North Carolina Newspapers

I ft The measure or - success, r r Affsrtf ta Mvtrta A .uecessfuSt Lotus Wehaut aya that any man who can afford to open a store can afford to adver tise. rAdvertise, U M" eren if you can tale but two in-' ches of space in a -leading newg , paper. Fill your two inches in a .T7 make them a feature of the" paper. ; Make your ad. & daily'bul lehn of your business, news item from - your storedPhiladelphia Record. v ' - - - There never was bo muoh adver and the appareut to evurw observing' stu- (lent ox tne time ic is simpiy mat there -was' never -so great" a neces sity for adyertisitg. In fact, there , is no success today in the ordinary fieldsf of -business -without' it, and he amount of advertising - done airlrl measures the success of any busineBBJ Bookselle Newsdealer : ind Stationer; New York. 11 CsLTYICE A YEEK. Devoted to the industrial Development of Eastern North Carolina . 'TVICE A WEEK 'S ELIZABETH CITY, N. FRI DAY; JAN: 3 1,1 902. No. 27 reason is , : . - , ' JsN- TJJT ' - - - - " - . 1 V- What Elizabeth City's Needs Are. MS HEPROPER BEIM.i Railroad Question DiS F I t. cussed oy a prominent - i . ' ? - -. . I feel Terr much interested in the new railroad question and i endorse . erery action leading to its success. ' ' ! believe the citizens of our section can be interested in noth- ng pertaining " ; more . w uio Lelfare of our citv and surround- -.. .. ng nonntrv than to urse this hueation to i a ii . w permanent and puocessful end. With the Dresent system lof Lnirr wA are laboring under advantaffea esneciallT in the conveyance of merchandise, etc n a i We are in reach, and at least K0 miles nearer DOinta m which Norfdlk places I believe, (having ood authority for saying so,) BO mr rtpnt oi its oeruuu. uuuny ui merchandise of aU kinds which our. kit- iiirht do. were it not for the r-j -o ---- .;, , tate of freight against us. I repeat, we are laboring, tinder disadvantages in two respects witn he present B. R. system, first, the resent system which we are now omtielled to patronize . will take eight at Norfolk, bring it right rmltrb mir citv and deliver it to inis at least 60: miles beyond fKMa.'hat.Ti P,itv from Norfolk for the t ! i n-n ,.iv. same amount, zna xae uuul ii i boods from the west -and south, knnh a Riitrar. flour, hav.' -meat. aardai and etc., are sold to the trade here at a price, FOB ptforfdlk. (I've heard ; that word rtil U imakes me almost sick, FOB Norfolk,) that s every third word lyou near irom a salesman wnoni - J ."t- ' ; attempting to sell the trade. There they are roughly transferred, causing broken . packages, loss of goods and etc., which we incur bfteii without compensation. With these two torpeders being in our channels we can never reach the harlpr of prosperity that now !awaitsus: ' . . - i .1 Consumers, you . say what is the i . . . ' . . ... use for me to ootner myseii witn a new I railroad it won't effect me either way. Well Jeta see. From accurate estimates mere is at least I . . j .'i . i i.! i 40.000 bbls of flour sold in this market annually, and " at lOo per freight from Norfolk' to Elizabeth City make $400.00 freiffht vou Day on - flour alone annuaDy besides on meat, lard, hay, and etc, which would be saved had we railroad connection 1 with The Norfolk & Western B; B. at Suffolk and many other roads leadinar from various : narta of the country in which goods are for this market . " sold 1 We are as near Suffolk as Nor. folk lis and with a road from here to Qunois aeuvereo prices wouia De maae . to us at - tne tne same as fd Norfolk;: Then we eonld hea ft FOB laizabeth City some- tunes as wen as fisx xoorioiic jail the tune thereby giving Elizabeth City the advantages that Norfolk now) has against us, ; ' I don't be- neve tne people oiour secuon win submit to 'this - treatment" much longer, ; i v - . ' They ; laugh " at us, and say that the ne w B, B. onestion ... . i it . ... . - . .4 Lhorn, but I tell - youA rhen we get wezed fully ; on : his back : he :,mil need something at the other Jend oft. I for one had I umu a . uum us : buiuo ub the means would never be content until the last spike was driVen j and strong engines . with .