembark. Outside of the roar of airplane motors and the familiar hand slg najs of pilots, Ihe trans-Atlantic flier will receive no welcoming greeting until President Coolldge and a brilliant array of Govern ment officials, diplomats and fel low famous aviators extend theiri tributes upon his arrival at Wash ington. Ill deference to the wishes of President Coolldge to have the | first welcome in Washington, Vir ginia will not even extend a re-' ccptlon to the flier as he passes, along her coast although Governor llyrd and hundreds of the stale's residents will embark In boats to! cruise along side the Memphis to I catch a glimpse of hint. Governor I llyrd previously had planned to I board the Memphis at the capei. The dropping of a package of messages and his Missouri Nation al Guard uniform with the new spread eagles of a colonelcy which he will don for his reception to-1 morrow from the dirigible Ixis An geles on ttie Memphis' decks was practically his only contact with his homeland today. Met at the flock by three Cabi net members. Secretary of War, Davis, Secretary Wilbur of the I Navy and Postmaster-General New. Colonel Llndy will be the. cynosure of hundreds of thousands in a parade of soldiers, sailors and marines past the Capitol and along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Wash ington Monument. There the Nation s Chief Exec-1 II tire will extend the welcome of the Cnited States to Ihe young hlrdman with an expected crowd of 100,000 as spectators and will f 1.1 flk mi ||LU I. r ft, U ui *1*.. tu AM* K* T inr I?Itl? ni " highest award for aviation achievement, the first Distin guished Flying Cross ever to be lit ruck off. The Flying Croim will be bill one of many decoration* which will be conferred upon tlir avla Cor. The 8mlthaonlan ffinlllulloii ha* awarded him the coveted Langley Medal, given only to the "foundera of aviation," the Na tlonal Geographic Society ban con ferred the Hubbard Medal, the decoration reaerved for famoux e*p4orer* and the U. S. Fla^ Ah Hodatlon will present Its Croaa of Honor for glorification of the Am erican flag. Colson Faces Trial - In Higher Court In Shooting will Colson, ll,7?s on E ' thl. c|t) under probable cau.e (or (Superior Court afr,-r i recorders court V, f '"??'Init In ?l"l |o kUl lnH|y., IrlouH liijurle- ????' ?'ct'n8 bo death "a* iIIT reaultiug in jul the outcome <?r ~ _f . concealed ! c-arrjltiij found guilty BU., w; ?'? aio.il,. I* AiT h,"'""",11 ,u, fetSpfc m"l ">"t Kra.ed !,|? |, ft1':' "as nlren*lheni.l i. .1 ' ^,-hr"?' ?KrT, b?*ald? his ear a """'dine I mediately tJtaZ "" Im Saturday night in rf-. n"' I'o come at once " hut Ji. . j details a, to the occasion ^or*,!'" summons Tlley went H !oT,r.:^r:?rt^4v-*-: psr"?" ?' ?"??s,,?d"?vn"H; ?^r continued, he hurrhd over to llUi^oXXV n"irn' "> he hastened *?to the ? 1 Wh"" I the way. he deil.?.H i l""" ?? jp? iritw w?nirr|T;ii'' wlirirne?d"edU;dhe* XT' "?n KUn but discovered o* '',H rould not grip It?Tf^2. V1*! h" wouldn't have been a'?Vtrli/'ln" morning," he ?ald hl" ruu!rK A,?::rney"],?hAnC,inK?,.'rr"", Bald to havn K ?yeglans?*H on the nlKhl'o" tbhe?Sio" ;^kthXi..IdlihVr,,J.h;;?: be smok'e XL"" Prices Decline As j Potatoes Moving Light Inquiry, a slow market i and continued recension of prices wag reflected today In early re ports from the potato markets of the north and east. the decline sinre Thursday approximating a dollar a barrel. The decline was I coincident with the movement ofj the greatest bulk of potatoes thus I far reported here, the number of [ cars rolling fom Kllxabeth Cllyl over the Norfolk Southern yester-j day reaching a total of 121 cars.! as against 176 cars for the entire) season so far. This brings the to-J tal movement to date up to ap-i proximately 300 oars or 60.000[ barrels. At prevailing prices, the potato shipments from Kllxabeth City should have totalled a half, million dollars. Though prices today ranged! considerably lower than hereto-! fore, from $7 to $8 a barrel gen I erally. with offering as high as $!?' exceptional, there Is yet an amplel margin of profit for the Albe marie grower who, as a rule, ha? a crop as good as or even slight ly better than normal. In an av-, erage y?ar the season usaally opens up with potatoes bringing about 15 and with farmers con sidering themselves making money as long as they can Ret as high as |.1 a barrel for their pota toes. Unique Loader to Banish Barrel Lifting Backache At Potato Digging Time ip/Hiratus Dvsifinvd by thifgh ( fui/tfull and Herman ' Owns, of Uliziihvth Cily\ (iivvn Sitccvtsfnl Try on! on Jitlin Berry harm at W evkavUle Id*y. iwor P*M?