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Mr. Small Writes:: Concerning Federal At Washington; June 26, 1915; ; lrr. W. J. LearyrSr., : : Edenton, N. 0. . y' Pear Mr. Leary: . Acquisition of site for Postoffice Building in Edenton,, N. 0. ;.: ; . : I. have your two letters of the 21st,. and 26th, inst. My chief anxiety is for the (jovc-rn ment to secure a site in order that Edenton may he in line to secure legislatioi" author- th mechanic, the- artizahVand king the construction ot a :pQSt yLyiliSg office building and fixing the limit (at least for the time' being) and ot cost, when ' the appropriate may dall hands are en time shall arrive. I wish the site joying a brief holiday - , selected in a manner agreeable .Thiais, if you: please, Sir, a to the citizens of Edenfonand for Sa&ath nion; AThe the Treasury Department, but -I brillance bt the snni isnot the am exceedingly solicitous that feast affected by the-tidal - waves the matter shall not continue in- setjq motion,, and which usually active indefinitely. presages sl -ortheast-storm nor Tefy sincerely, is its influence for goodtherleast JOHN SMALL. impaired:by the absence of omi Edenton, N. C. nous clouds. The Sabbath, day June 18th, 1915. of days, what fragrant memories To The People Of Edenton: Its -weekly advent . recalls! In. 4 The above letter written spirit we betake onr way through by Mr. Small on the 26th, inst. speaks for itself; and its contents to you : with his explanation, it is now with you and it seoms to me to be yoiut matter, and wit;reKnabler promptness. O- ; ' A gentleman said onfyesterday, . that it (referring 'the Federal Building) would be quite an orna- ment to the town. The money that is paid for the site" and later for the building will be placed in circulation and to that extent be ' useful to our community, Then shall we hesitate to work for something that will, at least, be try towardjstheadjf was en of material benefit to our com - danced by;rthe: comb-ination of munity. We have several very the intelletuaU thespiritnalvand fine locations and one especially evviweiiheit fine ; the only trouble is that it is The SaatWa IntenjcJed as a day a little out of the way, but acting of ? rest. ..Setjapat bye; tbe ;cow? upon the (acts as statedby, Mr. .... 1 11 LI 4. I Z A. 1 I . ouidu we nau uener iae n aim , get the matter settled ; so, that proper legislation can be secured for the construction of the build- ing when the time arrives. Every citizen in Edenton is in- nature oi;tbedieties which all the report of a visitor just from terested in this matter, for we all good pepplarer cognizant of this, lively "summer capital by the want a convenient place for the should! reijt0juslyi observed sea." There hate beena third Post Office Building, whether we StT2mfatde more cottagers this summer up tp consider other things or not. souaditoi; those, oi: ahtirMigious this time, than any -summer pre Now if you (and I mean the citi- serrtrmeM3 vious and already there are more zens of Edenton) do not take true, thecyifor spirit! sununer visitors there than ; have enough interest in this question ;ual rehaic3re":urge been ttiere in five years during to see to it that we get a suitable in tiiesestTeiiuous.timesi whema the same'month. . - ... and convenient location then the iaigercentagr pfr ourr modern ; li wai reported that pn last BLAME of it WILL REST peoples are. eaeljutsuing the Sunday so. numerous were the WITH YOU, AND YOU very things which; when once week-end gueats -thafc; all accom LONE; lor Mr. Smallr byf his possessed, seldom active interest has shown that he is anxious to do what he can to promote YOUR best interests and welfare in this matter, and I am sure that I have done all I could, or could be expected of me. I will venture the statement that there is not an intelligent man or woman in Edenton who cannot appreciate the advantages which will follow the construction f this building, and thereforega tailure fr oi- ,nri' r. -x.. I cannot be iustified bv nleadihahftyeol ignorance f-T am :0lk that our women have in otW matters shown civic pridef wuidgyb feel; todo soQahdm eople to act as themay deem er.