The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-08
DENY A
SHORTAGE OF WATER
Think Reports are Calculated to Hurt Chowan
River Bridge Celebration, Which Is
Not At All Likely
By W. d. SAUNDERS

nat EQeutOn t1aS 4 Serl-
Gus Water Shortage" as re-
ported in this newspaper last
week is vehementlv denied bv
Mavor !. l.. WigginS and !.
\. Woodward Chairman of the
Electric Light and Water De-
partment OF the town OF Eden
ton. Their deuialS are backed
up bv atfidavitS proclaiming
the water supply OF Edenton
ample and safe.
And alun" with their affidavitS
comes an affidavit signed hy L. c.
Jones. proprietor of the Hotel Hin
ION who <wear$ that the opening of
his new hotel is in no way threat
eued with delay ON account of the
shortage of water in Edenton. And
aS | wrote that article about the
Edentou water shortage myself ii
looks aS if all Edentan were max
ing me ont an ignOhle liar.
/ am accused of printing the
croundleSS talk of Edenton street
guS<ip< and X. G.. Shackell'S paper,
The Edenton News, attributes my
article TO some grudge either
a-ainSt the town of Edenton (Sic)
or an endeavor u spoil the rhGwan
Bridge celebration.
| am glad indeed to know that
the water situation in Edenton Is
- satisfactory and | am Informed
that il has been made 50 SatiSfac-
tory since the publication "f my
article last week. by the city resort
inc 10 borrowing water from Il well
of the Edenton Ice n Cold Storage
Co. An old citizen of Edenton re-
marked To me this week that II Ihe
Independent had exposed the Situ-
otiop earlier. maybe the town would
have gotten the additional water
sooner.
The article published in this news
noper last week was not based up
lon street gossip" While i'll Eden
ton one tlay last Week L tothti
Tommy Jones. proprietor or the
Hotel Hinton. sitting on Il chrpeh-
ter'S bench in the lobby OF his new
hotel with tears in his biz. lhn"-
cent eyes. He gave me MS 80"
story of the threatened delay Ill the
ousuiu- of his hotel. due I" the
v.,t.r shortage and the low pres
srre that would not carry water
to the upper floors OF his motel.
But | didn't take Tommy word
f,. If Ir waS this same Iomm!
who spilled the beans about Il cne>'
of gold being discovered III h.en-
,o, some months ago: but Wh"h
some one pushed him good ana h''ru
he, made IN affidavit denying ever!
word nf it. Mr. Jones Is an op',--
inc fellow and seems I" he easily
r,,.rsna,,ed in the matter "t m"N'''S
affidavitS.
rot nv information that tue
opeping of the Hotel Hinton WAS III
1af;ni,elv DELAYED. hy reason OF Il
r;,to, shortage. from Mr.. Jones
hirsc,f I verified the facts "t the
u.,tar shortage By interviewing re'
s,,or,ihIe citizens of Edent0n VINO
were in position TO know the @ ,ru'''
ord who assured me that the alarli'
ir, facts were being kept from 'he
people by city officials "t h'eii'oI
and tba Edentpn newspapers
I;1 rct manufacture the Statements
made in my article: they were -
: s.nrially aS given me Ivy 200" 'i'I
yars of Edemton whose ihteS'i'!
Il, not now question.
4 Hiek Town Water Suppl!
insist that Edenton has aepe''''
OIL for wears upon an uncertain III
,..Sf;,n well for its water supp! "n t
,h,t this we'll has about pia!e't ''''
The fact is admitted that 'ile cltS ;,
i digging another arteSiah we,
and not even Mayor NlS%ihs nS' ns.
N1r linn Woodland will make "'ii
davit that there is any aSS''i"|., no
of tho new we'll being compie'e'' ~
fora the worst of the summer l.
over. .,.. ol
/ II i not denied that residents o'
r,dortnp have had to carry water !,
tha unnar floors of their homes ah
office buildings and it Is 1t l''',
that the city has within the pas
few davs reSorted to an ehler4eno ;
measure by borrowing wafer Hun
private well.
II seemS altogether likely 'hi'
, u.ool- that Edenton will weather II:
wafer shortage by drawing temper
arily upon IL private source ol sup
mv and the new well may coih'
along in the late summer OF lali
: But il will be only an arteSlah wei
} and at the risk of offending MI. jill
/. Woodard and his associates l an
p going to insist that an artesla'
t well as Il source of city water suppl'
j. is u hick town proposition worth.
L. Of the serious consideration OF onl'
: hick town minds.
: And Edenton is no longer i'll th
Continued on nnge Siyi