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Vol. 1. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 1902. No. 20 :-u. IP1 Tfc Increased Build Exposition and Audi . r toriurn Buildings FOR S250, Each of Original Thir tccn States to Have a Day OUinrC WflDTU It rinil Dr. Ceo. T. Winston UaKos a Splendid Address Ur. K. Druner Presents Plans. Congress will be aslced to ap propriate $250,000 instead $50,000 for the celebration commemorat- ing tna xanuiug o! V I Baletgli -.Colony, on Roanoke Island. " t A meetinar has been held of the subcommittee appointed to pre par a memorial to Congress on the subject, of which Dr. Geo T. Winton is chairman and the 4x I ... . t. i ir 1 eutive committee, of which iMr, I . . -. t I J. W. Peele is chairman. I At this meeting it -was decided to organize the Roanoke Island Celebration Company, which is to be incorporated with $250,000 authorized capital stock. There are Iq be 50,000 shares of the par value of $5 each. The Company u - to besin busines when: 200 shares of stock are subscribed. A committee consisting of Mr. W. J. Peele, r ex-Judge T; B. - C , . , jipTunnted to draft the charter and I have it filed with the Secretary of Stat. The committee is to go to work at once , and nave ' .the -com 1asy incorporated with the Secre tary bf State. : - r There is a ' movement xa foot to have a large delegation vbf North Carolinians go to Washington in February and use i their efforts, - ftv holding a meeting, in behalf f f4h appropriation asked ? from ! Congress, v . This proposition is I under consideration , and 1 some authoritative statement will be made concerning it in a very few days. ' r It was vdecided yesterday on motion of Dr. Winston to ask Con gress to make an appropriation of $250,000 instead of $50,000 for the celebration. This action was ! taken because of the desire to make the celebration an exposition in char acter for displaying Indian and colonial records and documents Mr. T, K. Bruner made the necessity for k larger appropria tion He pointed out that there would be necessity for various . buildings. Mr. Bruner : suggested that a landscape gardener and architect, be secured to prepare plans for gbuingings and grounds. XUUMUUU1U1U UU1MII1IUU UUIlUliig would UC urgent xxecessifaes aitd he sug- jested a casino-building as welL The buildings, Mr. Bruner said, Probably the most .important aehon taken was the dop, tiOU of . ' w vaa jut uiv apprupxuiuuu uu giving n an intelligent manner the signifi cance ox . tne r ceiebrauon. Xhe xnemenal was drafted by ; Dr. Geo - ial coznmittee,' of - which Judg W. R. Alleu and Mr. Josephus H iff1 Paniela are members. Dr. Winston was complimented on all sides for ' his clear and intelligent presents- tion of . the subject , Dr. - T. N. Ivey, ex-Judge .Allen and CoL F. A, Olds said - that the . memorial aAJrb1e i eyew "wwr and Annrnnrinf Inn; MaHaH i-f cave to the world the significance ( ixl 'JLL-cj.uZ vi 1 facinirthftridinof thTnmorJft1 I)r WinT.'.. -." M "After a study of Walter Bal- eiffh's effort at colonizAtinn I wan amazed atmy ignorance. I should A i say thatmy ignorance was a reflex of tWoftw KoWI, nrn. the. nrimTi.t f irlo. iii Lin - w -aA i iin m. m i in vii n iui colonization of the world by the I Anglo - Saxon race. He did -not mftke one 'tempt, but five. The conflict of England with Spam for supremacy on the seas made 1m-j possible the colonization of Boa- noke Island. : After the Spanish i were vanquished on the seasal- ..-,V, ...... . .. - . . Jamestown and Plymouth It is proposed to have the ceh bration fromJune SJOth to luljl 20th- l902. It was decided s. . 