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i Ms. tv. L. Oonooif, - J; v;; -t E. Tab Hsel. Pear Sir: "We can't help 'but i i express appreciation of your paper 1 1 as an advertising medium. As a i result of one "insertion of an adL ; I for flour- and seed oats. ? We, re- ; ceived large orders y from parties iwhom we had never: sold before." Oear Bir: t --rV.i.'AS ' wio,vone. of tne 'W'? iteac the sale ' -. ' :J-:4ectlj ' to our advertisement in . r ii-j yW Paper. , Wth best -wishes, " '- v -Very truly, Yours truly, - S J. B. Flora & Co. I -r -' ' : : '''!Elizabeih-City, K. Of TWICE A WEEK - y. Devoted to the Industrial Development of Eastern North Carolina. --J..:--Vt" A WEEK Vol. 1. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1902. i ft- if No. 28 5 M T- ' .- . - i, - . .. . . ? Disastrous Fire at Norfolk, Virginia. Destroyed a ' VholeT Block of Business Houses, ItiCLUDINti ATLANTIC HOTEL. Fire Started at I o'clock Friday Morning and Vas Hot Under Control Un til Daylight. Norfolk, Va., an. 31. Early this morning Norfolk was the scene of one of the most disastrous fires in thehistory of the . city. A city block is practically in ruins and the proVerty loss is estimated at half a million. No lives were lost; but several persons . were injured and there were a number of nar row escapes. A number of ' thrill ing rescues "were made by the police, fireman and citizens. From one building .five women were car ried down the fire escape and were not injured- . The fire started at 2 o'clock this morning in the Col umbia building, in Grahby street On the first floor of the building were Brown's saloon and a restaur ant and on the upper floors about 150 offices.- -; . -- " " In a few minutes after the fire started the flames burst through the roof and 1,000 gallons of whis key stored in the building explod ed with terriffc -force, tearing out the front walL The firemen were ! '-....! driven back by the1 explosion and before they could get a stream of water on the flames the entire building was afire. I Hardly 15 minutes later the north wall, which was over 75 feet high, fell in, completely annihilat ing the home of the Virginia! Club, which adjoins the baiilding on ' the north. , .- ": j The Columbia, which was the Largest but one of Norfolk's office buildings, was six stories in height sod was built in 1892. When the roof of the Atlantic HoteL one of the largest hotels in Norfolk, took re Col. Davidson, manager o the hoif-1, went from door to door with aasixtaats ftrousin'g the mesH. s 1 iFalf d)f;ssod run and women began to leave the-building, each carrying a handful or clothing or mh articles as the first-thought f saving. The:hotel was soon in uii'S and only bits oi brolcen walls cmained. Tbe fire crossed Granby , street, destroying the Albemarle flats, the store of the Johnston China Com any, Hatch, and Dean,: Mott, evitt & Co., brokers; Stephenson nd Taylor, Real Estate; and Lloyd lick, florist wnen tne ore, eatmff its way flouth, threatened to turn eastward to Main street, the principal busi ness street, a wind from the north west became a 26 mile gale and checked the flames. This wind jrobably saved Norfolk, as the names, after reaching the store of "watt, Bettew & Clay's bier depart ent dry goods store, began to ack. The Western Union building was orcnea ana tne operators - were m . -4 . ....... dinven from the building. Much material was removed, but was re tur ied sis the building did not burn, ' Among the guests at the Atlantic Hotel were several traveling' sales men who lost their - clothing , and samples. Insurance men say the loss is remarkably well covered and will fall mainly upon the insurance companies. - - No one was seriously hurt, but a live wire lell on Fireman Wm. Bummer and burned out his front teeth.- Several other persons were slightly injured. . The flames were under ontrol before daylight, and now the block is a mass of ruins. Miss Mamie Eixey, sisterof Dr. Rixey, recently appointed surgeon general of the United States navy, was at the Atlantic Hotel and had a narrow escape from death. Wm. I Thorogood was actively engaged in rescuing the guests of the hotel when fie found Miss Bixey; lying on the floor with a severe bruise on her face. . .She had been struck by a trunk which had been thrown down stairs fromthe floor libove, Thorogood took the injured woman to the custom house,; just across the street, where she was made as comfortable as possible. Riverview Land Company. attrative and pleasant loca tions for residences are offered by the Riverside Land Company!" The lots are situated on the : high est land in the city, and will .no doubt be the most popular resi dential quarter of the city in the near future. " The company's tract is located right on the, river and commands an .excellent view. Seventy-five lots lying between Riverside Avenue and Roanoke nd Raleigh