- their gilt edged machinery could be seen rushing through our city with tons and solid carloads : of freight, and an hffim filing with atUnfiv - nnl t . polite - business men conducting and distributing freights bought FOB Elizabety City and , not FOB Norfolk. Some one has said, you can't expect a fisherman to be polite. be case their business makes them sell-nsh." Perhaps ; some of our N. & S. boys were once fishermen. I trust ' the wealthy; men of , our section may - consider the new R. R. question of much import- ance and a necessity to our community, and may begin to pledge $1,000 and not 100and every body help all they can, and 016 be . success. Suc- - : J it be, hastened to that - Is the wish of W. E. Evans. end. NUMBER OF MILLS. And Number of Mill Operatives in North Carolina The annual report, of the Com- missioner - of Labor and Printing now m tne nana oi tne printers and wiU be - forthcoming in a' -lew days, it will be replete with' sta tistical miormation and among other things will show that in the State of Worth Carolina there are now the following: . Number of cotton mills . . 226 Ixt t l :n . n nuiuci ui nwicu uuud. . . . . . .x Number of knitting mills . . . . H Number of silk mills. . . . . . v o UN umber of jute mills Number of carpet mills. ... The number of spindles now running in the State is 1,694,173. JN umber ot. looms, Sb,iZ3. v i ill: v: ;umuer o uuiuu hmouumb, 3,814. Number 6f operatives- Men . . ...... . ,-. . . . . 18,171 Women. .. . . .;. . . .. ..... ..18,377 Children under fourteen years 7,996 Total number of operatives 44,644 These figures are for the year just closed 1901. As compared with -the figures m i rfr t l - e i ior xwv wie nuauw oi - maxe up- eratives has increased 21 per cent: the number of female 1 operatives . i - 1 .ii er j. a At. nss mcreaseu xo per cent, ana uie number of children operatives has increased 5-per cent There are now almost as many men as women employed in the nulls of the state, while it is seen tie percentage of increase in chil dren as mill operatives is far less than either men or women. Eighty-two.per cent of the adul mill operatives in tne state can read and write, sixty-five per cent of the children can read and write, The hour of work range from i 10 to 12 J per day. . Senator Manna, has j secured I through ft clipping bureau, every- thing that has been said in differ ent editorial columns of the news papers of the unitea states and England England concerning the death o William McKinley. There are twelve thousand of these clippings, contained m lour volumes, and forming a most remarkable tribute to the love and esteem in which the late President was held by the I English-speaking worldv iremmas tnemoi a gnat on a bull 8 Six Killed arid Over one Hundred Injured. BUILBIIIBSJBECKEO. . The Dynamite was Stored in Front of Murray Hill Hotel. New York, Jan. 29 The "neigh borhood of 42d street and Fourth avenue was literally wrecked short after noon today and three per sons were killed : and fullv 200 more or less injured by a terrific explosion of a large, quantity of dynamite in the rapid transit subway excavation in Fourth avenue ' between j 41st and 42d streets. - -. I Men and women! were'' killed or hurt in the three -hotels near by the Murray Hill. : the Grand Union and the Manhattan in which all the windows were blown out. and ceilings fell. Every store and office building and private dwelling for blocks around, from Third avenue to Eifth avenue, from: 39th street to 43th street, shook j from the ex plosion, loijt Trindow and ... doors and in 'some of them persons were injured. . . lr Pedestrians in ; the streets were knocked 7 down" by the ,blator j struck by flying - rocks and beams, i the -whole vicinity. Vas in a state of panio and terror for many minutes after the . disaster, but it was in the Murray Hill Hotel that the excitement of fright . -was the greatest, and the .effects , of the explosion most '.disastrpusly.felt ;V One guest of the hotel Rod erick Roberson, a wealthy British Colombian was killed in his bed, on the first floor, ' at the ; corner nearest the scene of the explosion. John Fabs, an engineer, was killed in the street, directly over the spot where the explosion oc curred." ' - The explosion created great excitement up town,' and within a few moments after the occurence a crowd , of many r thousands had gathered at the seene: r Everywhere persons could be seen running about bleeding from cuts and bruises. Men and women could be seen running out of build ings in the same condition, for many of those in the houses close by were injured by flying glass and by the-debris hurled through the windows. Immediately after the explosion hurry calls were sent for ambulance and police reserves andTthe work of removing the -injured and dead was' begun. Teams were pressed into services and the hospitals were thrown open.'