4 . , was agreed also that ' July 3rd should be North Carolina day and . - . Jnl - r th NfttiAnal da v. Than trftt July 4th National day. Then Great ... , . snoan qay anaineaay vceieDrater.. . . . . . .1 lives are lost. Aeugioua juioerty ana Virginia Dare day have been tentatively agreed upon. Among th subjects presented In a special report, which were not acted upon and will come up latter were the following: (a.) An exposition of Indian and colonial relics, documents, curios, ! paintings, boors, . maps, and sur veys.- and - other historical and educational, objects should be a , . - v . feature. be of corrugated iron or fire-proof material. It should be erected by, the company whose charter should allow an admission fM fn Yin ihn.rtreA. able capacity should be erected (c) Suitable camp arrangements should be made' for accommodat ing and provisioning the visitors. It is understood that the Roa noke Island Memorial Association will offer its' grounds for this pur posesome 75 or 80 acres the side next to the ocean and about one mile 'from old Fort Raleigh. (d) Adequate arrangements for transporting visitors by water com munication. i nis - will : require a number of , steamers and other craft suitable "for navigation of the shallow waters of the sound. (e.V Music by some band of na tional reputation should be secured i for the entire period; of tne ex position. --News & Observer. Newspaper Advertising the Best We " never could make special publication, posters or signs pay j in and sort of " comparison with rumilar nwnrr ftdvestisinff. i- t. .1 ti.- -."niJi: l.l-l..' ' Kr. 0. Ertdhtm Reported Married, Kew Bern. Hi C. Jan. 3 It is Ua h-r- todav that the mar- mm chadd'ie' Cradle has been Ujlomnized 'at Rochester. N. Y. uotn bride ahd goom were former ly residents'of this place. Curtld Alt AfcHe Went to . the Scar-: ' . -J '--g"J' 9V' '. y.-'" Iutlin, Ga., Jan 6. John Itob- lnson, negco, was ' nanced here today for assaulting and murdering Bertha Simmons, eolorsd. last Ww Bobinson denied his guilt and cursed everybody within hearing from bis cell door to the gallows. Semi-Weekly Tab Hm, , $1.50 COU AYRES FALLS DEAD. Member of the Company That Offlcia- ted at Brown's Hanging. v , - . , - . - - i - - "Washington;. Jan; 6. Col. E. W. Ayres, at "one time V Washington one time . vv asmngion i correspondent of the Kansas City Times, dropped dead, in the Citij CoL Ayres ,wasborn in Lynchburg, Va-i in 1837 and served with - dis tinction in the Confederate i army. He belonged to the, famous ? Rich- -rw arl wks ft Tnm W of the comvanv that officiated at the hanein - of John Brown. - . ? - J : H r- ' V HUNDRED DROWNED. Ma . ....'..- T -. ' da. . I " Steamer 'Waiia Waiia' WreCKCa l " on the Coast of California. : tj.v t..t,0 0finJ mur -. v u i &. w u i iu , i.iic . iihviiki jii t n. n . t; a nr,.', Pacific Coast Steainship line, plv- iner between San I Franusco and Northern ports, has been wrecked off Mendocino One hundred persons were; drowned , Sixtv nasseners who were saved have arrived at Eureka. - " v.. .. .(- - ..,.. THE IIX-FATED STEAMEH. San Prancisco, CaL, Jan, 6.The "Walla Walla" is three hundred " 1A , " " , to113- wVJ ' - ' ' '. life are known. ' h The first report says that some ... - -- of the passengers : and crew were . . -ZO;- i 7 T '---r'"- " saved and another that a hundred RICHARDSON'S GIFT TO ROOSEVELT instructed Him to Read the Declara : . tioa of Independence.' Washington, Jan. 4. Bepres en- tative Richardson-, of- Tennessee, I the minority leader of; the ; Housei today personally presented ' - the President " with i a -s set of his compilations of the f messages and .. papers; Presidents of the of the United . States. Jtuchardson': laugningly pasted, tne President to read carefully the Constitution -and Declaration of Independence. -L The 'President that he The -Knife Throwers A Tafe of Mexican Revenge I httsnt Via ftemglasr Dy AVTKOI. OF - NOT UKEjOTHER MEN - CHAPTER I. L FKKPAXIMG FOK. THK .v ..