avenues are offered at very reasonable terms. Some are very valuable and the purchasers will draw for location. The "Prior property with residence and two lots, worth at least $4600, will be drawn at a low price. Substantial, improvements are being maie, streets laid out, grad ed .and - ditched. The proposed trolley line will intersect this pro perty and will drop you iD to. the city m three minutes.' At present it .is only fifteen mils vies walk from the post-office and the business part of-the city. ' u The company is offering fifty tivelots, full size and on high ground, at only $210, payable in ill - all m montniy installments oi flu per month. T v The value of this property will undoubtedly increase rapidly. The new railroad terminus will be right on tne river, ana property can not keep from gaining in value. If you are. considering the buil ding of a home we would advise you to inspect this property before purchasing. : ; . N ? - A Delightful Occasion. Miss Nannie Brothers entertain ed a number of friends at her home on Factory ave., Thursday even ing from eight to twelve. Refresh' ments were served and varied games were, played." All spent most delightful evening and accord praise to Miss Nannie . as an- en tertainer r or , a nrst-ciass xamuy news paper subscribe to the semi-weekly Tas Hul, 4150 a year. A 11 Di From the; Chief of the Fire Department. i.G. stokbes opibion. -v.r. ; iryv -.- ' ' - V' ' ' - -. ti-" : - '. ' - ' - '.- Of the Members of the Different Fire Companies of the City. Elizabeth City, Feb. 3, 1902 To the Citizens of Elizabeth City: Dear friends, I take this method : of communicating to jou, through the kindness of the genial Editor of the Tab Heex and: will endeavor to show you wherein you, as a body, are treading upon danger ous ground. The Fire Depart ment of this city is composed of j men who volunteer to protect your ' lives and property from fire to ! the best of their ability, for which service they charge you nothing. The city exempts each member of our fire companies ' from street tax and pays into the treasury of the Elisabeth City Fire Co. No. 1. twc hundred dollarsper year for funning Expenses of this company. This money is jused, principally, for the purpose of sendiner dele- . ., i- - w gates to the convention of State Firemen's .Association, jthat they may be taught better methods of fighting fires, and incidentally for such bills as - this company mav contract in the -ordinary course of its existence, as an organization. The city pays to the Chief and assistant Chief the munifficent Bum of twenty-five dollors per annum, each, and to the engineer, the sum of ten dollars per month. - These men are the only ones in the de partment who receive any personal recompense, except- the exemption from street taxi Each member of each of our volunteer companies, is working man,! and, so " far as my knowledge goes, .not one mem ber owns property of a value greater than one thousand dollars and very few own this much, and when the fire bell rings it is our duty to lay aside our work, be it ever so pressing ! or to spring from our warm beds, no matter what may be the condition of the weather, and go! to the rescue of your property, and perhaps your liHs, Somebody must do this ami -our; city is. not able hnanciallvs Li pay men to do this duty. These men imve never I yet failed you. The bell never has rung that our Companies have not responded and done . all that mortal man can do, to perform j their full duty, considering ourl poor . equipment for performing7 that duty. We have never shir ced, never failed you, and", you- know it That we are not there within a very few minutes ' after the alarm sounds is not our fault.. It- is owing to the - very antique . apparatus and firefighting facilities we have to work Tvith, and a most woTul handicap under j which ' we olabca'." We have an engine that was built in 1873, nearly a-, third of a cen tury ago. This engine is bqth too small and too weak to convey water to any great distance in any quanitity or pressure. To fight fire, we must have both quantity and-pressure of water. I call to ypur , mind thei dreadful fire of Norfolk on last I Friday morning as an example of the dire result . .... H;' of having not enough water and inability to secure any pressure ) with what they had. To secure witer in this city we have channelled creeks, two " arti ficial well8 or: cisterns and the water front JVom these places we have sometimes to lay down 1,800, or 2,000 feet of hose to reach a fire, ' and then, if it is a large fire we must divide this, one line of hose into two or three streams, which reduces our pres sure so greatly! that we can throw water -only a short distance and with no force; We have in the day time, to await the arrival of the horses from the street working operation. This time has been noted, on several occasion, to be from