The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-21
1rSTERN EDITOR GIVES
ELIZABETH CITY A BOOST
>, Wade Harris of The Charlotte Observer
" carried Away By Land Where Roads
Are Walled In By Crops

a,..,yer !. is strong for Eliza
|S.% Civ. Col. Harris was
,.,s .,s last week with the Gov
/ .>,or, party and already he
:. ,r,ing the State thru the
,,r,o, OF his big conStruc-
y. dailv what a WONDERFUL
~. Elizabeth City is. Col.
ri, has sent this newspa-
,., an advance proof OF an
.s;.o-;aI he has Just written
,,,r, Elizabeth City as he
,,r :, on his recent visit. tie
arS:
,,,r NIGHT cover the town in a
broad way with the statement
:. suggestive of the Charlotte
%. ,, Northeast. And this is say
.ss. in the upper right hand cor
~. N, State is a town OF COM
,-..,, and industrial enterprise ana
-. b,,rtv. kept on an eYer-ln-
sing hustle through the foster
rarencr> Of one Of the nneSt
,,,.ts, of RorarianS in the Nation.
.-,.,> are broad. well-paved-
-,t brick. priucipally-and Kept
s.,r ,s a parl,r hearth. Shade and
-, rra>s and shrubbery. white
.r ,.,r,rv houses with green blinds
-~sr and the homes that are not
-.ssrr'v built seem. aS a general
I'm, m have been remodeled TO
,..r.,popd with the attractive arch
..rrs' features of Elizabeth City
i.rss-i-v II is here that the elm
-,;-.s;n> IL ancient nobility and
,,rs -bp residential section Of the
.-rr rbe limbs Of these trees inter-
nj; forming an arched vista its en-
+r length. Home life in Elizabeth
/ rr is suggestive of refinement and
.,,i paare and contentment. One
argo- fail TO admire its trees and
-is.- profuSion. for. in addition to
p plm>-,herp is one noble Specl-
rag On a street corner that was set
ai 5y the grandfathers-there are
IS. oaks and naples and Shapely ee-
/ hr,. while the pecan is entering in-
1 % .hr scheme. The color effect is
gwen by an abundance of crepe
ryr',p>. which blossoms gOrgeouSly
/ n that section. \ town whose res
|irn,al setting is of so healthful a
-aurp would naturally be expected
| % present Il business aspect in keep
nE and rha. i the case in Elizabeth
Tr IT. business fronts have long
sine, dropped all the features of the
.aE.ry town. In place of these. we
,-p block after block of retail and
Tlo,e>Jle houses of the city pattern.
Tie Hinton block. aS an instance.
/ u~i hold mp it, head in the best
company IN New York. Even on the
ra'ar front there is no sign of dilap-
o.a-on. The streets there are as
real Is up town" and the wharveS
a. irontod with pressed brick. plate
:a>>, tiled veSribule establishments.
I4a hotel situation is entirely COM
o-'ao.o and satisfactory. and the
'arrl"S are architectural gems.
10" Observer wa> moved TO wonder
mar hey do not brag a little louder
30 Tho Methodist structure, which
N decidedly the finest church build
Z Ia the State. It's cost was S1JO.-
W., and It is a massive specimen in
i'l'''"tUrr. with Sunday school an
I'h aN large a. the main auditorium.
u can accommodate a congregation
'' -.OOh. In the basement is the
'4'f'a banquet hall with kitchen
'N quarters for the church societies
-"' welfare organizations. central
17' point for community activities.
-D' DOWN has IN alert and energetic
"'"i''f Of commerce. excellent
'1lp"r>. bankS-big ones and all
ID might be expected to go with a
-...'.@Iity where the progressive
"'' is m such manifestation as to
'''' Oh" classification fixed in the
>'aaIns Of this paragraph.
.o' sells" Of financial strength
-'1 j. both seen and felt in Eliz-
VT" iiy becomes easily under
- @'''e after a trip through the
''''h, country, where the roads
'ai'.y walled with crops. and
UTE III" only bare ground visible
20" newly plowed fields being
""n to another crop" of corn
".a''"> or beans. 1t is a three
J.. '''r-crOp section. the rotation
from potatoes to corn, peas.
" 'nd back. Cotton does not
o. largely in the landscape. 1t
,-n nn"Iy in that section. but the
~ NOT Of so many bales. as so
~, ' bushels to the acre. 1t X a
NJ | poor farmer in that section
raises less than 80 bushels of
-: ."' o" Is am average farmer who
f,, rom 90 to -. and a good
who measures his produc-
g. '' iVo bushels to the acre. The
-. ,.'''> ~ that section have an ad-
,r,'' ,+'' ~ that they are close to a
''' 't cheap fertilizer. but as u
y OQgludp1 On Du1a %