Up-to-Date Lab With Guinea Pigs and White Mice at Elizabeth City Hospital, Oct. 29, 1926

Guinea Pigs and White Mice for E. C. Hospital

Dr. John Saliba and Dr. Mora S. Bulla are about to start a farm for guinea pigs and white mice at the Elizabeth City Hospital. The parent stocks for this unique farm have been ordered and are expected to arrive any day.

The arrival of those guinea pigs and white mice at the Elizabeth City Hospital should be a memorable event in the history of Northeastern North Carolina: it should mark the end of much old time medical practice in this city and section. One gets sick, calls a doctor; the doctor looks at your tongue, feels your pulse, sticks a thermometer in your mouth, tried to look wise and makes a guess at what ails you. He prescribes a pill or a power to suit his guess. If he guessed wrong the first time, he makes another guess and prescribes another kind of pill or powder.

They are eliminating that sort of guess work at Elizabeth City Hospital. For the first time in history, Elizabeth City and Northeastern North Carolina have a fully equipped biological laboratory with an expert laboratory technician, a Bachelor of Science of Columbia University, in charge.

With incubators, freezers, microscopes, spectroscopes, test tubes, retorts, X-Ray and other elaborate equipment, the blood, the urine, the sputum, etc., of a patient is minutely examined and the ailment of the patient correctly determined. One doesn’t have to send a specimen to the State Laboratory at Raleigh or to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and suffer a delay that may prove fatal in diphtheria or hydrophobia, for instance.

And so here’s where the white mice and guinea pigs come in. Many diseases that are fatal to humans are more fatal to the sensitive structures of these small animals. Inoculate a guinea pig with the bacteria of a fatal malady discovered in the blood of a human and that guinea pig instantly begins to sicken and die. It’s hard on the guinea pig, but it saves many a human life by enabling the doctor t know exactly what he is dealing with and what measures to take to combat it in his human patient. Guinea pigs and white mice are quite necessary to the conduct of a modern biological laboratory, and they have such a laboratory at the Elizabeth City Hospital now.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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Congregation Celebrating 225th Anniversary of Old St. Paul's Church and Rev. Robert Drane's 50 Years of Service Nov. 1, 1926

entral Figure in Unique Event

Rev. Robt. Brent Drane, D.D.

75 years old and he has had only one job in his life. Dr. Drane will be observing the 50th anniversary of his Rectorate of old St. Paul’s Chuch at Edenton Monday, when the 225th year of the founding of the parish will be observed. Zoeller photo.

50 Years at Old St. Paul’s. . . Venerable Rector to be Honored on the 225th anniversary of the Oldest Corporation in State

Shrouded deep in the cloak of history, the moss clinging to its gray walls, its solemn spire piercing the heights above, surrounded by the strains of marble markers of decayed royalty and pomp departed more than two centuries ago, Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at Edenton will be the scene of a unique event Monday, November 1.

For on All Saints Day, the 225th anniversary of the founding of this parish, were dwelled Governor Charles Eden whose bones lay resting in the historic churchyard, hundreds of Episcopalians of eastern North Carolina will wend their way next week, likewise to apy homage to the Rector, Rev. Robert Brent Drane, D.D., venerable veteran of the Episcopal ministry, who has served his parish 50 years.

The beloved veteran of the ministry will assist in celebrating the service of the church he loves so well. At 11 a.m., holy communion will take place. The celebrants are the Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire D.D. of Raleigh, and the Rt. Rev. Thos. C. Darst, D.D., Bishops of the church. Bishop Cheshire will be the preacher of the service.

The service will be followed by a luncheon in the Parish House at 1 o’clock and at 4 p.m. will be presented the historical pageant of the church: “The Bells of Old St. Pauls”. This pageant, written especially for the occasion by Mrs. Theodosia Wales Glenn of Atlanta, will be produced from a special stage in the church yard under the shadow of the church spire, and will be taken part in by 150 people of Edenton. It begins with the “Far Away Bell of the Early Settlers in Episode One,” the organization of the first Vestry of St. Paul’s Paris, the oldest corporation in North Carolina, dating from December 15, 1701. Covering the principal events of the historic old church, and coming down to the present date, the pageant will conclude with an impressive glimpse into the future, “The Golden bells beyond St. Paul’s Churchyard”.

The day will close with a reception in the Parish House at 8 o’clock, to which a thousand people have been invited. All Edenton is cooperating wholeheartedly to make the event a great one.

All Edenton knows and loves Dr. Drane, whom it will honor that day. On November 1, 1876, the young man of 25 entered on his duties as rector of the Church. It is his first and only charge. During the years he has grown old gracefully, and he appears younger in many respect that his white hair and beard would indicate.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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John Caddy, 52, Killed When Will Nixon Struck Him, Oct. 29, 1926

Hertford Man Slain by Ford. . . but a Hit-and-Run Driver was at the Wheel When It Happened

John Caddy, 52 years old, is dead and buried, and a widow and six children mourn the loss of a good husband and father, and grief centers about another home, because Will Nixon the 23-year-old son of the home is in jail charged with being the hit-and-run driver who killed Caddy on Hertford’s principal street in front of the Perquimans County courthouse Saturday night.

Both men were from Winfall, neighbors and employes of the big Major & Loomis mill between that town and Hertford.

Mixing liquor with gasoline is assigned as the reason for the accident. Nixon, now in jail, at first defiant, says he doesn’t recall having hit the man who died shortly after being struck. But the fact that a front light on the Ford Roadster was bent, and blood was found on it, is evidence that will be used against him. Sheriff Wright took Nixon into custody shortly after the accident. He is charged with manslaughter.