. - The shook was felt in v Harlem. For several blocks each side of Forty-first street the r tunnel was wrecked. Tons of rock and dirt were thrown into the . streets and panio ensued. 'Police And firemen were sent 4 the scene to bring about order. !- i- i The rapid transit tunnel is being eonstructed under! the old Metro politan tunnel in I'ark avenue Consequently the explosion wreck ed both tunnels. !- . -f When the firemen arrived they went into the tunnel, but found no trace af any dead bodies. A. block away they found Emerson 1 Jones, a negro workman, dying. He had been woriansr m tne tunnel near 41st : street and - the - concussion hurled-him many "feet and injured him badly, f ' f -'- There was lying over 'the tunnel a large pile of timber. r'-The' heavy beams were tossed high in the. air and several fell to .- the .street, a block away. , r --.,-v.; ir, : The djiiamite which'oausdd the devastation was 'stored in a shanty built on the cur)n front of the Murray Hill Hotel Jt is' supposed that ft smalhfire, usd fo lifi.ating purposes'" ignited 7the explosive which is being used in the rapid transit tunnel. ; i-l' r i. - V . - PACIFIC CABLE. Favorable Report Ordered Corltts Bill. on the - - By a vote of 8 to 7 the House Commitee on Commerce decided to favorably report to - the House the Corliss bill for the construction of a Pacific cable 'by- the govern-; ment Chairman Hepburn of the commitee is one of those. who voted against the bill - and ; it is - under stood that a minority report will be made by that dissenting mem ber. . The bill was amended by striking out San Fraacisco as the United States terminus of the line and inserting ?ny point on the coast of California.' - . The Postmaster General and Sec$taries of War and . Navy - are authorized .to , negotiate " for ' con ditions from Manila to China 'and Jatan Thev cablft. is to connect the United States . with 'HavVaifTr Guam and Manila.' . The : rate of toll is to betwenty-five cents a word to Honolulu from the United States and fifty Sents a word -to Manila. The eable is to be American made and laid. - 3, i Committee Weeiinj' . reeent meeting of the ?At Chamber of CommereeJommittee on Harbors, Shipping and Com- merce, men each of the were appointed in- following i places to circulate subscription papers and solicit -stock for the proposed steamboat line, to connect ; this city witbj?Hatleraa; Croataj atf- cnese, Av6n, Buxton, Trent and Hatteras. Citizen's meeting at each of thes places swill be jealled soon and reports of the results of the meeting made known ;.at once to the ".-.'Committee, c lUaltimore parties have made-propositions to furnish a boat suitable for the work, of about 125 Jons Jburden4 The Committee will begin soli citing stocks in .Elizabeth .City, at an- early, date and itMsr hoped that the citizens - will - contribute liberally to this much .needed factor in the building of our town as well as the other - towns on the proposed route. ; j - s . Rtitretds Using Oil for Fuel. , The Sonthern. Pacific Railway Company gave the' first evidence of a determination to use oil - gen erally in locamotives by making a contract with . the Penman Tank Company for steel tankage Vof l, 000,000 capacity, v The Santa Fe also made a contract with' the Pen man Company for five additional storage tanks. A bill introduced in . the iNew York Legislature provides that ? a passenger in a street car that is delayed more than ten minutes by a block, shall receive - back the price of the car fare on demand. ) ; Wanted. Book Kee'perv , Either Only those . with experience need apply. Good Wages. : . r 1r - - it H. LiVBSfSTElN Globe Store I) Raises Over $600 for : Foreign Missions mim PflEAGHES. B. Y. P. U. ; Contributes J $40 Church : Supports Fivo:r.1inisters.l i f: x- The Rev.E.. E. Bomar, of Rich- rnond.Va.t preached a : yery inter-. erfci'ng and, instrcutive sermon to sja audience at the Baptist church Sunday morning. . Mr. ' Bomar is the Corresponding : Secretary of the Foreign Missionary Board of the Southern Baptist Con venoion. Mr, Bomar gave a very inter esting Account of the present situa tion and qutlook of the work of the ' board in foreign countries whioh was inspiring and encour aging. Hia text was takenJfrom the - scriptures. . "Faithful ia the aying " and 