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GKXBRAL I'ARR DEAD Continued fro Page S General Carr was Identified with vlr | tualty every Urge industrial organiz ation In Durham. General Carr. during his latter | year*, gave freely of hi* time and [ money to various causes, both educa tional and philanthropic. He served as trustee of the University of North Carolina, was a member of the Dur ham Board of Education and was president of the North Carolina Chil dren's Home Society. Although General Carr was a pro minent layman of the Methodist j Episcopal Church. South, and contri buted generously to its institutions. I he also made large contributions to I other churches and church causes. { He was a delegate to the Ecumenical Methodist conference in London. To General Carr, more than any one else, is given credit for tiding Trinity College, of Durham, over its era of adversity a number of years ago and making It one of the leading colleges in the South today. T&e | General with two other Methodist laymen agreed to conduct'the college | three years when the Methodist con j ference, on account of financial | troubles, had decided to abandon the school, then located In Randolph County. It was found at the end of thTee yeare that the management still devolved upon the three laymen 1 and when the other two withdrew. General Carr assumed full responsi bility. The college was later moved to Durham and General Carr contri buted $20,000 for the purchase of the beautiful ground on which the institution now stands. When the Greensboro Woman's College at Greensboro was in tight financial cir-l cumstances a nunvber of years ago,! General Carr headed a syndicate, I giving It financial backing, making It | one of the leading colleges for young, women In the South. These twoi schools are Institutions of Method-") ism.-but 'General ' C*rr hat cofftfR" buted liberally to other denomina tion*. including Wake Forest College (Baptist). Davidson College (Presby terian), Elon College (Christian).' St. Mary's School (Episcopal) and Meredith College (Baptist) at Ra leigh. On the campus of the Univer-| ?lty of North Carolina, Ms alma mater, stands the Carr building, a handsome structure, named after Its donor. In 1898 when war was declared by the United States on Spain, Durham; furnished two military companies, one composed of white men and the other of negroes. There was con siderable delay in getting the negro troops assigned to their proper regi-, ment and General Carr from, his own funds provided for their subsistence, i To the white regiment, of which the * Durham company was a part. General Carr contributed generously, seeing that the troops did not lack the com fort* consistent with the army regu lations. by providing these comforts himself. When the men were at the front. General Carr paid the rent, grocery, doctor and medical bills of all Durham soldders, of both races, whose families needed such assist ance. General Carr was one of the best loved veterans of the war between the States and never appeared hap pier than when he was surrounded by' his old comrades. It is said that nothing could thrill him a* much as the famous "rebel yell." He was always a conspicuous figure at the reunions of the Confederate soldiers. 4or years' General Carr defrayed tlw 1 expenses of hundreds of old veterans to reunions he?ld in various cities In the South. His purse was always open to the need of widows and relatives of Confederate veterans. His generosity was also much In evi dence at the Soldiers' Home at Ra- 1 lelgh. where he provided many com- | forts for the inmates. General Carr served for manj ( years as president of the Confeder-] ate Veterans Association of North Carolina. On the organization of the United Veterans Association of the Confederate States he was elected Major Oeneral for the North Carolina Division and was successively re-' elected to that office until he was elected commander-in-chief of the, United Confederate Veterans at the, reunion In Nashville in the fall of 1921. Although General Carr never held 1 ? political office, he was for yoars! prominent in the councils of the Dem-| ocratlc party of North Carolina. He declined nomination of his party fori Governor In 1896 At the Demo cratic National Convention, held In! Kansas City In 1900. General Carrj received fourteen votes for the Vice* Presidency, the vote* being cast by delegates from North Carolina and. Idaho. In the same year he was candidate fo.