ELIZABETH CITY, N; C, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1901.
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RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
: On the second page of this issue
appears, at some lengtn, an inter
view of; Senator F. M. Simmons' on
the matter of rural ,. free deli very
recently published in; the -Raleigh
News & Observer. In this interview
Senator Simmons makes the ques
tion of rural delivery plain, and
urges the importance : to the
people of every section of North
Carolina in taking immediate
action to secure rural free delivery
in each neighborhood.'
The advantage of delivering mail
to the homes of the farmers of the
State Will at once appeal to every
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one as a ffreat convenience, ana
This paper erives correspondents as wide range as it thinks public o " Twt
policy permits out it: is in uu iCBnrlC0 n lVai schools and better roads will mean
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EDITORIAL, GGMMBNT
: FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1901.
one. we now
DE PR0FUNDIS.
DEAD !
The very word seems fraught
with new meaning. Every home has
ai some time been invaded by the
grim visitor whom neither threats
nor pleadings can turn aside. The
shadow has fallen across; your
threshold and our's. But now the
shadow has fallen at once upon
every home in this great , country,
and sorrow sits the chief est guest
beside every hearth.
President McKinley's - death
comes as a personal loss ' to
every one ' whose thoughts are
broader than his own interests. His
virtues plead for him; trumpet
tongued, and he could have
. wished no fairer fame than has
befallen him. His name will
henceforth be linked with all that
is best in American life. I
DEAD 1
"The truth come home on pall
and bier." The virtues which
were sometimes hidden or misun
derstood during the best of cam
rjaiern are now revealed clear and
strong. While many of us differ
ed from him politically we unite,
without exception, in acknowledge
v ing his high traits of character,
w We have been peculiarly for
tunate in electing , to our highest
office men of great personal worth.
Our presidents have been not less
distinguished by their personal
graces than by their ability. But
of all these none has been more
. beloved than the
mourn.
During- his whole life President
McKinley seems to have been un
touched by the, contagion of the
worlds slow stain. Utner men
find life a continual barter, in
which fine ideals are sacificed to
the passion for place, or power, or
weath. But his ideals were always
cherished and neither defeat nor
victory could obscure them.
President McKinley is one of
the few men whom . calumny has
never attacked. .His methods may
have been questioned, but his
motives never were. His unswerv
. ing honesty has marked his every
utterance and, his every aci. He
was called upon to fill his office
. at a time of peculiar difficulties
when the trend of events was
enlarging our national sphere and
adding to our great responsi
bilities. He filled his trying
I position with admirable tact and
judgement and has won the
veneration of even his bitteres
political opponents. .
His whole life was spent in serv
ing his country. As soldier, as, a
. memoer oi congress, as governor
; of one of our greatest states, and
at last as President he has' for
long life-time been exposed, to the
glare of public opinion. His every
movement was watched and com
mented on. ' And now the long
record is made up. His service is
finished. Throughout the length
and breadth of our. country he
lives again in minds made better
by his presence. ;
But back of the achievements of
today lies the character of . yester-
day. We think of what President
McKinley accomplished chiefly be-
corresponding higher prices for
produce. . A hundred advantages
might be memtioned which will be
the result of free delivery.
The Tar Heel will immediately
begin the . movement. Petitions
have been applied for and will be
cause it snows us wnat ne was. arcuiawu ; m , 1Cv . uuo.
While his services have been of co-operation of enterprising men
he highest value to the country in each neighborhood is earnestly
thev are chiefly useful because requested that these routes may
hey fix in . our hearts his secured at an early date. Let
pstimfthlfi trnifa n' n .ifioti us impress up every one the lm-
a neighbor and a husband. The portance in this matter.
virtues which in our daily lives
we common people display, and
WHAT WE NEED.
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A V M I f T AA W V AiHW f V VU A V T UV X A-'
Meeting of Citizens in
Honor of President.
are ennobled because in him they not great natural advantages, for
snone with such puntv and lustre, fii
The hearthstone is America's Uome way of impressing upon the
altar of freedom. Upon the saict- people of other sections the ex-
lty of ; the home. k depends the4 tent of our resources. The Econ
rr"" v wi wua w t u uuiiH. omist s inaus tnai locution, now in
destroy our love lor our hresides, course of preparation, is a step in
A. A. A.
and you endanger our republic. the right direction. It wil
Who, more than President Mc- vividly portray what has already
lUniey, made home an earthly been accomplished here and wil
Paradise ? Who held womanhood make it clear to every prospective
in nigner regard t Who could be immigrant that it would be to his
more constant and . more tender advantage to settle here.
