The dynamiting of a dipping vat last Thursday night on the Leigh Farm in Salem Township this county shows that there are still some enemies of tick eradication work in that avowed stronghold and domain of the tick. The Leigh Farm of about 1,000 acres is 17 miles from Elizabeth City, about six or seven miles below Weeksville, and is owned by Mrs. C.H. Robinson of this city.
There are three dipping vats in the Sound Neck section of this county, the other two being located at Simons Creek and at Pailin Corner. It is reported that the vat at Simons Creek has been damaged also.
The proprietor of the Leigh Farm heard the explosion about 10 o’clock at night, and when he investigated, found that the vat had been blown wide open. Evidently one stick of dynamite had been placed at a good vantage point.
Friends of tick eradication believe they will soon be able to place the responsibility for the act. It may be that the offender will get into more hot water than the ordinary destroyer of private property finds himself into. While the vat on the Leigh Farm was privately constructed and paid for, and its use tendered free to all in the locality who wished to dip their cattle, it had been taken under the care of the State Department of Agriculture co-operating with the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, and by reason of this, the offender if apprehended, may be dealt with by the U.S. Courts, instead of Pasquotank County.
From page 2 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., March 30, 1923
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