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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
GOD KEEPS HIS MONEY MAY BE
WORD GOING in TIGHT But REAL
ELIZABETH CITY ESTATE MOVES

Spite Of the plea of hard times.
tight money and i'll the rest of 1t,
auction sales of real estate in EllZ-
abcth City stir up the cash from
local sources. Following Il highly
satisfactory sale of the Hathaway
tract near the Elizabeth City HOSpi-
tai last week. the John B. Fearing
estate WAS offered at auction Mon
day Sept. vi. II Was sold 10 numcr-
ouS buyers. total sales amounting
to SlO2. 4S4.5O. This property was
sold for partition. there being eight
bcncficiarieS of the estate. children
of the late John B. Fearing.
The sale WAS conducted by the
Walter \ Gurlcy Auction Co. Of
KinSton. v. c.. for the Commission
erS. VI. B. Simpson and j. ii. l&k0y,
Jr. This was but one of many sue
cr<<ful auction sales to have been
conducted hy the Walter 4 Gurley
organization in this section.
One of the biggest single pur-
chaSe< made in the Fearing sale
WAS the purchase of several lots on
PoindeXter. Church and Water StS.
by W. T. Love. ST.: Mr.. Love paying
for this tract $17.I0O. Mr.. Love III
>i<t> that he has no plans for the
Improvement of the property.
1t i considered significant that
W. T. Culrcpper purchased three
lots with frontage of IS feet on
Martin st. adjoining the Kramer
mill property. The property has
II drpth of 100 and odd feet. Mr..
Culpepper says he has no plans
for the property. but he is one OF
those live wires who doesn't buy
real estate merely to hold.
There were numerous purchasers
of the residence lots i'll the Fearing
home tract on Riverside Drive. The
more desirable waterfront lots were
bought in principal by the estate
and heirs. G.. o. Robinson purchas-
cd one block of seven lots fronting
on Riverside Ave.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
HIGHWAY BOOSTERS
REJOICE AT BRIDGE
Atlantic Coastal Highway Boosters Visit Eliz-
abeth City and See Great Bridge Nearing
Completion on Chowan River

Officials and boosters of the
Atlantic Coastal Highway
Route 30 visiting points along
the route this week thrilled
when they beheld the rapidity
with which work is proceeding
on the great concrete bridge
across Chowan River. More
than half the length of the
bridge has been completed from
the Chowan side of the river
and piles are being rapidly
driven from the BERTHE side.
State Highway officials say
that the bridge and its ap-
proaches will be open to traf-
flee by May 1927.
This bridge, spanning the mighty
ChOwan between Emperor and
EdcnhOuse will be nearly two miles
long. 1t is costing 100000. 1t is
built on. massive concrete piles TO
last for centuries. 1t Is one of the
important links In the Atlantic
Coastal Highway. great national
tourist route extending from Mon
treal. Canada to Key West, Fla.
A delegation Of Atlantic Coastal
Highway Association officials and
enthusiasts headed by Fred q.
Ward. secretary-manager Of the
association, Of Brunswick, Ga, visit
ed Elizabeth City Wednesday. They
were entertained at the Elizabeth
City Country Club. Mr.. Ward told
Elizabeth City folk that hundred
thousand tourists had their eyes on
Elizabeth City, Hertford and Eden
ton and would he rolling this way
another summer.
The Atlantic Coastal Highway Is
lOl HtN lOuElSt IOutt bul IL huS
been much neglected one and
formerly did not touch anywhere
near the coast In North Carolina
north of Wilmington. Tourists on
the Atlantic Coastal went from
Fredericksburg, Va, TO Wilmington
by an inland route thru Weldon and
Southern Pines. Now they may
route via Norfolk, Elizabeth City,
HertfOrd. EdentOn, Windsor, Will
liamston, Washington and New
Bern to Wilmington. The compile
tion Of the bridge over Chowan
River next spring fills the one un-
bridged gap and removes the last
barrier for tourists who are anxious
to use this route.
And Elizabeth City and Edenton
are preparing to make the most
IF this oncoming tourist business by
providing good hotel accommoda-
tions and other entertainment faci-
lities. ,l..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
CITY MANAGER.
is SPLAN MIN G.
TO LEAVE TOWN