>T-lui4ti<4l?U>-4'kUUlUer -i>nL' the worn! hupbear* of the potato* harvesting jM'ri?nl ?the bark breaking task of loading filled barrels of potato*** into wagons 11 the fields- two enterprising KM/-, abeth City residents have deve loped a barrel loading apparatus, that was given its Initial tryout on the farm of John Berry, near Weekuvllle. this County. Krldf The tryout proved Muccennful than Its designers had, hoped. In furl. Mr. Iterrv bought i their demonstration loader -the only one ih"v had and they ranin bark to KlUabeth Cltv without It.! They declar *d Mr. Ilerry'n ten year , old son was able to load barrels ^ , of potatoes into a wagon with it without diffieulty, whereas two , husky lahortTH usually are re Hwired. In the old way. The Inventors are Hugh W. Chappel and Herman V. Owens, of the Spence-HollowI'll company here. They have been workiug on | the Idea for about a year. Mr. | Chappel said, and made one ex-, peritnental apparatus whleh did not prove satisfactory because it was not given sufficient pitch to ' roll the barrels into the wagon. ; This fault was overcome in the contrivance that was tried out Friday, be explained. j The barri-l loader is simple in construction. It consists of pairs of stout runners, bolted together, i In the middle, but allowed enough, 1 pluy to revolve easily. The ap Iparatun is hooked or bolted to the^ I rear of the wagon, which Ih driven through the field inhere dlgfcing is] under way. The wagon stops, and a barrel of potatoes Is tilled overj upon the runners. An the wagon moves on. the end of the runner!*! art* tilled up and make a com-: plete revolution, rolling the bar rel easily Into the wagon. The apparatus* In then ready for the next barrel, Its Inventors de clare that one person can operate. It all day long, without 'Ir'rs-j They promise to have a specimen | loader on display at the Spence 11 olio well Company's store Satur day. A barrel of potatoes weighs front 160 tu 1^0 pounds, depend-) Ink upon condition. The usual way of loading Is for two men to pick j up each barrel by main strength.' a task which becomes exceedingly, wearisome iut the course of n day. Itesiden making the work infinitely | easier. Messrs. <*happell and Owens declare the louder saves much time and the expense of one laborer. They have named It the' C. & O. barrel loader. Besides this apparatus, the two. have developed a seat spring to be. attached to riding plows of a well' known make. The spring, theyi say, has been in successful use for \ two years or more. This y??ar, Mr. Owens developed i a light oue-horae plow termed a middle sweeper, designed to reduce) the number of operations required^ In cultivating corn, cotton, >oy beans and other crops. This, too,] Is declared to have proven sue-' ressful. Mrs. Felton Celebrates Ninety Second Birthday; Says "Best Is Yet to Comef' j Cartersvllle. <?a., June 10.? I (A I* >?'Perpetuating the philos?? [ phy of fh? Poet Drowning, "grow [ old along with me, the bent is yet | to be." Mrs. Rebecca l<allnicr j Kelton, the first woman to become ' United States Senator and t'ar tersvlllo's distinguished and old i est citizen spoke today at u lun cheon In honor of her nluet>?-**?!? ond birthday. | "Am I look buck ward and count I the years. It seems to be a long. ,10111c time. Hut. as I look for I ward. ItIm not nearly no long." said Mrs. Kelton. who many yearn UK" campaigned for the election I of her husband to CongresH from 'the seventh Ceorgia Congression al district and who taught the late Sam Jones. noted Americuu evungollst. his three It's. "Standing in this presence today and grateful to the Lord for tils preserving mercies. I have been thrilled listening to these liieHSUg es of love and friendship here and 'elsewhere." said Mrs. Kelton "AI ho I have been asking myself. I "What do I owe to the times I live In?to my country to my neigh bors, and to my personal friends " { Mrs. Kelton said she had "made the trip," to her advanced age by taking "on.