--i f' - ": CHAPTER II. . " an ArvAia or honok. CHAPTER in. TUX QBUOATIOM OVNILSNCX. CHAPTER IV. CUMNIMG ASAINIT CUMMINO. . - ": . CHAPTER V. THS GSMTLSMAN FEOil MXZICO. CHAPTER VI. WHAT JAltXS KNSW ABOUT THE VAST. T CHAPTER VII. , ' ' y wyndham's cams or doublks. , - CHAPTER VIII. ... . ' SOME STAKTUMG REVELATIONS. CHAPTER IX ' A U&PEKT WITH ITS FANGS DJtAWN. , , ' CHAPTER X. 11 - - . THE MYSTERY ZXPLAINXO. ' - ". CHAPTER XI. j. . THE CRAVE CHARGE OF If CESS. . CHAPTER' "XII. : - RODRIGUEZ S- CONFESSION. . And this is the end except Carme lite's answer, ; which . you may find bv reading the story, which vwill shortly be published in this paper: CArmclit. you knew I told ra eses thst I wm a siaddra f How, bmt I do at -think XhTs bsen very aoddra is this sffsir of ours. One wk from tmor - row I must sail for Burop on Impcrt- - sot business whickcsanat bestpoal' Will you marry ra one week from to-. morrow asi go wiih me?" a urin ui real -estatO-'-tieaiers jin Atlanta, Ga., has written aT- volun tary letter to The Constitution, of mag interesting Hutwmeni mat as a result of fifteen weeks advertising, at a nominal cost,. it has sold, properties to the amount OI S53i.lUO. on whirr, ifa commissions were $1.581.2S. The letter says, J among other tilings; vUf course, the. rood results ob tained have-been in a measure due . .r... ;.... . - . j.-.-'N. ! to the fact tfcat we - have learned what to advertise, and:- that each 1 " - ; . .. woraea anAsnouia cieany -and distinctly state just exactly wnat it means, and that when- a 'customer comes to inquire ' he'- should find i the property exactly as advertised." This suggests ithe general sub ject of newspaper advertising and its growth in this .country.'-- It has become as much a part of thebusi nebs oi any tauuaninent oi con sequence as ny other department, and its cost is accounted among the other fixed charges. Some .of 1 1. i . & J I T-" A 1 . . . . 1 . T . me grea cy nouses puuunareas of thousands of ; dollars into it every year, ad xt is .idle to, say not lfc would not be persisted in; and yet money can be thrown away in it. This Atlanta firm says it has learned what-to advertise and how be i truthful, and this is- the whole secret It is useless to advertise an article that nobody wants or firm to advertise: John Smith & Co., Dealers in Dry Goods Grocer ies, Hardware and uenerai Mer- chandise " and stop there. "It is nep!ftrv V,a anoMfin .rA infr. rr.rr""? esting, and tnat aone mere ,is no danger- that satisfactory results said to editors, in compliment to their "papers "I read every thing . vin . your- paper except the advertisements People have quit saying that because they and especially the ladies now read the advertisement too, provided they be attractively put and properly aispiayeu. The evolution of the business has been exceedingly interesting to those whose business It has been to" Watch it. The presents system pracitically a creation of the last twentv-five years or less, and it - is rrowinff in perfection scope ? and effectiveness every day. i - WORK OF AN ARTIST. The Window Displays During the Holi days Equal to Those of - r- Large Cities. There is nothing which indicates a progressive mercnant more tiian a' well dressed a tore window. It has been especially noticeable dur- mg tne .