The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-12-26
uF LIVED HIGH WHILE
- THELIVING WAS GOOD
rrzabeth City Boy Only Travelled in The Million
aire Class For Year or SO, But tie Flew
High While His Wings Held Out

lItv has had 1Iloie he"i "p
,,.,s than are the lot OF ave-
" 40 mortals. Every now and
he hen Elizabeth City gets strange
'"1ss '" OF Charlie Harrison max
m no. a fortune overnight at this
~ ':no or that. AS often comes
.ha news that his fortune has
,a But he always comes
hack. Just now he seems to be
,au,n again. but he will not stay |
1oun long. ThosA who know
t;n, will not be surprised to see
his sailing into Elizabeth City
sone fine day in a family size air
n1ane and spending money like
ths millionaire he likes to be
The story OF Charlie Harrison's
r,+s,4 failure is entertainly told
:, the New York Times, issues
De-, IS. 1919. The Times
u ~
saws;
.75. r;~e and fall of Charles w. Har-
.,, head of Harrison & Co, ship
'!,Y.' ,,nr.han1<. of 12O Broadway, who
,7, = fortune during the first years
s.L, war and lived on a scale accord
ire 70 his income. were revealed Eestef
Is,- whom letters from Harrison, now
- ps14inore. admitting that he can
ror nav judgments. were put on Tile In
tho Srpreme Court in one action
,ra;nst him and in another against his
,rifs Mrs Lima Pearl Harrison.
SHERIFF Knott sent deputy to seize
n,ore than $4,000 worth OF house 1ur-
risbinos at 80 West Eighty sixth st
yyben he arrived he was notified that
Mrs Harrison. who is member OF the
irtonobiIe Club of America. had SUP
LOT her nome to Mrs. Harry Strauss
md had removed part of her effects to
orotbar home at 3 W. Fiftieth Street.
Ar rbis address the Sheriff learned the
Goods had been sent to storage ware
bouse at $40 West Thirty eighth ST
The Sheriff. who under writ OF selz-
urc granted by Justice NeWburger, ser
we'd copy in the warehouse owners
which will tie up all the articles mere.
The writ of seizure was granted IL
e sniff by George T Williams of ~:
Wp<t End Avenue to forecloSe on {
cFa1rel mortgage given by Mrs. Harrl
>on on her house furnishings as secur
ry for the payment of two notes fol
S7o5p given Jan. for loans and pay
able Jan. 24. The notes were not pald
and when Mrs. Harrison hublet ne
home and disappeared from sight OF ne
creditors. Mr. Williams decided to fore
close. Mrs Harrison is said to be Il
Baltimore with her husband.
The fact that Mr.. Harrison was no
worried by judgments against him wa
revealed in a suit by Arnold. Constabl
X Co. to recover S4312 for furnishing
hought in the Summer of 1913. the mos
valuable of which was kermansha
rug for 5000 Thomas +. Hlggln
credit man. said the goods were bougf
hv Mrs Harrison but sold on the ere
dit Of herself and husband. For tn
reason Il judgement by default was el
tered against both
Mr.. Higgins. testified that Mr.. Ha
ri>on wrote from Baltimore IN June, a.
mitting many promises to pay, Dut Sd
ing these promises were made on pro
poets that looked sure at the tim
but failed to materialize." He said
'wouIdn'r be offended". if the clal
We're turned into judgement. becau
he coultln't pay until he had earned t
money.
when Mr.. Harrison was making
fortune shipping. in 1917. he was q
Scribed "a the head of an organlzatl
that ranked among the leaders IN t
>hi}ming world" His associates call
him CAPTAIN Harrison. because he "
Io,. gtna master of is own ship. lie
Il native Of Elizabeth City, y. G., wh'
he was a ship builder. but came III
from Portland. Ore. in 1919. to OF
branch of shipping agency ne 1
conducted there.
He said he personally had done MI
than 50 100000 of business for the
a>ka Steamship Company in addition
other agencies he had handled lie
President of the Alpha Steamship Ce
pany and the Virginia. Carolina NaVl
ton Company. His wife. whom
married in 1902. was Miss Hohano
Poromoke City, Md.