1 worthy -of all ac ceptation that Christ Jesus - came into the world !to save sinners' In comparing the work of suc cessful missionaries - with work in our home land, he' -drew a com parison between this church and a church in Brazil. Within the last year, this church - has- added 199 persons to- its mem bership while fife' pastdrorTEe' wUrcll IcUfazil in a single year, Captized 200. -Hej, showed' that just as Mayconi'i wireless . telegraphy has passed - thai stage of doubtful ex periment ' into " actual certainity, s6 the "success of .foreign mission 6rk within the last few years, 8tands.as guarantee of & its per' manency. inis sermon, was clear, convincing, 'forceful tenders s' ,-. was most and At the conclusion of the sermon tne pastor reminded the congre gation of an, announcement he had made pn the Sunday before to the effect that he would: ask the church to contribute v $500 this year to the foreign mission .work. A canvass was made and in less than? 30" minutes t GO 5.37 Was raised m cash and pledges. The responses were ready, generous and general. xne-occassionwas naeea ' max in spiring ; one, made especially so by the fact that J thech'urcl leaped rrom iiuu annually con- tributedrto this object - to more than $600. ' Heretofore the church has . been contributing r" $100 to state misBions. . This year 'they gave $500 to the same cause. The church now- supports five ministers, viz? the regular pastori one , in. each!, of , the ehapels, a missionary to - Chinaj besides native worker in China. . . " In addition it "may .be well to say a few words about the church. In - the past year over f 5,u00 has been raised, -p The - membership is now over 630 persons', 199 of whom have been added in last year. The B. T. P. U. which was organized only 2 months ago, has already 40 members v and is an active and aggressive body. The "B. T.'P. TJ. contributed $40 yesterday for for eign missions, The Sunday schoo is' very flourishing ; with a roll of COO members. :; The Sunday schoo room-is overflowed-into' the church every Sunday. . The 5 building of additional Sunday School-, room is in-ri table' in - the near t future. grand rally meeting for temper- U ance is. being pianne a lor - tne i econd'Sundaj' in.February r . FIREMEN DISSATISFIED. Some Consider Resignation Miny .: Annoyances. . . During the last" month there have been four alarms of fire,which, after the engines were gotten but, proved to be only the burning out of , a- chimney, and the fire men were not needed. Oar fire men . have : volunteered - to . protect property from fire and are without exception working : men.: ?E very time the fire bell rings, all these men are - pbliged to . drop their work and run to the fire, and to be called out several times - a month, uselessly, and Hif put to the trouble of firing the engine -and getting ont;tbe mt of the appatatua; only to find that their services are not needed, is certainly unfair ... Another source of great annoy ance to the firemen is the fire bell in the court" house. This belt is rung twenty-four times " a-' day in striking the hours. It is also-rung for all public meetings, ' auctions and sales and for a hundred and one other purposes Todetermine when the bell is announcing a fire and when not, is a great source of annoyance. After deciding ; that the bell means fire, the ' men "go directly to the engine house and then it is necessary to send some one around to the court house i to find out where'the fire is. In many cases this - cannot be foundDut, as the probability" is - that the man who discovers the fire will' -snd boyarQund to ring the belt MuliT:'ftsi. : ' -i : -1 4.- ' valuable time is thus lo.i . ' . j.ae urs uiuug neeucu w uie iirciucii, is a-, large . ueu - ja uie engine nouse tower. A. .. good sized' bell, . and one ' different In tone from any - bells now in the city. Then when the bell rings the firemen will .know that it means fire and nothing else. The next thing needed is a system of electric fire alarms. An elaborate and expensive system is not need ed. A simple pony alarm system will serve .the city's needs admira bly until such time as the city feels that - a more , elaborate system is needed. A pony system consisting of 7 - boxes and necessary bells, etc, will cost approximately eight hundred and - fifty dollars, and would be in direct connection with the large bell in the engine house. The bell would cost in -the neigh borhood of $500. v The