The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-16
ELIZABETH CITY HAS A
SHOW TO GET COLLEGE
Edenton and Ahosl<ie It's Only Rivals For The
Location of Historic Baptist Female
University

Elizabeth City STANDS DeIteT
than a fair show to secure Cho-
wan College, if that Baptist te-s
male educational institution is re-
moved from Murfreesboro where
# was established in 184o. This
is the report brought back by
DELEGATION Of Is Elizabeth City
men who attended a meeting OF
the Board of Trustees Of Cho-
wan College at Ahoskie, n. c.
Wednesday, Jan. IA and laid the /.
claims of Elizabeth City before
that body.
! Only three towns stand any show OF
securing Chowan College If it removes
from Murfreesboro. Those towns are
Ahoskie Edenton and Elizabeth Clly-
Ahoskie stands a show only BECAUSE tne
majority of the members OF the boaru
of Trustees live in the Ahoskle TERRITORY.
Ahoskie has nothing unusual to offer IN
the way of a site, offers only @oO'ooo
in cash and. there is nothing partlcuiarE
attractive about the town. 1t is ciailn-
ed that flying machines pass over Anus
. kie every day or so. but flying machihe"
will not drop anything more tnan nion
KEY wrench Or a spatter OF cylnuer oii
into the lap of a female college. IL nust
. not be overlooked however that AMOS
kie is live, husky. determined ener-
getic frontier town with pleasant ac-
. ouaintance with a majority OF ChoWan
. College trustees.
q Greenyille. that thriving Pitt County
O. metropolis that was making Dlo ZOE
4 Chowan College, is out OF the running
!. Chowan College belongs to the ChoWah
+ and West Chowan Baptist ASSOCIATIONS
v and those Associations are not goihs
to. send their baby out OF this corner
r Of the state to be a founding for Green
-. Vile. But whatever show GreenVlle
had was lost. when the Greenyllle dele
. cation went to Ahoskie Monday and
!. +riad to discount other communities oy
-. ridicnle and pressure from DIR. b. W..
- Snilman. president of the Baptist STATE
Conyention. DR.. Spillman sent a letter
ITO the Chowan College Trustees, sent IT
bv the Greenyille Delegation; telling tne
lTrnstees that he was opposed to moving
N the college, but if it must be essnayed ne
wanted itss moved TO ttttreensi lless
bslilch lsaps
lists what te do, They pride themselves
unon their democracy and acknowledge
;s no dictatorship. DIR. Spillman's letter
+ had the effect of throwing fat on fire.
l. Walter Cohoon of Elizabeth CITY took
" 1.-The floor in Ahoskie and paid his re-
B. spects to DR.. Spillman. whom ne ac-
7. cused of trying to set himself up as a
A tnone a bishop or an arch bishop OF
7. Baptistry. He said DIR. Spi!lman was
e. as tall lying down as he was stanolns
O. m and. in his opinion. the Doctor was
f. living when he wrote that letter TO the
r. Board of Trustees, Mr.. Cohoons excor-
"a iation of DR.. Spillman created a milo
H sensation and seemed to meet with gen
81. eral approval. Certainly, no one chai
"a lenged it.
IS TO an outsider there are only two 10
III cations for the serious consideration o.
lly the Trustees of Chowan College. The!
are Edenton and Elizabeth City. Eden
aid tou offers the college a free site and
vi cash bonus of 100000. Elizabeth Git!
est offers the college a free site ant
his cash bonus of $4,000. 1t woul'
ng lappear that Edenton here has the Des
ich end of it. but there is doubt abou
ar the genuineness of Edenton's offer. NJ
lu- one has seen subscription list iron
Edenton with even so much as $25,OO
subscribed for Chowan College. 1t 1
also suggested that Edenton's offer o
II a free site should be thoroly lnvestlgat
ed as there is some talk OF string De
len ing tied to that site.
pS And so Elizabeth City stands res
az show of getting Chowan College. 1t
VI now I'D to a committee of seven OF tn
Trustees. This committee will vis
ars I11;u.ho+b C,;+v of an earl
'oi- date and report it's findings and recon
ars mendations to the Board of Trustees
Elizabeth City has two men on ths
'ry' committee: they are Hon. e. f. Aydlet
ahi and Mr.. Daniel Ed. Williams.
,oo 1t isn't at all certain that Chowa
we'd Colege Will pe Ieno'eu .t-o.,a-1,r
Mr.. poro' tno Inc lTLaD eo11
noa AIuffy sboro, or Muffriesboro) makes
,.ifo strong appeal, based upon history ar
49, tradition. for the retention of Chows
~ College. The College is dear to tt
good people of that town who have To-
ed it. nursed it and stood by it since
was established in 1S49. They will N
+or- let that College go without prote
~ and the Board of Trustees will hstt
II respectfully to what the people of Mu
Mr.. freesDofo nave ~ say aoo"' -t' | -
Do, peatedly to Murfreesboro as dead toV
1,;z- with a dead past.
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