* the office of United States Senator, but withdrew from the rsce in order that the honor might be given Furnlfold M. 81m-! mon. Oaml Carr ?? fourteen! times delegate at large to the Demo cratic National convention and be probably exerted aa much Influence in shaping tbe fortunes of his party' In hia State aa any other man. He' waa a gifted speaker apd a man of splendid literary taste. Notwithstanding he was a veteran of the War between the States. Qen eral Carr loved his country and when 1 tbe United States entered the World War In 1917 he promptly laid aside his personal affairs in North Caro lina and went to Washington where he rendered the government valua ble service In giving Food Adminis trator Herbert Hoover hia active co opcrat.on In working out the general1 plans for food regulation and con servation. He also gave In the var-i I It-US Liberty Loan campaigns and wss a liberal contributor to all re- ( lief measures during the war. He1 8500,000.00 EDNA MILLS 7% CUMULATIVE PltKFKKIlKD STOCK Dividend* Payable Quarterly. The Edna Mill# are controlled by the same Interests that con trol the Henrietta Mills. It is one of the most successful tex tile mills In North Carolina. We recommend this stock as a safe, conservative Investment. Additional Information on re quest. Price $100.00 and Dividend. American Trust Co., Bond Department CHARLOTTE, X. C. Frank II. Green, Mgr. JT'S THE CUT that counts in light weight suits far spring and summer too. D. Walter Harris The City Tailor and Clothier SPECIAL TOILET SOAP OFFER As Ionic a* our supply lasts we are offerliiK a box of French Milled Toilet Soap that Is val ued at *1.00 for 35c M. P. GALLOP CO. Phones 3 and 57 PHONE 114 Standard Pharmacy THEY WILL SEND IT. remained at WuUtctoD for months at his pervoiMl expense after the arm istice warn signed. giving whatever aid he could to reconstruction. General Carr married Mies Nannie Graham Parrlsh. daughter of Col. D. C. Parrlsh of Orange county, on February 19, 1873. Six children were born to General and Mrs. Carr. as follows: Eliza Morehead. wUb be For? Reliable Goods Only p H o N K i?b?a Albemarle Pharmacy Southern Hotel ItuildiiiK c>m? the wife of Henry Corwln Flower, of Kansas City. Ho.; Lallah Rooke. wife of William F. Patton of Pennsylvania; Julian 8. Carr Jr., Albert Marvin. Claiborne McDowell, and Austin Heaton Carr. SUNDAY, MAY 11TH 18' MOTHER'S DAY Place Your Order To-<lay. Kyat) Floral Co., Inc. pho.ne ?sa. Is Your Boy A Jack Tar? ?ft TAP TOttt No- 01031 Included in our Jack Tar Line of Boys' Wash Suits is this dandy Base ball Suit?Nothing could please a youngster more. It is a very practi cal and serviceable suit too, light weight twill, sturdily made and neat ly trimmed, in sizes 4 to 10 years. Rucker & Sheely Co, Elizabeth City's I lost Store FOR SALE CHEAP Slightly used furniture almost as good as new, at HALF PRICE. On sale every day in the year. Come in and look our furniture over, wheth er you buy or not. We are life-savers to peo ple who want a lot of furniture and haven't much mone]}. The Auction Furniture Company 120-122 NOItTH POINOEXTER STREET, Next to 1*. DeLon's hicycle shop. E. L. SILVERTHORNE, Mgr. * ALKRAMA THEATER 5 Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 & 30 Jf JOHN S. WOODY /trexentn A HUGH D1EKKEK PRODUCTION "Cause for Divorce A BIG HUMAN INTEREST I'I,AV AM) A IMG COMEDY WITH IT \ ADMISSION ONLY 30c For Adulli. 10 CENTS f?>r Children \ ??? K sure fit" even after a hair cut youca&make fhe axe larger or SURE-FIT ^RLOOSEtt CAPS TAX MAA.lOt ?*ao MADE DY FINE & LEVY.INCX, 702 BROADWAY. NEW YORK CITY SOLD AT GOOD STORES Look for Them in the Window > I Look 'Em Over f & $ j We Have A Used Car To Suit J % The Most Particular j S Buyer S ^ -t Ford Roadsters with starter S130-S150 ^ ? 6 Ford Touring Car? without starters S50-S123 ? ^ 2 Ford Touring Cars with starter S123-S175 ^ @ 3 Ford Trucks S75-S175 @ ? ? ^ 1 Ford Coupe $250 ^ ^ 2 Ford 2-Door Sedans S175 and S350 @ ? 1 "90" Overland $85.00 q 1 Stevens Touring Car $300 @ ? 1 Four-Cylinder Buick, 3-passenger $150 ,gt ? . m ?& 1 6-Cylinder Buick, 3-pass. Tg., winter top .. $500 ? ,, ? , ? 1 Eight-Cyl. Apperson, 7-pass. Touring $800 ?5j & ? ? ? | Auto & Gas Engine | S Works, Inc. S <& " @ ^ Martin Street Warehouse '0 ? PHONE 880. & Capital Stock $250,000 f Member Federal Renerv ? WKBTFORn COLUMBIA KI.IZAHKTH CITY {? Or. A. L Pendleton, Pres. "Jeo. R. Little, Ca*hler. Y iurnev P. Hood, Vlce-Pree. B. C. Abbott, Vlre-I*re?. !j! CAROLINA BANKING & TRUST COMPANY \ Buick Sales And Service AUTOMOBILE TIB' S and ACCESSORIES GASOLINE 1 MOTOR OILS | Tidew Buick Co. N mden Bridge WHMIMMMMK IWWWBHIMWHBW?MWBBBfBMgW Famo and Lebanon Belle Flour ?re alnolitel; Bonn of qunlltr ?nld bf ike leading grocer*. ?Distributed Hj? A. F. TOXEY & COMPANY Water Rtreet As usual, the biggest assortment of High Grade STRAW HATS in Elizabeth City % is being displayed at? WEEKS & SAWYER "Where the tteat Clothe? Come From" ; US??????????????????!????????????????????????????????
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