Elizabeth City's City Man
ager, Miles w. Ferebee is
seriously thinking of disap-
pearing from the city and 60
ing in hiding for a period of
several weeks. The r. g. Las
sitter Co., contractors for the
paving Of Road and Main
Streets announce that they will
tear up East Main Street not
later than Monday morning,
Sept. 27. That's when the City
Manager expects to go in hid
ing.
With streets torn up all over
town, Elizabeth City has managed
to get along somehow. At least
the merchants haven't threatened
to kill anybody so long as people
could get to their stores. But when
Main street Is torn up there Is go
ing TO be a storm. The City Man
ager confidently expects everybody
on Main st. to ride his neck, Just
as II people would think that a
street can be repaved without be-
Ing torn up.
But the street paving Is coming
on. Church st. was finally complet-
ed this week and opened to- traffic.
The last Of the cement base for
Road st. will be laid this week and
ready for tine asphalt surface. The
asphalt pTnt Is nearly completed
and the spreading Of asphalt should
begin within few days. Road st.
should be open to traffic hy Fair
Week. But there will be no parade
on Main st. to celebrate the open
Ing Of tho Fair. The sidewalk only
Will be open to traffic. And that's
why the City Manager IS planning
TO disappear.
In the meantime, i. W. Ander-
son former Alderman who got him
self appoint Street Commissioner,
already seems to have disappeared.
In the removal of paving bricks
from one part of the town to an
other. street carts are spilling bricks
all over the streets. These bricks
scattered all over the streets are
playing havoc with automobile tires;
only an expert driver can negotiate
street without getting IL tire cut
hy stray brick. And the Street
Commissioner hasn't seemed to
notice the fact at all. Perhaps he
il busy establishing a vulcaniZins
plant to cash in on the tire repair
business while it is brisk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

G. t. McClenaghan, Vic Moore, w.
H.. Mills. Barber fowler, Henry NJ.
London, 7. +. Brown. W. ID. Parry,
Marion +: Wyatt, Nash Penny, f..
+. Mitchell, j. 5. BloOdswOrth, NJ.
l.. Shipman. Il. VI. Watts, J. w. Up
shaw, j. j. Barnes. Ben Dixon Mac
Neill, Robt. Il. Johns, It. II. DOrtch,
J. W. Fuller, f. o. Yates. A. Conell,
J. B. CullimS. l.. b. Crosby, +. VI.
Kendall. II. l.. Guerrancc, {. III.
Stephenson, Jr., L. G. Powell, Lee
Miller J. Everett Kennedy, Russell
UZzcl. X. W. Weathers, D. J.
Thompson, RObt. j. Wilson, l.. G.
Rogers, ID. II. King, Il. l.. EasOm,
W. W. IIinnant, :. Il. Smith, j. l..
Primrose. John c. Drewry, Roy NJ.
Chlnley. G.. l.. Philhrick. A. NJ. Beck.
III. III. Howell. II. b. Stamm, Wiley
Marr. T.. W. Yates, W. VI. Russ,
w. =. MurchiSOn.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
REPAIRS BEGUN
ON ROAD over
CAMDEN MARSH

The much discussed. plans
for the reclamation of the Cam
den Ferry road, which sunk
deep into the marsh shortly
after it was built, materialized
this week when a force of men,
began work under engineer +.
d. Summers, of the State
Bridge Department, Of Raj
eigh.
The repairs to the road will in
clude two sections Of cresOtei bridge
built on top Of the worst OF the
srlnken concrete. one section on the
Elizabeth City side Cf Glovers Cut
or Sinking Gut, the other section
Oh the Camden side Of the cut.
The two sections will total about
! 600 feet in length.
In other low places along the
road, piles will be driven to pre-
vent further sinking of the concrete,
and Stag will be piled on top to raise
the road above the normal tide
levels. The work will require about
two and q half months, according
Etc Engineer Summers, who states
that traffic will he allowed over
the road during the entire period
Of construction.
The cost of the proposed improve
ment is estimated at probably $780,
300.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
COUNTIES MUST TREAT
ALL CITIZENS ALIKE
SuDreme Court Holds Counties Must
Charge all Residents of State
Same License for Hunting

No county in North Carolina has
a right to charge Il nonresident
within the State more for hunting
license than it charges Il resident.
Such is the decision of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina this week.
The court holds that the game OF
the State is owned by all the people
Cf the State and not by the people
of county.
The decision effects scores of cOun-
ties in the State that charge non
residents higher license than is
charged residents of their own
county. The decision, of course,
does not effect the status of non
residents of the State. For i'll
stance. Currituck County may con-
tinuc to levy heavy tax on hunt
erS who are non-reSidentS of North
Carolina. The decision fills the
hearts of hunters with much elation.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
FlV E MILLIONS
POWER TO
SERV We SECTION
Huge Norfolk Development
Means So Much More Super
Power For N. e. Towns.