-::;- Apqther Sabbatlw ha reached- the doorsill ; the.work of the -airy spacel uencumbeTed;t. the mere trappings of our ma terial form, :which the -spirit of I tn cnan mublillCifca 'SaA - re(iliectioni wiu to renew in 4he great CspuiUand the friendships, of great. souk whose idenity inVhe material is all j)nt too sacred to; reveal to thc common minds, of ones fellows, ifh oldj. Sabbatfei Home, the thrystingfplaceof xur early days when rea) . frieud9hip..iWs in itf prime, when-real knighthood was; in flowerf andiwhejre.4rue gallant J mad;oT.iebfe 1 1 A t -II L III J . ... A M I legisiarure&piauEcivMtxcu - puwci xiot only as a adQrjttio.n: forr .the 4 'Prince -of LigJl fcKtth HisReignbtitjtheCday,, , andTthe 1 the measure of satisf action r pro6t, which the initial efiort so gloHously promisedtp Sthe c over zealOiis materjal "Shy; go out of the Way irtt quest of the Absblu tee the Qn whreveaisvffl worm of the lust? :Atomists hold that theres apparent dif- ference and Uparatehess in t 'Wher theritheslSgis th 'MMiWiliS .u:i, .w T7fin4- areriift?Mthe latter areeompietea and ac- ithe the.fi grears; artff ripples! aaaifi: buttomf is but fofigF ilhetGivetsat A now intelligent?first theayajsijslpojt ra(girit9 rnopr duce reason ? " Nor fcould atoms set-in motion prod uce a pUnned orntlHgent univerVJtM atom Ists falsely sayjo Th ere. m ust bfjm ;JnteHigent-pow ing: th tpmsf andlntecapK ing the rea ult to be. attainedi Moreover, the. view put lorth By an : e ster nalr and internal wp rid exists in mutual independence, is contrary tOithoughi ?arid exe. ienoe, yis; infskCty unthinkahte We know no external world :. we have-never harj any, experience outside the region of our- own consciousness ; yet what is : re garded as external to the in dividual cOnsctous,nessf lis not Maya, as is taught in some of thes;Wpanisiw by later philosophers. The troth isr evident to tthe f senses, that ' 'this external world as a fact of consciousness: is as .real asVtliat consciousness, and as the indi vidual m ind .which mak es , men tall experience, possible : and is : the Agent, in essence, ;;at -least, of the,. great All, of wlikh the in Sfe if FX" ia&!?1$ '(nature - arfe divinely aered,'and that all men are born with the spark of the divine burning within: We should seek r th. beautiful- and lovely things, not for the-mere lustre of theit. shilling,; but . for the . ever present,; imperishable substance the ideal, as the ideal is re- vealed to man in glimpses, other- wise nmaen in nearts oi goia Summer For Morehead y. g wd; Re ort Seekers Take the Summer Sea , p i vapiIOl Morehead, City is practically over run with resort seekers, is weretarnedrawy. Theljookings for July and August are-excep tionally large and boarding facili- ities are steadilydn demand ; jr"Morehead has linade it pla(n health matters and rhas left no jgap tmguarded at this point prepared an ordi- nlncirq SSlfffliS8 M :bl - ; . - r ;V r ! " he following will be of i inter. e34r Chowan J County I readers jejpllly iforthe reaspnthatthe; ecoftheiMarionlis Mr; r, V; uuui uq,Y - zuvwaji oufity boy.) - "'Z : ,'. . KSn or ockeCrojg, who is iiSSiciivia iaiIegramla mehr fjom former- UnitedrStates Migcthhe nltecl States sggjrjfcaui down ap3eiston jfi favor ot, theplain case of Bless and . Winr brngjynst McDonaldAvhich ipireVin a hotly conteM edefoire 4udg E. n Boyd. idf tfelFcderal District courU a- bout j(our years ago . r lCwerrlorv Craig appeared for ifilintiffs ahd. Martin, Bollins, dnjprightappearedi ior thedfi- a1Sflaltorney,feewhichiPie8s -j-nru e m ' thteai law firms of Western T . f cwivarolma were tryingv tot vli';'. 