- Ht.'p at u lline" and pray Ink' "to (I oil to keep me in safe paths." Continuing she said "I have had my share of Ill ness, my share of tips and downs, sometimes prosperous and yet. I had to earn my daily breud by teaching school In IHSfi-Cfi. "We put In the best we had to help the boys and girls of that dif ficult period. It was hard work, but the reaults Were flue. To this| day the survivors tell me that It was a great time In their lives. "The evangelist Sam Jones was one of our pupils." Mrs. Kelton related how many ynars later the Kev. Mr. Jones was holding a revival at Cartersvllle after he had risen to great heights, ill rellKlous affairs of the Nation lie paid tribal* to her as his teach er. saying: I DHL CARROLI/S CASE TO BK IIKAKI) BY JURY IfeMfbj Jon.. 10 (Al'i TUe Sutffeme Court of North Carolina today granted I>r. Itobert H, Car- ; roll's request to remand the case! against him. charging grossly im moral conduct with patients and nurses at Highland Hospital. Asheville. to trial before Judu*' i and Jury. Ki.i/.AHCTii rmr (iihi. filtKKTH in KK AM MM An Kllzaheth City girl. In the person of Miss Kllxaheth Krani?r. was accorded the honor of greet ing the alumni In behalf of the alumnle at the commencement at Ouke University last week. She Is] a daughter of Mrs. J I*. Kramer. Bast Main street, graduated at! DUfe* two year* sgo. and has h?"*ttj a member of Ihe faculty "f 'h*l fclltsheth City High School dur ing the past term. I "I am one who believes In pul jtiug ho nit* flow, i m on folks before they die?not waiting until tli??y |can't nee or know anything about It. There in one person In this ludlence who etne into my life when I sorely needed Homebody Just like her. She wan ho valu able to a wild school boy like my nelf that I desire to acknowledge my gratitude on thlH occasion." "Others have nald and written the Hame thliiK to their teacher," nald Mrs. Foil OP who friends nay In more proud of her work In the little country school after the war between the HtateH. than of any of her other contrlbutlonH to Hoclety. "You have cheered thlH aged pilgrim on her long, lone way." Mm. Felton nald lq conclusion, "with only two grandchildren and a bright little great grandchild, I have survived all the rent of my family. You have given mi- the flowers before I go hence to be no more on earth. Like old Hip Van Winkle, I ran only repeat It over and over again, 'Heaven bless you. May you live Ioiik and be happy.' " CltlseiiH of Cartersvllle, the state* and the Nation honored Mrs. Felton at the luncheon. President I nod Mrs. Coolldge sent greetings. Us did T. W. Hardwlck, former governor of Oeorgla who appoint- [ led the pioneer civic leader to the! '|T. S. Senate for one day following | the death of Senator Thomas E. Wttnon. Chief Justice Itlchard ft. Rus-' sell of Ceorgla was the principal speaker at the birthday party |which was sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce. Cora Har ris novelist and other prominent I citizens of Cartersvllle were on I the program. Mrs Felton's two grandchil dren, William H Felton and Miss Annie Felton and her great grand-, child to whom she referred In her ' add/ens were among the guests, j Hundreds of cltltens of this sec tion of the state attended the party. A special edition of the Cartersvllle Tribune News was Is-1 sued in Mrs. Felton's honor. iCAPTURES MEN AND THEIK I.IQIIOK STIIJ. Plil?boro, Jun* id. ? (AP)?A parly of Chatham dxputle* cap I ur??d ihr*i? m?*n. a 4ft gallon at III and a quantity of ma*h In a raid j today In Hear (!rMlt township.. Will l^angler and John Klkln*. whltp and John Whit*. negru. arc held under $i00 hond each for trial. K ittTHQI IRR himx Ks at < iMiti,4rrTKHVii.iJ>: Charlntt*avllle, Va . JUM 10 (AP) Karthquake ahorkx actor#] enough to awaken many resident* wer* felt here ?