The Independent from Elizabeth City, North Carolina • Page 3

9, 1921. THE IfDEPENDEKTELIZABETH CITY, N. PAGE THREE WATER BOffiJD CCRACOKF. IINimm YOU'VE HEARD OF OLD TRAP-HERE IT IS i RELIC OF EARLY NORTH CAROLINA People On Earth; Fisn When Fish-ing Good, When Hunting's Good; At TbisOlme And Think" -V i I "iiiiiiil ROBIN KING. j6 KITTY HAWK NEWS ITEMS, Miss Marinierita Blark "has 'WtnmWi s-n home In Dr i after a pleasant Twit to her Mn.

Arthur Miss Nannie Mae 'Mideette oent th whk. end in' Elizabeth City, with friends 'and nn hopping tour, jr Mr. -and Johnson Parker, came nver- fmm their home, on Powell's Poinfc to visit 'Mnt Ih Baum. and while over- here -Mrs Parker lipid reunion" 'for. the benefit of her wihnlin in the Methodist s- Miss Thelma Irene Mideette of her- little friends Jn Elisabeth City M.

Brenan Norfnlk.J and chil are nsitins Mrsj.W. Midiretts of this place, i I Spent $1.25 on Rat-Snap and Saved 'the Price' of a Hog." MeGuire, famous Hog Baiser of New Jersey, says "I advise, every farmer with rats to pse EAT- SNAP. Tried everything to get rid- of rats. $1.25 on RAT-SNAP, Figured the rats-it killed saved the price of BAT-SNAP "comes in form, i No mixing with other food Cats or dogs won't touch it. 4izes 3oc.

65c, bold; and. euaranteed by CulrjeDDer Hardware Store, City Drug Store, G. W. Twiddy; John C. Bond, W.

a. iiiXienton: sawyer ueneral CMi. j-i a i. vamuen. i advertisement will lecture at the Man Factory- at City Road ML E.

Churdh Sunday Sept. 11th at 10 o'clock sharp at the Men's Bible Class, corner Road and Burgess Sts, Every 'man entering this1" Bible 1 class Sunday morning: will: receive souveniftv-The class with'141- ref rame men for better services Mr. Small will. tell tyoa all abdut it, Sunday a. in a whirl-wind.

All; men are invited. will also, hear a fine quar-, t' "Signed E. ROG.ERS, Pres. Wall Papier, 15c Piece Gilt, 18 cents a piece' r' 5 ft: Window ShadesV 70 cents a piece. THOMAS MESSERCO; 1015 W.

Baltimore St Baltimore, Md. Ji 1v S'-rSt, (In The News "We sets. around and' thinks; then, again; we just sets "fiThat was the laconic reply: of an Ocracoker to the que'ry of a lady, 'who asked the men at Ocracoke the fishing and hunting' seasons are over. is exactly how they feel about it. Ocracokers may think, a good deal, but they Arorry.

Very little. They are' the happiest and most contended lot, perhaps, on earth. Every oh the little island owns ts hdme. Every male on the': island is an expert fisherman, hunter and 1 boatman. i 3 Ocracoke is in Hyde county, tn little island of the same about 35 miles off the mainland of North Carolina.

It is, of course, completely surrounded by water, Pamlico Sound be- ing on one side and the Atlantic; ocean on the other. It is about fourteen mile long and a mile and a half "wide. One. can reach Ocracoke either by way of Beaufort or Washington. At Beaufort a mail boat-, carries passengers to Ocracoke.

The, most popular route, however, is go Washington, take the i good ship "Preston," a two-masted schooner equipped a 24-horsepower engine to aid the sails in making the passage from- foe and" across, 'Pamlico sound. -Captain Dave nd "Bill? Williams, brothers, of Ocracoke, make up the crew of the Preston. Besides passengers, the Preston carries a large "amount of freight, There arejbunks "in the hold to accommodate about twenty Only the. children, take to the bunks, in -rainy weatherJ lhe older" persons carry blankets and pillows and sleep on- deck. When 'the writer" made the trip to Ocracoke "the weather was ideal and not once during the voyage was he, forced' to go below because of squalls.

A by the way, in the an Ocracoker, is merely a little wind accompanied by rain, but to highlander itis thunder) lightning and wind accompanied by a rain T'tfu thinK' the 'bottom has completely fallen out. Unique Place Ocracoke, in many respects is one of the mos places in Xotth The, people there descendants of the earliest settlers of the American continent, Many persdns who have madB a study of their ancestry believe some of them to be descendants of members of the "Lost Colony" the expedition sent over by Sir Walter Raleigh. Numbers of their fathers, however, made Ocra- coke abode after 'they had been shipwrecked off the. treacherous shoals of North -Carolina coast. Certainly the; people Jare English, Irish and Scotch descent; jEheir names verify this.