- noiiaays tnat Jiaizaoetn City has not been behind in this respect. The store windows have done credit to this city, and' would have been a credit to a city of much larger size. While many were attractive none were more so tnan tnose oi Fowler & Co, on Water St The iiw tlt r tt ta and clearly evinced the taste of an artist Mr. Dod is a thoroughly trained man in . the m'erchantile business, progressive, modern in : ideas, and - withal . a most genial i and courteous gentleman. : He was for a number of years connected with the large department stores of John Wanamaker, in I'hiladel- phia, the best school in America for tne man who would ; De a Successful merchant .. r ; F0Ur Men Killed. ' ? Johnstown, Pa. Jan. 6 Because oi a wrong uigutu hh muwsu ww- er last night a . fast .eastbouud PATitiBlvania" "Railrftftrl mail land . . express train ran into a Slow freignt engine, aneaa, causing jue ueaui oi four persons and the serious injury ol &t least five others. ' " . Notice! ' ; i jcair wm do cioseu. uuriug uw.ivuit - 1 r months. 'This is done because of damage done by ormng on tne For Sale! . x . Four j reversable brass lumber trucks, 3bm guage hxn steel axel, used very little, cheap.. O. W. Kvvtjtnm&i. n III Sleepy Young Folks the City Friday. in ALL GRAGE AFIQ BEAUTY. Str3ng8r Sp6dk - in Flat-J t8 r i n ff Terms O f t h e Young Folks''of the -Our young folks looked a little sleepy Friday morning, but they were sufficiently wideawake : the evening before, as was evidericed by their graceful and intrical figures at the- delightful srerman in the Academy of Musia It was a bal poudre, tendered by the . young ladies. : A - visitor stood by and watched the grace and ease with wmcn eacn couple glided, over the spacious hall, and was heard to say. m- ?8 . rea sue grace this, the queen city: of the east. Promptly 1 at the ' hour set, the i. j t. -ir Ti.--t-. 0 1 . . Ehringhaus with Miss Gertie Green leaf, assisted by Mr.' W; K Wood, with Miss Katharine Ehringhaus. ; The couples participating were : Misses Eva Pailin, Katharine Engle Ida J. Flora, Mabel Howard, - Mae ; WoocL Pattie and Bessie Morgan, of Shawboro; Blanche .Barry', of Norfolk; Winnie Skinner, of Green- ville; Slater, of Portsmouth, Min- soVi. of Baltimore : Marv Grice. Nannie Bureess. Clara Bond.- of Edenton. Mrs. P. W. McMullen. Mrs. W. H. Zoeller. Mrs. M. R Griffin and ATra. firian! lh tlm,- xxr th 4-Mj ?Zxf ttr . iS Little, Dr. G. G. Bell, H. Fearing, M. Fearing, T. & White, of Hert ford; Erie Leary,of.Edenton; Way land Hayes, Wilson Hollowell, G. B. Pendleton, F. W. Bonduraut, Brad Sanders, Shelby. Harney, P. W. McMullen. W. H. Zoeller, Wm. Griffin, M. R Griffin, Walter Cart- wright, and Lieut." Crisp. SAMPSON S CASE HOPELESS. The Malady Progresses Slowly But Steadily Towards the End. . WnaTiin Jar 4. ArlmJrftl S Sampson's i malady progresses President probably will be accom- Dunston; to whom is extended the -1aw1t- hf. vatv fp,1ilv ivA panied bv most of the members of sympathy of a large circle of t.iiA etiri s Miipai 'taAiATicA ftdnnnt oWVitJ SvmtR of arriftl d- generation- have appeared, such as are incident to his malady, inject ingeat uncertainty into the case MrtrAW -fh--T.tit i hAntr. J ies8 tractable and respoiis'ive to Urpntm at, - , -i STEEL TRUST'S BIG COAL DEAL. 1 v . 