*arly thin morning alumnla at the romm<?tir?'mr'nt at the aelMmograpli of the I'nlvprslty of Virginia at 1:16 a. m. Arthur J. Weed, In chargp of Hip aelamo- 1 rraph. wtatpd that the torn* *h*ek ? laaft-d ten second* and wan fol 1 lowed bv about 30 seconds of alight tremors. DINNER DANCE FOR AMERICANS GIVEN AT BERLIN Woiiiuii Who Aspire* lo Kly From Germany lo America Will Be Among (iumt* nl Social Function HONORS AN1? TIKI'S American Embassy VI here Kliers Slopping In Killed With Gifts; Many Will lie Sent lo Hospitals Berlin. Juno 10.?IAPI -Am erlcans from all parts of Cler tnvny were (luoklnx lo Berlin to day for a dinner dance to be Riv en by the American Club tonight lu honor oi the trans-Atlantic filers. Clarence Chamberlln and Charles Levlne. Another feature of a day that promise* to se? I lie climax of their vliU to Berlin. Is a great benefit by the municipal of Berlin, at which the burgomaster In lo pre sent them with special plaque*. The aviators Intend to visit Munich and Vienna. They will fly to Prague, capital of Checho slovakia, next Thursday, visiting the International aviation exhibi tion as the guests of the Aerial dub of 1'rugue. Chamberlln Is anxious to make a call at Home as part of his European 'our. "I feel 1 owe It to Rellanca if it can possibly be arranged, to see the eternal city." lie said, (luseppe Hellauca now In New York, de signed and built his plane. Honors and gifts of a kind and a profusion rarely bestowed on In dividuals In Germany continue to^ be heaped on Chamberlln and Le vine because ihey landed on tier man soil In their trans-Atlantic flight. Not only have they heard their praises sounded by President Von liludenburg. Foreign. Secretary! Streseinanu and other officials,j but they learned that one of Ber lin's streets Is to be numed after I , their plane ? "Columblastrasse." Chamberlln received word also that the management of the prin cipal brewery of Bllsen has offered to name oue it its brands j of beer after him subject to hl?i approval, and to present him with j a tankard of honor. Although they have been in Berlin only a little more than 31 days, ihe American Kmbassy.l where the fliers are stopping Is filled with gifts--cigars and cig arettes, golden clgaret cases and silver cups, cases of champague, weiring apparel and floral tri bute*. As neither smokes and; Chamberlln only drinks light beer occasionally some of the gifts are j destined to find their way to hos pltalnmd other Institutions. Among < tljfoso attending to-1 night's dinner of the American will be Then Hasche, Germany's ; woman pilot, who aspires to be the first womau to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight. She expects to fly from Hamburg for the oc casion and expressed the hope that Mr. Chamberlln and Mr. Le vlne would reserve u little time to discuss with her technical de tails of a voyage across the ocean. Bestcity Potatoes May Get Into The Movies Observation of I tin fart (hat strawberry picking In Virginia I wan depleted un the Kox Newa reel at the Alkrama Theater Wed-! neaday of thin week led Itotarian Buxton White to MUKKeiit to the lo mi Rotary Club at itn weekly luo ?heoa at the Southern Hotel Fri day that the potato movement In the Elizabeth City dlntrlrt mlxht I find a place on the Fox or some ] other new* reel film. The matter wan referred to the publicity r?m mittee. of which W II. Foreman j In chairman, with the* HUKKentlon that the Idea he panned on to Sec retary Job of the Chamber of j Commerce. The hlKh price* the potatoen are briniclnic and the quantity In i which they are movliiK would add to the Interent in nuch a film from a new* atandpolnt. It la believed. SHEK1KK WHIT WKIGHT TAKES r*(? IMMSONKKS TO VIRGINIA OFFICERS Hertford. June 10 Sheriff Whit Wright ban returned from a trip to Suffolk which h?