A Washington lady- several months 'ago found in, an" old house at Ocracoke and. manuscript about 100 years old, which indicated that the people were i EVERYBQDY- IH Northeastern -North Carolida has heard of 'Old Trapr a Cam den Qo mm unity that figures much in the news of this But, tho Old Trap Is only 15 miles distant front Elizabeth City, thousands of readers of this newspaper have never seen the place. Well, here it is. The viliaga of, Qld Trap proper; consists only of two or three stores, the (post office, and a private residence say nothing the hogs that lie in the road. But there is more to the pmmunity of Old Trap than one can 'get in a in years gone it Is.

said, it 'got. Its name from the saloons that flourished at, tije cross roads. When errant husbands didn't show up at their, homes at night, knowing housewives shook their heads and; VThe old trap's caught 'em' again." But pid Trap to-day is a sober, forward, prospering community. One will And many of the best farms and best farmers in Camden County in the Old Trap neighborhood. Old Trap In fact leads all of, lower Camden in eduv cation, baying recently completed a $20,000 high school building that would be You may think all corn flakes aire alike 1 until juu taoic Post Toastiiss best cornflakes Alkrama Theatre Then you'll understand why the flavor, crispness and texture make "Post Toasties" the superior kindi -PROGRAM FOR WEEK BEGINNING 0 WANDA HAWLEY in "HER STURDY OAK" SNUB POLLARD in "KILLJOYS" Mail Orders' Given educated and of fine English, Scotch fnd Irishstoek.

Ocracokers are honest to a fault, if such is possible. No- body thinks of locking the doors to the homes at There are no thieves Why lock the doors t-x Ocracokers are honest-to-goodness, simon-pure 100-per-cent American citizens, and they are proud of Without ex-f ceptionthey oppose' foreign immigra tion. Talk with one of them a minute and you will be told that "the ills of America today are caused i'furr'n" immigration i The 1 population of Ocracoke island is Of these 700 souls, only five are negroes. one family negroes -live on the island, the member? of which is1 about if J.03 ear The negroes- do notx knowt rom whence they came 7 and do not care they are there' and that is all there is to it. Like all Ocracokers," the male members 1 of the family are fishermen, They are treated fairly and squarely, by low-citizens, Unfortunately however, there is" not a school or church at'Ocra7 coke for thenu 1A The people of Ocracoke are law-abiding.

John Howard, postmaster at Ocracoke, Served as magistrate' on the island for eight years, and business was so Ldull he resigned. During his eight years administration Howard tried four cages; the inost, serious charge among thembfi'ing that of assault and battery For thW past three'! years there has not been a' justice of ihe peace on the island an4'6nei has -not been needed. -Tfiere has not been murder on Ocra coke 'Islandr withinthe memory of the oldest. inhabitants. The people of Ocra cok know the laws and they obey "-JM Social Democracy There iis "absolutely, no social distinction 'atOcrac0ke.

With the exception of the one negrofamily, the members, of one family know the members of the other, families and one family is as good SEPT. 12TH Sennett Comedy 1) "BRANDING IRON' Reginald Barker Super Special TATTY ARBUCKLE in "FATTY DISTURBS THE PEACE ENID BENNETT in "WOMAN IN THE SUITCASE" "BRANDING IRON" Reginald Barker Super Special NORFOLK, VA. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRDAY SATURDAY New Arrivals in Silks' and Woolens CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in "STRAIGHT FROM PARIS" "DONT WEAKEN" A Mack CONWAY TEARLE in "SOCIETY SNOBS" HANSEN OLAND in 'THE YELLOW ARM" Episode No. 2 "Vengeance of, the East" Exquisite Silks and modish Woolens beautiful weaves in the new color atones. A showing of timely terest as so many are just, ready to plan their new Fall Another mighty interesting act is that these fabrics are valtly lower in price thanthey were a -year' ago.

DOROTHY DALTON in "GUILTY OF LOVE" EDDIE POLO in "KING OF THE CIRCUS" Episode No. 4 "Facing Death" 15c 20c; Night 15c 51 high school building will appear in by Saunders. i v' hunting season to conduetins parties of sportsmen to the feeding places of the geese. Captain "Bill" Gaskins, who -op erates one of the few hotels at Ocra coke, has a hunting lodge on Bacon Isl ana, wnere sportsmen go winter. Captain Bill's 5 house accommodates about fifteen and it is usually filled with sportsmen during the hunting season.