m his devotion to
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wife than he ? while his fame tion, cities, as well as individuals,
uuuuico xiiB tcuueruesB rowaras are iorced into tne ngnt ior su
his wife will be remembered as the premacy. That city which issues
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hfe.: 1 nnlof.s nr Ttartors is Tinnp.li mnro
DEAD!
ne word iceeps ringing m our tion than the city which waits for
ears like a knell.- We cannot fully the investor to stumble across her.
grasp its meaning. . W e can only The eyes of the North ar.e turned
trust that the feet which so sud- fnwnrd flto S
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denly stepped into, the valley of Northernmen with sufficient capi-
the shadow have emerged into tol " who would to start payinff
ine ugni 01 an endless day. - enterprises are looking about
for openings in the Southern
WE ARE PROGRESSING. States and they read with interest,
1T1 t It S . . I II 1" .
jCiiizaDetn uity. is experiencing a everytning pertaining to our
growth which is clearly, apparent section.
to the most casual observer. It -is It is well worth a determined
conceded by all substantial citizens effort to attract capitol to our city.
i.1 il 'i ' i n 1 . 1 . mi j.i.ti'- t 1
mat, me city never nad a brighter -me estaDiisnment 01 a single en
future. We have now gotten such terprise will pay handsome did
a.start that the city will move by dends on any sum expended in ad
its own momentum, and grow by vertising our advantages. Other
its own accretion. cities in the State have for years
The merchantile trade of Eliz- been making efforts to secure in
abeth city is by far the greatest of dustrial plants, and that they have
any town of like ; size in North! succeeded in as evidence that ad
Carolina. This city controles the vertising pays.
trade of twenty of the most fertile Out newly,' organized Board of
and prosperous counties in the Trade should make its first busi
State. A firm-in this city recently, ness to see that literature descrip
in one day, made cash sales to the tive of our town is widely distri-
amount of $2300.00 We have had buted throughout other sections
remarkably few failures in business And it should not stop with
circles and a greater numhor of one spasmodic attempt, but should
our merchants discount their .bills, keep at it until people begin to in
Joy reierence to Uiinn s Merchan- vestigate our claims lor recogm-
tile agency it will be found that on. Investigation is all we ask.
the credit of Elizabeth City is sur- or we are confident that when, one
passed by but few towns in the bas visited our city he cannot but
United States. , be favorably impressed with ' her
Our industries are all busy and unlimited opportunities
new enterprises are being started
up., Mills are working night and 1
day. . We " are not disturbed
with labor a?itatihTif5 wliinVi
w . O ,.r : IT aaaVU
disturb other locahties. : Buildings I
amounting to an aggregate cost of
$100,000.00 are now in course of
erectiom The .. mechanics? of ( the
city are all employed. , All people
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wiiu wiii uxi. juuve no trouoie in
securing it. . '
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viby uuers unsurpassed in
ducements to the settlers., ; Taxes 1
are reasonable low. ; KdnrtntTOTinl
facilities are ; good. "People who
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ixu,v lucaieu uere are, in. most in
stances prosperous and contented.
We. have room for more.
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Let people know
it through the
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the ,
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They ensure , good
' results.
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPIED.
Every Color, Class and Con
dition Repre$ented--Par-
tisan Prejudice1 Forgot
Eloquent and ; impres
sive Speeches. )
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its-SiX'v-! '3:'f1';-,r'yrH:.'-'s
The citizens of Elizabeth City
met last Saturday in mass i meeting
to manifest proper respect and to
do honor to the memory of the
martyred -President, and to adopt
suitable resolutions with respect
to his untimely death. :
f The meeting was called at noon
in; the court house by his honor.
Mayor T. B. Wilson. The unusu
klly large attendance t of busy
citizens, at a busy hour' in this
busy town, was an eloquent testi
monial of the infinate respect and
admiration with which they held
the chief executive i of. a grea
republic. ISvery class, color and
condition was represented and
deep sorrow was depicted on
every face. Politics were forgotten
and all alike attested love for the
man who, by sheer force of his own
effort, had arisen from the; ranks
of a private citizen to 'the most
exalted office in the gift of his
people.
Mayor Wilson announce the
object of the meeting in mos
appropriate terms. On motion
Hon. E. F. Lamb was elected
chairman and Walter. L. CoHoon
was elected secretary. On accept-
fittingly and tonchingly of the
irreparable loss which the nation
had sustained, and of his approva
of the action of the ' mayor
calling the meeting. . ..; : ;
Bev. J. Y. Old impressively in
voked devine 4 blessing for the
country and the distressed widow.