* made to deliver to the Virginia author-' llle* O. C Moore anil W. F Cale. charged with the stealing of an automobile. The prlnonern were caught here Wednesday In their, ntolrn car by Sheriff Wright and Chief of Police Hroughton PfONKKIl HI FFHAOIHT IN l>KAl> IV FNiil.ANO Cheltenham, Fng,. June 10. ? (Al'i Victoria Claflln Woodhull Martin. author and pioneer enf fraglat, who ouce raa for freal dent of the United State* died here today. Stop Hiding Wonders Of Carolina, ^Speaker Urges Edenton Group I'll III icily l''oiimlt??l on Stfite'tt Attraction* |)e i mtiImm! al Meeting KKAI>\ TO HFIP plain Frank Winch Yol ; unlcerN In Aid ill Rridgr I (iclcliralion; Deacribcft I California Exploit Publicity, piuh an orange, put j California on the map: and puhli I city piua "more sunshine ami mora i Iioiicmi to goodness climate than | California evc?r had" will do the Name for Northeastern North Carolina. Captain Frank Winch, 'of Washington, HportNinan. writer land native California!), told a large audience at Kdonion Thurs |day night. t 1*he crowd had gathered to dls CUmh plan* for the celebration to, I mark the opening of the mil** and > a huif Chowan Bridge on Wednes Uay, July 2U greatest englneer jlng project ever undertaken In the Albemarle count les, spanning the I last unhridged link In the Atlan tic Coastal Highway, front Maine to Florida, and Joining t h?? North eastern Counties with the remain der of the Stale via the Virginia (Trail. "California and North Caro lina ure peculiarly entwined." Captain Winch, himself of pioneer California stock, told his hearers. "California has climate, sunshine, ishore lands?and a lot of Itunk. 'North Carolina has more sun shine and more honest to good ness climate than California ever 'had; and besides North Carolina I has agriculture, fluid money in her 'banks, moro than ti.Ooo miles of Nwonderful roads, unexcelled shore lands and matchless history," he continued. "Until six weeks ago, 1 never heard of Kdenton. Since .then, I've learned that you've let 'your Kdenton T?*u I'arty emanate I .to the Massachusetts coast. "Why don't you tell the world ahout it?" he demanded, after enumerating various other points of historic interest. "Why don't .you have somebody to greet the Htranger? "Some years ago, California was broke. The railroads couldn't even finance the return of freight cars that had come In from the Kant, loaded, and lay empty in the yards. We decided to paint them yellow and aend them back, laden with oranges. We gave the oranges away, ?wHb tin*?eompUuumts _oL California. Publicity made Cali fornia plus an orange." The speaker defined publicity as "the dissemination of knowl edge, by uiiy and all means." With reference to the opportunity which lies before North Carolina through the medium of publicity, he de clared that, tlie trend of migra tion bad set back toward the Fast. "The pioneers are retracing their footsteps," lie said. "Opportunity now Uett in the Fast. You In North Carolina have u duty and an obligation to tell the world about what you have. "In one of your newspapers," ho continued, "I've found an Idea that Is worth a million dollars, if an Idea can be debased into terms of dollars and cents, lu 300 years, the legend or Virginia Dare has permeated to the farthest corners of the earth. It says that Virginia Dare's spirit was translated Into a white doe, and tliut the doe was killed by a magic sliver arrow. "For purposes or publicity, sup pose we find Virginia Dare. Sup pose she comes down to the Cho wan Bridge Celebration, ami ri views the State's astounding pro gress In the 300 years since she vanished. Suppose she is accom panied by a band of Croatan In dians, with all their pageantry, color and light. "Let um go farther. l.?-i Vir ginia Dare mm>l tin I'realdent. und lli?* Senator**, and axk tin ac count iiik <>f tli?-lr wardship for the ImhI 300 ycara. lining "till farlh**r. Vlrxlmu l)ur?* bun lnt?*r iiailunui HlKnlflcaiii'*-. Ii Ih not un llilnkabl** that I In- Mr If Inli govern nn'fii lutein h * * i m1 a li.ill I *h Ii 11* here to greet her. "Huch ir*> tin* pomdhllltlea throuRti publicity. I uin i:lml to tender what little knowledge I liav?* lo help nut In your Chowan Hrlilic*' celebration," ho a<ld?'d. "The roHt of publicity Ih juat an far an you want to go." Captain Winch continued. "You ran not. Hhnuld not and never will hp able to meannrn th?* co*t by the r?