Rex Beach, the author," is a regular winter visitor at Captain Gaskin's lodge. Beach keeps a fine 'motor boat at Ocracoke thruout the year. He has written several about hunting around Ocracoke, his latest article being "Why Is a Hunter," which' appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine several months ago. Every male Ocracoker owns a pump gun and is' a crack shaV Most of them haye flock of domesticated geese and duck, which are used as decoys when the hunting season is on. Best Housekeepers The Women at Ocracoke among the best housekeepers in the world.

Every home is kept immaculate. The wivesvand mothers at Ocracoke do all the house work, including cooking and washing. There are no servants to be had at Ocracoke. At 7 o'clock" in the morning an Ocracoke housewife has already, cooked and served breakfast, washed dishes," and cleaned up the home. When a visitor at Ocracoke wants washing done, there is always a pretty-faced white girl to do the work.

i( 1 A collector of antique furniture probably would do well to visit Ocracoke. In some of the homes are pieces of furniture which have been in one family for a century. Until a few years ago there was not place on Ocracoke Island where, a coffin could be purchased. When death overtook an Ocracoker, the men quickly constructed a plains pine coffin in which the body was buried. One of the stores at Ocracoke now carry a stock of coffins- Ocracokers are a very healthy people and until a year or so ago there- was not a physician on the island.

When some one became ill, a physician came over from Morehead City in a motor, boat, but more recently by seaplane. There is a doctor at Ocracoke now and I the town also supports a small drug store. The land on Ocracoke Island is very fertile and almost anything in the vegetable line will grow there. Many of the Islanders have, fine gardens, but most of -them fail to reap full advantage their garden spots. This is caused by the men leaving in early spring, at the time gardens are being! planted, 'for the New Jersey coast where they fish until about July 1.

There is one thing an Ocracoker does not know anything about, and that is the art of profiteering. You-get yoir money's worth at Ocracoke. With reference, to the "seeing North Carolina first" movement, started by our State Press Association some weeks ago, let eyery.North Carolinian at some time visit Ocracoke. Fishing there is fine, surf bathing is wonderful and swimming in Pamlico Sound is BEHIND EVERY DARK CLOUD there's a silver lining but you have to get behind the cloud to find" Behind every eyesight problem is an answer if you go about solving the problem through science. -VK "WE UNDERSTAND EYES." 4 .146 Granby Street W.

Plume St 1 NORFOLK, VA.i RICHMOND, VA. 211 E. Broad St Franklin abredit to any county. A picture of an early issue of. this newspaper.

Photo as, the other, t. Of course tome Ocracokers ihaTjen been more fortunate thai! others, but that makes difference with them. They are all Ocracokers and they practice the -doctrine of "one for allj all for one." Some Ocracokers ap very super sti-tious and that there are haunts on the island. Now," Simey Onealone of the. most popular men on the island, will swear by all the gods that he re-J ii- i i- -l i.

xUaS quenuy sees juunis nmnmg uuuui, lue land and sea. Simey told me the first day I arrived at Ocracoke that he had seen, just a few nights before, a headless man near Teach's Hole. He declared this headless thing was, the best dressed nan he had ever seen. When asked if he believed this monster to be the spirit of Blackbeard, the pirate, who for a long tune made Bath -and Ocracoke his rendezvous, Sidney would jiot venture an -opinion as to th identity of the Ghost All, he knei4 was that he saw a headless man right in front of his boat. Ocracokers are very familiar with legends regarding Blackbeard (Edward Teach) who operated along" the North Carolina and Virginia coasts slightly more than two hundred years ago.

lfce was killed in 1718 by Lieutenant May-nard, of the British Navy. Ocracokers say Blackbeard was beheaded and declare he ran around his' boat, three times after he had been relieved of his dome. There ia point vjust off Ocracoke that is known until this day as 'Teach's Hole," where the famous pirate was wont to come in from the Atlantic arid hide when British ships sought to capture him. Ocracoke. got its name from an utterance of Blackbeard, according to one story.

Blackbeard was told by an Algerian witch, it is said, that his death would occur 1 between sunset and cock crow. It is said that the night before he was killed, he mumbled several times: "Oh, cock, crow!" 66, they just changed the thing around a little and we have "Ocracoke." and "Toyd" at Ocracoke. Ocracokers talk differently from any other North Carolinians. An is always pronounced "oy." For instance, an Ocracoker says, "fishing will be good at hoy "the wind is doying down;" "you'll have a good toime here and so on. The people of Ocracoke are divided on only one thing and that is the church, bout half the islanders are affiliated with the Northern Methodist church and the others with the Southern branch of the same denomination.