7. "I co am 5. ' r " efendatitsetupa.-pleaij - ??ir.;-Z .. v , . ; - ii7 , . , I videcrby twelve. 10 ifpToyetBe ;-v ' ' - V . i foregoing,, counsel for ... the-de : to r - - . . . s fendant had one of the jurymen called to the stand and asked him in what way the jury arrived . at its verdict. Objection,wa&made by the plaintiffs' counsel; that this was an incompetent question, as a jury could not be permitted to impeach its own verdict. The counsel. for,the plaintiffs ;was up-. held in the objection and the full amount of the fee demanded. $2940, was allowed in the verdict. against the defendant Tka AnA, Q ' . . - -c ';: t. u circuit court of appeals at xtich- , . - ; mond on the . ground that, the t u : nnoftinn oolmrl f hp 1 11 rum a n uraa HU"" vv" permitted by the authorities; un der the rules of evidence, and oft appeal the plaintifis were repres ented by A. Hall Johnston, as Mr, Craig had been elected governor. Without a decision ever . being reached in this court the case was aken to the supreme court.of the United States on a writ of error by Martin, Rollins and Wright. Senator Bailey argued the case for the plaintiffs before . the sur prcme court, whose decision, thus settles the - question .by holding that methods by which a jury arr rives at it's verdict cannot be,,im- peacnea. EgS:May: Be . Kcptj. ErCShfl For Eatihg aad Cooking.ii v lric-Watcrgi WS- :t - . 1 want td keep some efi8orJ mouths. Please tell me how to it -Will thfivhft frefe enonffhi for me to use in cake. later? -Z ktJif yotirehe properi$W49n in the shell- it will be necessary Anserinyxme last rquestion: and;pquna net nsning,our oi, comr acrsnouia mw-r Hr6i,esiheycwill'; Pofeassome yMMi Z Xvi? ". Sough ipcakprboiHnfti he:ron.that.Jtwou &mtMt&r, thfeljlja BeabJthl f JreTva1tiye:3 . ' 'One way in which egs may be efmifeJJisJ bygbngam-mersed-in waWglaas.,- Tliis may either, be .purchased ,in powdered tpzm and dissolved by?. yourseif,: according to the directions r you Will receive wiUiVthewater glass; ot it maybe purchased idsyrup Prm , This costs about 50 cents ' Q m be-use over and t?' i -r- ; x here is a commercial eommod-1 ity which is believed: to be some- hatibetW than the, :plain water gjlasju y-:. The advertisement has ap- jpared in these pages, y ' - In -keeping.ggs for, inon ths, as you. sugge3ti . there are several points which, may belooriaidftred. There must be no roosters ' run-J ning with the jfioc the eggs mustf be.perfecUj .olean; which , means that nests must be ,pt lpokedaf-l tBt well. The egg must be placed, when, perfectly.' frssh, small end T .ieu wwu me uuiui xne iaroi be.kopt :iu 8 dr, place.. ' There lSnO USft, trviwer fepnl " V - - - r OH On fnr Soma fltlTO- t hot harm Kaaii I tlcxtk a.t t ))l-an tnitU )S-(n I V - t . , ! auuoj iuiuuDow iuai aie aiiutsu j Ittt Dins. ; I am being verv . particular ptits-;-.;-- -A'i-::r- yr.:-v,: serving fluid for the spoiling of fparta of our navigable sf reams arer g i i: . . - - '"t v: her effcs when reall v" it , was her I considered to be navigable nndr. "OO . 