1. A Transaction That Gives it Enough Coal to Run Thirty Years. ' New York, Jan. 4 Judge E. H. Gary, of : the United States Steel Corporation, : announced today that the proprietors heretofore secured bv the manaerers of the PocahoTlta8 Coal Syndicate, con -tin. rvf abnnf. sno.nno ar nf fuel and cooting coal, had" .been BOid to the. Pocahontas Coal and nl, r.aTr l;.1. onnfirol bv the Norfolk and ' Western Kail- wn ' rsnT,v md ' 4.W. RCt ftOO acres of " these : lands - had - been icwcu pames whose-capital stock is owned or V.OTitrblled bv the United States t , corporation. , j uage vary saia j wt wiuim wc wuittw'wj' u future there would be constructed M at least - three ' thousand of the most 7 modern cokeT ovens.- with capacityof at least one and one r wokut yvM, vuwiy mww, n f residence? stores and-o.ther im- provements. The companies con- V WAWsk ' w ' w M - m wmm v w . v v Corporations by this - lease seeured j. sufficient coal to provide, on the present: basis of consumption, for about thirty years. - This, with the half. millions, tons of coke, together matter nas been expiaineq to, inev . CoBfiellsviUf Ooai sow. wn& byrsioH'. i the company; should; furnish, the necessary supply" of cote;" for up wards of sixty, thus 'corresponding I, with the iron ore supply.- - . . ROAR SHOOK :THE, CITY. A Freight Engine : Explodes,- Killing I Three Men and Injuring Nine J ' Macon, Ga, Jan. 4. A freight engine, just out of the repair" shop and fired up in the round h"ousepf tlie Getnral i?f Crergia Railroad, ex- City.-i6??"1011 .nif at 7:? entire city. ' The report waSvheard seven miles away, and house.s three miles distant felt the shock. ' The news instantly ; spread j that1 many were killed, and in a few moments there had gathered at the gates hundreds of people, including wives and children of the shop employes, rwheeping ahd clamoring for infor mation. .' STILL IN BRIGAND'S HANDS. fjs8 ,prom Frontier Speaks of Miss ' Stone as Yet a Captive: : Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 6.-- The lo- cal reports of the release of ; Miss inn ir m ... . 3 1. ' Ellen M. Stone and her companion Madame . Tsilka, remains neon firmed. News: from the frontier says , the brigands ': are hiding in Turkish territory and' are. being hustled by : the - inhabitants, who had previously beenvictimized by the bandits. A fight occured re- contly in which the leaders of the brigands are said to havebeen wounded. - Part of . the brigand band' wearied a4r the delay in ob- taining a ransom for the captives, haTe deserted and are attempting to re-enter Bulgaria, butthe guards larercloselv7 watchiner the" frontier Jti Euclid Heights Col. to B, S. Arm- It is furtner said-tnat. tne wnere- abouls of the captives - is known, Carey S.. Ballance to W. E. Ball and that it is hoped;, the agents of ance, farm landsj Newland tqwn the missionaries will be able to get ship; $150.' ; v . '-,' in contact with the band in a fewf days. - , TRIP TO THE EXPOSITION. 1 Arrangements Are being . Made for President Roosevelt's Going: . Washington, Jan. 6. Arrange- ments are being made for the Pres- ident's trip to the Charleston S. C. Expositiin in February. The the C a bi n e t ' and some of , the Cabinet ladies. They will leave probably on February: 10, arriving in Charleston the - following day. Two days, probably three, will be spent at the exposition when the return trip will be made directly to Washinffton. " ' - IN JUSTICE,T0 WILCOX. , 1 - . - : . ;h An Explanation Concerning the Re- cent Dispatch to the News and Observer. It is reported in various sections of Eastern North Carolina that the attorney of James Wilcox, or Wil cox himself, either sent or. had . , ... ix. A thing to do. with sending the tlfi0Tam to the "News andObserv er," which reflected upon Mr. W H. Cropsey regarding a certain letter nrirl flrinrmjy Tiim wifrt fnror. ing