About thirty-five years ago a man visited Ocracoke, for the purpose of training-the choir, and the purchase of an organ was suggested. Some of the older members strenuously objected to having instrumental music in the house of God; they had never heard of such a thing; i mi tne idea was preposterous, xne organ faction persisted, however, and this with other differences led to a split," part al-'-f lying themselves with the Northern and the rest with the Southern Methodist church. Therefore, there! are two Methodist churches at Ocracoke, both supplied with excellent pastors. Tfiere is one school on Ocracoke Is land, It is supplied with fine teachers and an Ocracoke child has almost the same free school advantages that, the children of the cities have. The attendance, is about 200 and there are seven grades.

When. Ocracoke children finish school there they usually go to Wash ington and other places to take up high er studies, Ocracokers are keen on education and want- their children edu cated. Many of them go to college, but all return to Ocracoke and follow the paths 'of their fathers as fishermen, Practically all of the older men at Ocracoke have sailed the seyen seas and talk interestingly about the different countries they have visited. It makep no difference where they go nor how long, they remain away, they eventually return to their Deloved ucmcoKe to spend -the' rest oftheir lives. sea furnishes them with the bulk of their food and the means by which they can buy -otaer necessities of hfe- Inland, we hear a good deal, about the price of cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, the, rock the tariff: and divers other things, ypu never heatf these things mentioned at Ocracoke.

Their main wor ry is the fish supply. If fishing is good an Ocracoker is happy. Every Ocracok pr nwns a-motorboat and -nets. with which to-catch fish. Ocracoke is an.

all-round year, resort, people visiting there in summer for fish1' ing and -bathing and sportsmen, from all parts of the counf.rv go to Ocracoke in winter' to hunt 1 wild Thousands Upon thousands of geese flock, to: Ocra-. coke and, neighboring islands during- the winter Most of themen "at Ocrafcoke make good money during the the a a 1 1 Prompt Attention All Wool Duvetyn 54 inches wide. One of the newest of Fall fabrics) adaptable for v. suits and coats. Choice of-back and colors.

-J Priced $3.50 a yard. Wool Cut Velours, 54 inch-: es wide, has a real duvetyn fin- ish. One of the new weaves in" black and colors. a 1 All Chiffon Broadcloths, 48 and 54 inches wide. Shown in black nd all the new shades.

Priced at $3.50 and $4.50 a yd. r-All Wool Tricotinesj 54! inches wide, much favored for early Au-r, tumn includes black and I Priced at $4 "and $3 a yard. -t Plain and fancy Tricolettes, inches wide, they are much used for frocks and blouses. Black and a nice selection of colors to choose-from. -t' Priced at 98c, $l69 and $1.79 a yard.

1 1 '--If tfx'y-. All Silk Messalines, 36 inches wide, of extra good quality and shown in a wide range tof the new shades. i at $1.69 a yard. All Silk Duvetyn, 40 inches wide an extra fine quality 'desir able for dresses, suits and millinery. Selection includes all the new shades.

A' 1 Priced at $6.50 a yard. "Floor. Glasses ir termed safe Eye Comfort long "record of integrity is' the reason Galeski t' THE EYES' to STREET '-C 1 A. "I- Samples on request. All Silk Satin Crepes, 40 inches wide, one of the newest silks for Fall wear.

Shown in a complete-line of shades. 1 Priced $3, $3.50 and $4.50 a yard. All Silk Satin Charmeuse, 40 inches wide, of extra good qual ity and very popular for Fall wear. Shown in black and col- ore. 1 Priced $2.98 and $3.50 a yard.

All Silk1 Canton Crepes, 40 inches wide, of extra -line quality. Shown in black and the nlw shades. Priced $3 and $4.50 a yard. All Silk Crepe de Chine, 40 inches wide. Excellent for making dresses and underwear, Choice of black and colors.

Priced $2, $2.50 and $3 a yard. All Silk Chiffon; Dress Velvets, 42 inches wide. They are of the best quality and are 'shown in all the favored pew shades. Priced" at $6.98 a' yard. t- All Wool PoVet Twill.

Suitings, 54 inches wide. A showing that includes black and all wanted col- ors. Priced at $3.50, $4 and $5 a yard. All Wool Jersey Suitings of; medium- weight, 54 inches wide A much favored fabric for early Black and -the new Autumn shades. Priced $2.50 yard.

Plume Street, Galeski furnish what' might be Insurance. Ever pair is backed by and optical efficiency, Glasses are ry, GOOD FOR ydur Oculist. The 2 0 9' GRANBY First a and vtm ipIF Of fSQI mm 'I 'Mi' i .9 11 31 1 1 to0ger (Opposite Monticello -Hotel) KOt)AK HEADQUARTERS v. a it .4 i.