The announcement of the
Virginia Electric & Power
Company whose extensions
will shortly serve Elizabeth
City and other towns and VII
lagos in Northeastern North
Carolina, that it is to erect a
new five million dollar plant
in Norfolk, has considerable
significance for this section OF
the state.
The plan to spend such an enof-
NOUS outlay, means not only mat
the company has faith in Norfolk
growth. and probable early indus
trial consumption. but that its eN-
tensions into North Carolina VIII
demand an immense quantity OF lis
output of current, and that these
demands will not be hampered by
any possible need Of Norfolk.
The hooking up Of many Virginia
and North Carolina cities to giant
system. makes possible
a tremendous expansion of this COM
pany's business, and the posslbil-
ity of an early and rapid industrial
growth in our smaller towns where
living expenses are cheaper Is not
to he laughed at. Cheap power Is
great attraction for new indus
tries. and an adequate supply VIII
do much toward interesting new
Nrontinued on page Four
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
Sends Us Another Evangelist
With Power To Forgive Our
Sins and Save Our Souls

The Lord will not let Eliz-
abcth CITY suffer for want OF
his blessed word. Praise his
holy namel Halleluiah !-Amep
\ new evangelistic company is
holding forth in Jesus name
on Miles Clark's lot on West
Main St. this week.
These new workers in the Master :
Kingdom have new ana respect
able looking tent seating about 4oO
souls. There are wooden benches
to sit on. Brother Harrison does
the preaching. He is assisted by
Brother and Sister Shank who fur
ni>h music Brother Shank Is Il
pleasing tenor and plays Il cornet
Sister Shank preSideS ut the piano
ana also sings.
While the meeting is hardly Il
week old. much enthusiasm already
prevails. EvangeiistS need no ere
dcntialS. no invitation to city.
They set themselves up in the name
of Jesus and that is enough.
Brother Harrison would he called
a crude and unlettered preacher hy
hiyh-hrowS in the ecclesiastical field
But his answer is that Peter and
James and John and Jude were
ignorant fishermen and that he
knows aS much a$ ChriSt's own
hand-picked disciples knew. 1t Is
enough that Brother Harrison was
called by God To preach TO Il sinful
world. And when man is called by
God ne needs NJ other rec0mmenda-
tion than his own word. You must
take his own word for it. When a
man ups and says that God is speak
i'm" thru him one has To he very
careful how he disputes the word
Of that man.
Collections are already picking up
ut the Harrison tent. The crowds
are made up mostly of poor people
and they began by putting nickels
i'm the hats that We're passed around.
But Brother Harrison told them it
took too many nickelS to make Il
dollar. He asked them TO make
Tuesday night IL quarter" night.
They did: he got lots of quarter dol
lars Tuesday night. To show that
their own hearts were i'll the right
place Brother Harrison and Broth
or Shank each put i'll quarter 10
start the collection. Then they ASK
ed the congregation to make Thurs
day night dollar night. The Only
money vnu can save is the money
Won rive the Lord" said the plcach-
or. He didn't have to tell them mat
the money they gave him was money
given to the Lord: everybody ull-
dprStood that it was the Lord :.
that the IOru WOIdu Set even!
of it. Golry Hallelujah. Praise
his blessed name. Amen! Amen .
Monday night Brother Harrison
preached on the Jews. He called
them Sheenie<. He said we had
bought Palestine and made them
gift of il and were going 10 Sehu
them all back there. Praise Uod.
Brother Harria5l offers saliva
tion full and free for 'll VINO VIII
come 10 his tent. He has the power
t uforgive sins and make new men
and women of all who Will kneel
before him. And it is I'LL free bl't
don't forgrt to nnt money ~ tHe
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
NOLOCALFOLK
SEEM LOST IN
FLORIDA STORM
And Few Elizabeth City People
Got Bit When They Visited
State Last Year

Elizabeth City and surround
ind section is recovering from
the shock of the Florida dis
aster with a fairly comfortable
feeling. No reports OF local
people being injured or killed
in the storm that lashed south
Florida, entailing damages OF
millions and killing hundred,
have come to light, and few
Elizabeth City people had in
vested in Florida real estate
when promoters were giving
the folks such glorious trips at
cost last year.
Many people in this section, who
had relatives living in Florida, ex-
perienced much concern when news
first came of the terrible havoc
wrought by the tropical gale that
struck Miami. last Saturday. and
swept across lower Florida, damag-
ing Pensacola, and many other
Florida towns. including the far
famed Hollywood. and spending its
force in the Gulf region around
Mobile, Ala.
Reports from the storm area indi-
cate death total Of nearly 100.
with the number of injured placed
at 1000, and the property loss is
vuriously estimated at 80 to 100
millions. Wind and water made
more than 10000 homeless, children
Continued on page Four)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
MILES JENNINGS HAS PLAN
TO GET PEOPLE TO CHURCH

About the only way to get folks
to CHURCH i'm this day and time, has
been doped ont by Miles Jennings.
Elizabeth City's original machinist
and blacksmith. Miles wOnld put
steering wheels on the back Of The
seats. and thinks the average fcl-
lew with an automobile whGei in
his hand. would he very wG'' 1atis,
fiad even tho ~ M - ia.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

Wasted nerve energy from eye
strain makes nervous, irritable
school children. Have their eyes
examined before sending them to
school. DR.. J. ID. Hathaway. adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24
hat. Gods lambs must he fed !:
Glory he 10 God. Halleluiah for
ever. In ChriSt'S name Amen!