Oil motion a committee
namd to drait resolutions appro
priate to the occasion. The mem
bers of the committee were: Profs
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o. ij. oneep, w, m. -timton and
Dr. Pilemon John. ' The committee
retired for a five moments, after
which they made a report,; sub
mitting the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted
Whereas the red-handed, blood
thirsty anarchist made a dartardly
and murderous assault upon the
Chief Executive of this exeat
nation on the 6th instant, and
Whereas this fiendish and diaboli
cal assault which appalled these
United Stales and made the whole
civilized world stand aghast with
horror, resulted this morning in
the death lof our honored and
beloved President therefore be it
Eesolved 1st. That we denounce
with all the earnestness and in
tensity of our souls this black and
damnable deed and the anarchistic
spirit that gavk it birth. :
2nd. That okr wisest and best
men should devise 'at once some
drastic measures to rid the coun
try of this terrible manace to its
safety, its happeness and its per-;
petuity. : .' s, j.
3rd That ourisympaties go out
unrestrained to our sadly bereaved
and sorrowing wife and family.
. 4th That we Uend our sorrow
with that of the deeply stricken,
greatly impoverished and mourn
ing country, that iow stands with
lowered head and bleeding heart
and tear stained eye over the
prostrate form oi her murdered
chieftain.
W. 11. HlNTON,.
v Paleinon John,
S. Xi.pHEEP,
Among those who I spoke to the
resolutions - were, Prof W. M.
Hinton, Dr.' P. JohL J Heywood
Sawyer, . E. B. Ale Ajider, J. B.
Leigh J.. 1 P. Spence, Kev. L. L.
Wimams,-Rev..P. W. ielick.
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Board Wanted!
:! Young man who can furnisB first-class ref
erence as to cnar act e r wishes ti secure board
in some private family. WouH prefer same
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ply to "ad" please state price wtated.
- ;-1 - 1 Address "3L" box 137. -
My Dear "Sir: . . ; . .
wish to say that we have the exclusive agency
for the celebrated KLEE & GO'S, line of high-class
tailoring. It has been our pleasure to represent the
above firm in this town for, the past -five years and
with ihe fullest assurance, our business relations with
both KLEE & CO.,,and our many customers of Eliz.
City, have been very pleasant. We take this method
i of informing-you of the arrival of our fall and winter
line. This is the most complete line we have had the
pleasure of exhibiting during our five years service
with this noted establishment. I We are personally ac
quainted, with KLEE & , CO.1, "and assure you that
they do not carry anything in stock except Diece goods,
and trimmings to meet ; the many demands of their
daily orders which must be accompanied by a correct
; measure. New samples, new styles and a new system
of measuring has been discovered your weight
hasr nothing to do with the necessity of a new measure.
A new measure is absolutely necessary, and the human
form is constantly changing, and a new measure cost
you nothing. The. change of trie human form may be
: so slight the average eye, would not iietect It,- still the
artistic brain of the new creations of 1901 and 1902
has given us new patterns and new ideas by which we
can give the best results attainable in this country.
With, twenty years experience in this special branch of
clothes-moulding and form-fitting we 'oflfer one hun-
dred dollars to any one whose form is so disfigured by
nature or by accident that we cannot fit him satisf ac-
torily. i
; Yours truly,'
. GEO. W. WILLIAMSON.
With WEISEL'S New and progressive Store.
FOR RENT!
One of the best stock and truck farms in Eastern North Carolina,
120 acres in a high state of cultivation,' one mile from Elizabeth City.
SUITED' TO ALL CROPS.&
Has been recently equipped with modern agricultural machinery.
Apply or write to this office. ;
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For Stile, Elegancy, Durability, Light Rmming and Reasonableness
of Price. Our - '
ELIZABETH CITY SPECIAL"
. - cannot be equaled.
We carry the largest stock of Carts, Wagons, Buckboards, harness,
etc. , Everything in the Carriage line. ' '; : .
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Elizabeth City Buggy Co.,
Poindexter St., - Elizabeth City, H. C.
Largest Store,
Biggest Stock,
o west Prices.
J. B. Flora & Co.,5
Wholesale Grocers and Tobacconists.
Dealers in Hay, Lime, Cement, Paints, Oils, Hope, Hardware; Buggies,
Harness, Ammuni tion, Quns, Etc. . ,
TOBACCO AND SNUFF
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FACTORY PRICES.