The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-10
OLDEDENTON KEEPSBIG
COMPANY THESE DAYS
Noted Officials From Many Lands Observe
Investigations of The Mosquito
By ID. v. MEEkINS

3 M 80 SNOON
desk in the Bay View hotel in
Edenton. He was pennlng his
/ name on the register. The pen
/ sputtered. as he wrote down
! the heavy black letters. Tom
Jones. proprietor OF the hotel,
watched the writing.
"M-i-l-i-t-c-h-e-v-i-t-c-h." spelled
Mr.. Jones after the stranger. Mr..
Jones frOwned. He always likes TO
! say Mr.. To his guests.
give them hearty handShake and
eypatiate ON the glorieS of Eden
/ ton. while the bell hop prepares to
do his stuff. But this time he was
Stumped.
\ chewing gum salesman obServ-
ed Mr.. Jones knitted brow. edged
over to the desk To offer help and
locked over the strangers shoulder
at the name. "AIilitchevitch."
/ The salesman frowned. gave Mr..
Jones wink. and said:
! Must he one of them RolShe-
vickeyS: l think Id keep my eye
OH that fellow
"ShSh." said Mr.. Jones. and
I frowned back at the chewing gum
salesman. Here boy. show tins
gentleman TO the corner room on the
third floor. the one overlooking the
bay"
When the stranger had trudged
upStairS. Mr.. Jones turned to the
group that had gathered to look the
stranger over.
! BOYS. that fellow has come all
the way from central Europe to
visit Edenton. said the proprietor
of the Bay View.
He certainly must like to visit
historical places" said one OF the
IbyStanders.
1T isn't Edenton'S history that
brought him here: he dOe>nS KNOW
Edentou has history. That man
is Mr.. VI. \. Militchevitch. ana ne ;
the National Sanitary Engineer OF
tbe country Of YugoSlavia. He came
70 Edenton to look at our moSqth-
/ toes"
Ewes of Scientific World no
| EdentOn
So Edenton.the ancient capital ot
T,rth Carolina. is having dlStln-
nuished company these days. For
six months in ones and twos ana
tbrees, some of the worlds most
noted physicians. and scientists,
have >come to visit Edenton' anu
have become acquainted with ana
highly pleased with the hoSpltnii'.
of tbnt historic old town. flrst
,bora came DIR. f. Fuengo. director
of NaIorial work on the coast Oh
Sn,in: then Miss Dorothy Beck Vi
tho Stote Medical Board of CaIilor'
nj, then DR.. Militchevitch OF Auso-
..1via And among others nave
heep DIR. Ivan Kessiakof, Director
IF public Health Work i'll Bulgaria :
nr Ivan GoloSmOnOff. also OF bu''
aoria: DIR. Micheal Ciuca. Il hou'
m,pion Professor of Hygiene: u
Constantine Popp. Director Oh ny
oiene and Medicine of Buchares'
Rormuuia: DIR. Eric kelaart. anu
lDr 4 GILES. of the Public 1eaI'"
! Administration of Celyon' lnuia
Dr y MargineSu. specialist III Ma
I,rio in the Public Health Admin
;~tr,tion of Italy: and DR.. Antonio
yoedoI another public health OIL
fici,l of British Honduras.
Tbese and other noted men from
many foreign countries nave coilie'
and moro are coming. and will con-
tinre to come for the next three
vaors But these are not all. Other
VISITORS TO EdentOn in the past SiN
months have included DIR. FREDERICK
y Russell. General Director OF the
IIeolth Board: DR.. John ~ Fefreii'
D;roctor for the United States br'
victor G.. Heiser, Director for the
rast. Dr. w. A. Sawyer, Director
81 puhlic Health; DIR. IL. H.
Howard. Director for the Nes'
Indies and many others, all OFFICIALS
of tho international Health Board
an oryonization for Public Health
rnsearch. financed and supported ps
tbo Rockefeller Foundation ot Ne"
York City. .;.oos
And All About Mosquitoes
Tbesr men have come to Eden
ton 70 learn from the lh'es.ts"
,ions that are being conducted az
thnt city bv the Rockefeller Founda
tinr whore an extensive study Vi
the mosouito and its habits IS DE-
ip- conducted by corps VI W. w.
neople, under the direction U.
Mort = Boyd. DIR. Boyd is Il irahS
and Iikeable young man VINO n"'
haen with the Rockefeller fo''l''.'
| tion six years, serving recently Il
Rrazil He is Il native VI ''iN
,asnt, The Rockefeller Sroul
come to Edenton in March d
the invitation of the Norm 'ato
lima state Board of Health ant