And so Perquimans County court, which convenes next week, will have two big murder cases, both concerning Winfall citizens, and Winfall is gloomy because the trouble reaches into so many of the community’s homes. The other case is that or Raymond Jordan, who killed his brother in law, George W. Moore with club, when he suspected the latter was killing his father, Alex Jordan, in a street scuffle.

Besides his wife, Caddy is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Boyce and Misses Ida and Nellie Caddy; two sons, Aulton and Judson Caddy, and a six months old infant, a brother, James T. Caddy of Elizabeth City, and three sisters, Mrs. G. W. Fairley of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. J. J. Overton of Norfolk, and Mrs. A. Tisefeltd of Chichester, New York. The funeral took place at Winfall Tuesday afternoon.

Nixon is a son of Neil Nixon, for 40 years keeper of the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge across the Perquimans at Hertford.

From page 4 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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George Pritchard Introduces His Improved Soybean Harvester, Oct. 29, 1926

Makes Improvement on Soy Bean Harvester

George E. Pritchard, manufacturer of soy bean harvesters, of this city, has produced an improved harvester. The new harvester carries an additional reel for the better disposition of the trash that comes from the threshing reel and is said to be a decided improvement on the old machine, while adding imperceptibly to the draught of the vehicle.

Editor’s Note: The drought in this case refers to the force needed to pull the harvester.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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Pigs Raise Incomes at Wilson and Ferebee Farms, Oct. 29, 1926

Pigs Pay Big Profits to Two Good Farmers. . . 70 Hogs Shipped from Elizabeth City Bring Growers total of $1,938.75

A shipment of 70 hogs from the farms of John Kit Wilson of Pasquotank and H. C. Ferebee of Camden, sent out of Elizabeth City last week, brought a total of $1,938.75 at the Richmond market, according to G. W. Falls, Agricultural Agent in Pasquotank.

The return for these hogs yielded a net profit of $1,089.75, according to Mr. Falls, who considers the return a splendid demonstration of the results to be gainded from one example of diversified farming. The hogs were of fine quality and sold at the top prices on that day’s market, ranging from 14 and a quarter cents to 14 and three-quarters cents a pound. The hogs weighed a total of 13,091 pounds.

The cost on average, 6 cents a pound to produce the meat and yielded a profit of 8 cents a pound. The principal feeds used in growing the hogs were fish meal and corn. The total cost of the feed for the hogs amounted to $785.46. Shipping, freight, yardage and feed added $63.80. . . .

The shippers learned a lesson or two. Instead of buying the feed at Richmond that is given the hogs for their meal, they will send their own corn hereafter. They had to pay ?? for a bushel for corn to feed the hogs in Richmond, while their own corn would have been figure din at 80 cents a bushel, the local price on the farms.

Instead of taking 11 cents a pound that the local market offered on the day the hogs were shipped, the farmers gained $406.85 more by sending the pork to the larger market.

From page 2 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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Babies Scarce in Hyde, Camden and Currituck Counties, and Other Birth and Death Statistics, 1926

Babies Scarce in Hyde, Camden and Currituck. . . Hyde Also Has One of Lowest Death Rates in State; Chowan Has High Birth Rate

If you are a married couple and want children, live in Chowan. If you don’t want them, live in Camden. These two counties are extreme among North Carolina counties in the matter of births. Figures published by the State Board of Health show that Chowan has next to the highest birth rate in the State, something like 35.5 children per yar for each thousand of population. Camden has a birthrate per thousand of only 18.3. It’s a two to one chance in that count, as compared with Chowan.

The highest birth rate in the state is shown in Jackson, 39.7; Chowan, 35.5; Watauga, 36.6; Mitchell, 35.3; and Surry, 35.1.

The lowest birth rate was in Transylvania, 18.0; Camden, 18.3; Hyde, 20.2; Currituck, 23.1; and Alleghany, 24.0.

The average birth rate in the state is 29.7 per thousand people.

Hyde County enjoys a position far down the list in the death rate column. Its position is 7.2 deaths per thousand inhabitants, while the state average is 11.5. Pasquotank is hown among the counties with the highest death rates.

The five counties with the lowest death rates were Graham, 4.6; Yancey, 5.2; Alleghany, 7.1; Clay, 7.1; and Hyde, 7.2.

Five counties with the highest death rates were: Buncombe, 17.6; Durham, 16.2; Wayne, 16.2; Pasquotank, 15.5; and Craven, 15.3.

From page 2 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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When Robert Adams Met Robert Adams at the Independent, Oct. 29, 1926

When Robert Adams Met Robert Adams. . . Two Men with Same Name; Each from a Different State, Meet in Elizabeth City

“My name is Robert Adams, representing the George Close Co., manufacturing confectioner, of Cambridge, Mass.” Said a well groomed upstanding young fellow, introducing himself in the business office of The Independent the other morning.

A moment later another fine looking young fellow came in and said: “I am Robert Adams of of Ashbury Park, N.J. I am an engineer interested in certain developments on your North Carolina Coast.

It all sounded like a joke, but it wasn’t. Here were two young men from different parts of the country representing entirely different enterprises, but each having the same name and both of them dropping into the office of this newspaper at the same time.

Robert Adams of Cambridge, Mass., and Robert Adams of Asbury Park, N.J., had never heard of each other before, but they met for the first time, exchanged a hearty handshake and got a lively kick out of the coincidence.

From page 2 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926

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