complete system will cost about $1,200.' One more item which causes dis satisfaction is the rooms which are allotted to the . firemen, upstairs over the "engine house. ' When the engine : is -fired, the smoke , goes right through the floor,-filling the company's room - with smoke and soot, and making it impossible to keep things clean. These firemen have volunteered as such - without pay and the city owes it to them to provide nicely "furnished . and comfortably rooms for their con vemience. - A reading room would also' be appropria'; and - would certainly "Jbe : appreciated by the company. ' It would he a'f good idea for the ' authorities to investi gate the matter and see that the right thing is done. - MOCK MARRIAGE. Interesting Entertainment This Even . 1 ing. r The annex of the First Baptist Church is to be . on : next Friday night, at . 7 :30, 1 the : scene of a unique and festive incident, when Miss Dollie Petite, one - of our most charming wee maidens,., will be united in the lillipution bonds of matrimony .to Mr. , Tiny L. Small.:- one of : the .. recognized leaderajpf fashionable society of Dwarfland. The wee attendants, friends of the contracting parties will be costumed in- the latest andjmost elaborate festive apparel, designed by a connoisseur of Wonderland. Th" officiating clergyman, " Bey. , Paulimis , Pip Manikin, is the warm . personal friend of the groom and was also a former pastorette of the bride. The following . is a copy of the invitation which ia hereby ad- dressed : to " their wide circle' of - friends: 1 - Ifrs. LiOipution aeada - Her oQBpUmntg yo asd frianda, ' t the Baptist charcktolse ' Thelmarriage of h.r danghtor swefe, '- juas.ueane vouj Dt Petite , To Mr. Tiny Little Small Z r At half past Seven in Annex HalL - The following isa partial list of the visiting, guests expected: i Bev. "Paulinus Pin ManiVin f Wonderland ; Mr. and Mrs. Lilli-4 little, Miss Eidd and Miss Tot, cousins of "the groom; Miss Small the younger sister of the groom; Miss Teensy Weensy, Miss Diminu tive and Pettit from Dwarfland:Mr Baby Cute, Mr. Teeny Fleck: Mr.U Pippin and Mr. Spotof Wonder land; Mr. Jimmy Speck and Mri Sweetikins from Elizabeth City. The Goddess of Liberty hung her head, V . -, , -And Columbia She had .a buck T gie gos zaa ana tore up I . - " . - : When Tat hh WT ' Niggerr Ejizabeth Cityr IK C- f f.larkets. : Official wholesale quotations' as furnished by H. T. Greenleaf Jr. Broker & Distributing Ageni V ' '- . COTTON ? . . . v Low Middline 714. ' V r HAT, OEAIN, ECT. Corn Market qolet j Trom Bton X. t mix " corn. No. u white corn 78c H7 Front store; No. 1 timothy MM Special . t Tn- on ear lota. Oats Mixed ho. 8 from store 82o. White Ne. 2, .- - from store. Special price on ear lots. : ' . Feed corn hotoinyL55 HUlFed Bran from store per ioa 0MM Mina tings : from store per ton 3)M Shorts from store per ton : 9J0$ - - Rice HeacT 84-2 No. 1 0 6Ji4a Bke Iraa - -18 00 per Ton. - S r COUNTRY IRODUCE. w Poultry c live, : steady; chicken, eld hens, ; large fat 30o and 23c -. Eggs ; Weak 0 18 to Soe per doz. . - Butter Good Country. 20e lb. y -r. ConntryHams Firm; Good North Carolina' at 12.1-8 per to. , Onions t 4X0 to 4 JO per beg. , Potatoes New sweets. Herman at 1J9 r ., bblTeUow at 1.25 Irish 2.25 to 20 per bag , ' ' Tomatoes'None being recdyed.- . Cabbages at 10 to 1.75 per bbl . 7 " - , FBTJITS. Apples at 40 per bbl fine northern Lemons 8.50 to 8.75 per box. . -' Cocoanut-lOOtobagat 8X0to8.5fl ' Oranges Florida, &00 - per box. - CalL- 25 - Budded 2.75 - Bananas 76e to LOO. - ' . . FBESH FISH AND 0TSTEBS. ' ' Oyster Selects' 12) medium LOO aids fr ;;. gallon w. No fish to qoote. " ; - a -.3 - - HZDSB. - Hides weak. Dry Flint 11, dry salt t, dry damaged 5 to 7 green salt . S green 6c i dry calf 8e. ' , - , - GBOCEBIEftk - - Flour Best Patent at 425 to 4.6s ; Straight at 4)0 to 4.25 ' Meal Bolted Meat, 100 ponna to sack at JS T7n-Boltid.Meal, lOOpoonda to sack 1.45. Cheese Jlats, fan cream 11 to 12b lb. -,-Butter FitraIbstotnbat24to2e Jt , Extra 1 lb prints at 29c. " , . - " it PBOVI8IONS." - i 1 ' V ;- Balk Meat -Market Higher; Western heX7 bellies at 9,7-8 to lo Western light , weight - atloto lo - . Pork Plates at 8-4 ' 'J Picnic Hams at IM 1 . . tf Ham Porar New at 17.24 to W - 'J' i Mesa Pork New mt - Ham sugar cured at 13 to 14 - BhroldersSCWtof ' ' '-' Lard pure m tierees at W to ll tins - add 1-4 o Spr Granulated at 43. TeHow atlJ-2 A I ; f - t-i-.-