*ultn It In your duty to get behind the wheel, and help put North Caro lina on th<* map." After extended diftciiMlon of a proposal lo laatte a handaom# bookl? t for distribution al the brldK** celebration and afterward, thoae preaeut at tin- meeting vot**d to paa? the suggestion along to the various' Chamber* of Com merce lu tin- territory. Captain Winch volunteered to aire three week* of hi* time to preparation of the booklet. COUNTY QUOTAS SET FOR CHOWAN BRIDGE OPENING | Plan* DitiouhNcd in Detail at IVIaMH Meeting Held at Edenton With Captain I Winch an Chief Speaker NOT TO FEED CROWD | Too Difficult to Provide Attractive Lunelle* for Such Huge Crowd*; Din ner for Speaker*, Officials I Kdenton, June 10.?Quotas forj I the various couuties participating in the Chowan Bridge celebration at Kdenton an<l KitHouse were set at a mans meeting here last I night, at which plan* for the f*yenti |wer? discussed In detail, and an | address delivered by Captain ! Frank Winch, widely knownj sportsman and publicity man. Also. a resolution was passed memorializing the State Highway i Commission' to build a suitable i highway roughly paralleling the West bank of the Chowan River, Southwardly through Hertford and Bertie Counties to the Vir ginia l>aru Trail, at or near Merry Hill, the western terminus of the ! great $600,UUO Chowan Bridge. Preliminary plans for a hand some booklet to advertise the | Northeastern section of the State, j as a section wide enterprise, were .referred to the various Chambers j of Commerce in the territory, | those present feeling that the com mittee In charge of the bridge | celebration should not be bur dened with that heavy task. The [ cost of the booklet Is estimated at | f 5,000. As finally, decided upon after ' long discussion, the following county quotas were set: | Chowan, $1,000; Hertle, $1, 1000; Pasquotank, $1,000; Per quimans, $C00; Camden, $100; Currituck, $300. Total. $4,000. The idea of undertaking to feed i the huge crowd expected at the 'celebration was abandoned defl-< I nltely, the committee agreeing; that It was lest not to tackle the I task, both on account of the heavy! | expense It would entail, and be-1 cause Qf the difficulty of provid ing attractive lunches In such quantities. Only the specially In-! vlted guestB speakers, highway! officials and the like?will be in-j viled to dinner. The crowd at' large will b.* urged to carry basket lunches, and arrangements will be | made to erect abundant cold drink ) and sandwich stands within easy! access. The distribution of the various county quotis was decide?) u;ion on the basis of the relative size and wealth of the various coun ties, and the degree to which the construction of the bridge l? ?i pected to benefit them. Members of the finance com mittee follow: Hertle - -J. A. Pritchett. chair man; W. L. Powell and U. Phelps; Camden -K. K. Fore-, hand, chairman; T. C. By rum and! Mrs. Emmet t Elliott; Perquimans | ?j. C. Blanchard, chairman; J. H MeNlder and T. 8. White; Pas quotank?W. Edward (Irlffln chairman; Harry (J. Kramer and I CI. R. Little; Currituck?-E, R. Johnson, chairman; and the Rev ' C T Thrift and R. L. tlrlgg* j July 1 was set as the final date for raising the $4,000 which will be required to put across the eel-, ?bratlon on the basin of the pre* ent plans for entertainment and' publicity. Charley Wood, of Eden-1 ton, was elected general treasurer of the celebration. I Brings In Sails And Anchor of Lorena The Unit*! Htat??* ('nam Ouard ( culler Pamlico docked Friday at ? the wharf at the foot of Main] atreet to put aahore aalla and an-j chor of the two maate<i achooner: l/<>ren? which capaised off New -j port Newa Point la Alligator river] in a wind and hall atorm on Crl-. day, June J. Aaked If it waa poaalhle to float ' lh? achooner, a member of th?* crew of the Pamlico replied In thai negative, explaining that both her; milia were atuck in the mud and | the venae! waa going to place*. Aboard the l*or?>na when ahe' waa reacued waa only the raptaln, Nat (Jodby, who waa rea<-uod after an hour in I he Vater rliuglng to the rigging, badly buffett*d by the Wivea and brulaed by the hall i utonea.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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June 10, 1927, edition 1
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