1 . - " I own car f The Progres- si ve Farmer. ' to the Fishermen - Edenton, N. C, June 24, 1915. On yestesday pursuant to i notice Captain S. E. H umphries, accompanied by Mr. L E. Lyons and F.. D. Beckham, represent- . . , T , , ing the War Department, in look- ; s . r. 4 t . , . ingafter the navigable waters the ; . -o - ... . obitructiori of thesewatefs by not. stakes and other obstructions, Omnterest held a ' meeting at the Court solid that it a reasonable thing fo& House in Edenton. Quite a such net stakes to be left . in the number of our people were pre- water for future use, particularly. sent and among them the tisher- men were-weil represented; and "mmi nt thtm entftrd into ntiite . J ,k AaJUllbU vvlltHWJV.swrjas iuv. distance the net stakes and pounds should 7 1 be "v from each-other; Sojne holding that there should be distance enough to permit motot hoats to pass without arty danger pf being caught, by the nets or net stakes and damaged, or thepersons whe managed the boats thrown into the water, and Iheir Hvesdger if-riot lost ; others thought and gave evidence of the f act that-theliets as at pre irirard 'did hot endanger the boat. nets oraives of the motor bpatmen. . Thatthese. boats were used in fishing these nets, and could pass over the lines and the! nets witnout narming eitner -That to place an opening between! each net meant putting the pounds ( wcwwweuww tol stand it-. ; It seemed thts side of .--.This isi-ayiruable industry; andvrhmkshoara6: lostered poatectenry 3i b jeJway f: iljhuehs propouhdedwere:OPir fish nets shall be placed within certain d istwceibbuJ at what q destance shall they be placedrV. Second : At what -disr- tance : f rqm.the, approaches tol the mouths of the. rivers - and: their unobstructed bysbhetiird-; "- icngui sudu iusmgie line oi fish' nets- stak ea ' have mcluding L r the pound, and lead- theretOiand ' shall they be ; greater than ' one thousarid feet, and shall an ihte'r- val be required of two hundred ' feet between suceessiye. pound, oir: gill nets clear of ail obstrctions? Fo urth: What net stakes shallbe ' withdrawn afterthe fishinsr sea- son "is Oyer ? Fifth: How . shall the pound; net owners; indicate ,; their ownership, so that they, will be easy ditcerible, andiden tihed? The discussion of these huuiu, ui may tions made by the Govern throuah th War-.rftnartfnnt 'ri - - - , , . ; - f h a ronnrto mn4a in ti'nn mill rm A ..xl.. a ' - . --w.t vff yiL . i mccs w muse WUU may wai&C our state laws ; in other iyord rfb - . - --."T'-.'O: the rules of the Government. As we understand it the Governments retains the right to say .what iil or shall be considered ; navigable ? ' - - - . - . - - - - i ered obstructions thereto. We think all disused and rotten net stakes should- be pulieoVup, or withdrawn from all navigajlewa ters'as soon as the ; seasriv fo fishing Js- pver, as- they ariea menace to navjgalion; - and that solid netstakea should be leftbr further uset(or the reason: that;if . v V i u u ' taken out of the water .they? dry , , , ; , out and become hard to. handler - .- H they can be handled at-li We think where net stakes- ari where they extend; well above the surface of. the waters., lit Isuch cases thev cannot be a men Jar, to nawin trrion, i -. . ..' . - r I it is only when the tops are-: gone . or they are covered4)y , waternd cannot be seen atTtheyarc:dn gerous We do not believeicthat the Government desires anything but the good of . those : who Jrej connected with the i navigajble waters or the fishing antcresta We think; it would bewllifof our fisliermenio J drajft papex covering their views and the facts and reasons why they hold ; tliese. views, and. send4- themiini o Jthe gentlemim above named.V We I are informed that Captain RUm- I pherjes is the chairman or leading man on the. commission tagct at. i rne iacis oesireQ,py uw wariie- partment ; we ? think; ; h is 'the party to adaridbj?hthii pHrctheellahiameeedJei I the contenUon;naa m cument; ano seemea s most
The Albemarle Observer (Edenton, N.C.)
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