BaCkwarCneSS in children is often
cauSed hy defective vision due to
neglect in consulting an eye special
i>f Soc DIR / ". Hathaway adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

Cotton at twenty cents per pound
will not pay for the present STAN
dards of living Oh ii majority of
farms in North Carolina.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

There's a garden of dreams where
the crepe myrtle swings,
And the roses are white in the
cleaning;
Where the hush Cf old beauty lies
heavy and sweet,
Scarce stirred by the wildS that
are roaming.
There a tiny swing hangs from an
cid gnarled tree;
There's the larkspurs blue petal
ed glory;
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

HERE photo of te Chowan bridge ap-
to-day than half of this nearly two mile long structure
pe the side Iangs is expected to be to traffic
inviting tourists back and forth between
Montreal in West i'm Florida 1t also
trade territory for Elizabeth City, making Elizabeth City accessible to
thousands in BERTHE County Is to residents of points I'm Cur
rtuck County.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-24

There the gray flagstOnes lead
through Il way that is dim, =
Like the thread to the heart of a
story.
"There time holds its breath; there
shrubs grow to trees;
There Beauty grows old in its
questing. :,
And the garden dreams On In the
fragranee-hung calm,
And even the shadows are rest
ing"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-01
FAR FROM SATISFACTORY

Those who send back their recol-
lection to the methods resorted to
by Senator Wheeler in the Senate
oil investigation will hardly find in
their hearts an oversupply of COM
passion for the annoyance to which
Wheeler has been subjected. The
Senate investigation fell short of
what 1t should had 1t been conduct
ed without regard to the approaching
Presidential election. The prosecu-
ton of Wheeler fell short altogether,
leaves bad taste in the mouth.
Both these Investigations have
helped very materially to weaken
public confidence in the likelihood of
vote misers conducting anything on
fair and just basis.
Perhaps, considering all the con-
ditions, we should not be so credu-
lous as to expect anything less.
Nevertheless 1t Is disturbing to look
over the debris of this oil affair,
consider the obligations Of the
participants to the Government, each
so professed to serve. 1t should be
very disconcerting to those who
would extend the power of govern
ment over more of the public's af-
fairs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-01
Backwash of the Florida Tide
(Boston TranscripO

NbOSIOu lIdIlSCIlplJ
A procession of automobiles is re
ported as moving north from Fioriua.
At this time of the year in the past
nearly all the cars have been moving
toward the southern State. Now,
it is said, the number of automobiles
headed north is almost as great as
the number headed south. But the
departing host is composed in large
measure of those who are not wanted
in Florida. The people who are
leaving include seekers for work and
fortune who should not have gone
there in the first place. A cores
pendent of the New York Times
says it is estimated that 10000 per-
sons are entering Florida daily and
that, of this number, large percent
age have neither money nor employ
ment in view. Disillusioned, many
of them turn backward. Often their
chief difficulties begin when they
reach other States, where the last
of their money is spent. Then they
become objects of charity, begging
food and gasoline as they go. There
are ) many of them that, in self
defe Southern communities have
been iufced to adopt policy of not
extending aid in cases where cars
can be sold to supply money for
rail transportation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-01

which New England manufacturers
and merchants have been able to re-
duce inventories materially.
The Boston and Names annual snow
removal bill has run as high as ST.
2l,160, which was the expense for
1919-1920. With milder winters and
improved snow-fghting facilities this
cost has been cut substantially, al
though even in the mild winter of a
year ago the amount was close to a
million dollars-$937,110.
The new snow melting device, which
will be used to facilitate terminal
movements, was designed by the me-
chanical department of the Boston
and Maine. 1t involves the discharge
of steam from locomotives into
switches and cross-overs to thaw
snow and ice. The locomotives
equipped with this device are located
at stategic points on the system.
OF the 10 snow plows AZ are dou-
BILE and 81 are single track. The as
signment of double track plows is
largely to the F'itchburg- Berkshire
division and the Portland division
main lines, and the two new plows will
operate from Troy and Aver.