it, and for which satisfactory annlo-orv wan nmdfi bv the News and Observer. This-; report is :un . . rj, citizens committee, know wiio, sent the teleeram. The erentleman who ...r.s-ii. sent it is in no -way counecveu wr"ii . sympathy .with himrr ; JLhe - party who sent it did so upon informal a tion. which he wards proved to be incorrect, The Mr; Cropsey, by-ihe-pariyiwho sent the tele gramy And neither the Sttor neyrnor any of the friends of Wil cox had-: anything . to .do . with sending the telegram, or of giving information upon which , it . was based when sent This announce ment is made in justice to Wilcox, his friends and his attorney, in order-to correct ny wrong" impres- satisfaction of the committee - and ana ner v - - , - REAL ESTATE EXCHAIICE Transferers Not ; Active During the Holidays. In -Most Instances Small Tracts ' and Small Consideration. , j Among the exchanges In real es tate for two weeks are the follow ing: ; - . - ' BL H. Lavinstein and wife to L. Lavanstein, ; i property, - on Pearl street fronting Northern Methodist ; Churchj consideration $900. " . ' Jno. T. Ballance and wife - to A. C. Stokes, property . on .Matthews -street; $660. - .U t v J. B. Culpepper to Geo. B. Spence, v property in Nixonton township; : $100; . t Florence L. Grandy to Susan Grandy, property on Elliott street extended; $200. . B. F: Bray and wife . to G. W. : Cardwell; property in Race Track; $625. . k f; . Calvin Xane exr. of White Lane deceasedrto JesseJL Browil proper- ty on Peartree road; $225. v . f, j Mordacai White and wife td G.. J.:Borclift, property in - Nixonton township; $140. , r Jno. Smith and wife ;. to Jno. S' Morris and Jas. C. Brooks, lot on Speed street; $87.50. x : "s - ' - : , Henry Scott to Jacob ' CuthreU . Jot in Preyortown; $60. . ; - ,: 's " Jno. D. Parker and wife to Mor dacai White, farm in Salem; $210 , M. B. Culpepper, trusteeito W. T. Stafford, lot inPreyortown;$1701 - . J..W. Brown and wife, to P.;W. Moore, on Peartree Road; $80, Euclid Heights -Co., to W.' F. Jennings; $125. r strong; . - .-'-. Walter C. Davis to W. . J. Bro- ughton, farm lands in Salem; $475.. MRS. DUNSTAN DEAD. A Woman of Great Strength Char- acter. The Windsor Ledger gives the following account of the, death of Mrs. Mary L. Dunston,, mother of our esteemed townsman, ' Wm. E. friends. "The sudden death of Mrs. Mary L..;, waa. T""1 t"0 " came painluuy ana, qmc. ; airs. iunstan was tne motner ot ur. v. Dunstan, of Windsor, llr. W.E. uumuux. m , luiuauvui yj, a. ixaimc v, Mrs. J. J, Deyer, of Southampton l Countv Va., and Miss. M..A ; Dun stan of Windsor, all of whom. sur-. vive her. For some years ; Mrs. Dunstan .. has resided at Murfreesboro, but her -winters have been spent X with : her son here. .' . ..... "She was born Nov.,.' 20, 1824. She went through that terrible or- , . w.t , , several of her kindred were killed. She was a woman of much intelli gence, great strength of. character ' and pleasing manners.- Her life as a member of the Episcopal church was one of Christian charity and forbearance. . -t. , Thp burial was had in the Eras . .r , , y. .. W.'. liray -readingr tne services. pra were "Messrs E. E I FthAridafl'ft T -Mardre Geo Gray T . t t," v v. t 7 , v Jj. vv ins ton. , a. large : congre- t. fr? , , rowing .sons and daughters its ten- gation of people wet deres, sympathy and to those Who : live here, it speaks a -special- mes-y sage of love, and friendship from aU the peppie ft 9y$ oamttnity.'' - Subcribe to the Semi-Weekley t Tab HkeiI It reaches your . home twice a week." - .
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