ten to thirteen" minutes, and this waiting time taken with that of the average ten minute which must "elapse between the discovery of the fire, and the ringing of the bell makes a handicap under which the most efficient, fire department must stand in awe. I have no need to tell you that the first fifteen or twenty minutes after a fire is discovered is when it should be. attended to. That, 'in fifteen' minutes a fire may get far beyond control, and destroy thousands of dollars wor.th of property. Another handicap the fact that our engine stands "cold,, and t-hitt, u our ;tst, we can only, get lip . steam .in eight to ten minutes. .We shewed u - what we could do wheii luy tngiue stood hot, when th steamer "Derickson" cattght lire Ian year,-just "after a drill we had. It took . ten and a half minutes to , throw, water, ' in our drill, xho Jbestt, could do . at . the fire. We had to gatherfrom our homes, built a fire, complete, in the engine, go to the water, and in a an even five minutes after the firt tap of the bell, we were throw ing a heavy stream across the bow of the boat. ' Now, in the month , of January, just past, we had six alarms of fire, and of these six, four : were alarms turned in because some one saw a chimney blazing, and Wanted to see the boys run, I suppose. All four of these fire alarms were in succession, and the. time has come, for me to call your attention to them I would most respectfully ask if this department is to be called upon to turn out every time a chimney burns out? Are we to throw down our work, which the daily bread of our wives and children, and go watch ovtrj enimney uurnmg out in this t( u 'I Have you ever read the table of the boy. who was sent to attend shoep, fooled the people several times by crying "Wolf! Wolf !!" and "then when the wolf really came sind he yelled all fie could, "the people thought he was fooling again and the wolf got the sheep? My dear friends, some of the members of oar steamer com- pany are f : iking of resigning. When a man receives pay for services and speaks of resigning he" doesn't usually do so, when he sa vs b will! r e.si gn from a posi tiou full -of hard work, for which he r'.fives tio i v, theu- he must be in .-ii-r'st. you'd- better think it over. Iam sure you will see where the danger lies. We volun teered to' .fight Sre not to loo"k at cbiuniiTs burn out while our -,(-r. V?,cl! ' staudsr' idle. Some one-'w:!- say it is mv duty to prose cute t-ie ringer of a false alarm Of fire, I will say in reply that its a case of "First catch your rabbit," I hav something else to do, while the "bell rings, and that is when you mus$ catch your rabbit" After the file is oat. or the chimney burns out, and I have timte to at- tend to the matter, I find no one knows who ran g- the belL i I .re spectfully ask that the city authorities make it a rule inthe future to ascertain .who rings the fire belL an easy matter for: any the police to attend to,- that I may know who to hold responsible. ; At not one of these four alarms were we absent from our work less than an hour, possible an hour and a half. In the Elizabeth City Fire Co. No. 1, there are twenty ' --.- four men, one hour to these men, & loss to city trade of one man for two and a half days, of ten hours. In the Hook and Ladder Co., there are fifty two men, one hour loss for these is over five days for one man. This loss invariably comes out of the men's pockets, and it is no wonder they speak of resigning. I am sure the citizens of this town will understand that we have no idea of shirking our duty as fire men, but we do have an idea of what is just and fair to us and the amount : of consideration that is due to us, and I also ask, as my right as Chief of Fire Department, that we give : these men a clear road into their houses when the bell rings, and that the erowdof small boys be prohibited, and forc ed to keep away from the engine room -doors ) at such times. There is an ordinance prohibiting it I ask that is be enforced, be fore somebody's child is seriously injured. ; .. xVurs respectfully, t " A-C. Stokbs, : Chief of Fire Department Let's Speak. Out lit Meeting. . The newspapers and commercial bodies of the various' towns of the State, Chambers of Commerce, etc., can materially aidvthe committee, of which Major E. J. Hale is chair man, in securing as large an ap propriation as possible for the im provement of the CapeJTear river if they will ' speak out in its favor, and surely that is a small thing to do, compared to the bene fits involved. - Not only all Eastern North Carolina,, but Central North Carolina are interested in this matter.. It means a great deal to us alL Major Hale's speech before the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors at Washington, which has been printed in, pamphlet form, was a masterly argument His comparisons and' allusions to the Manchester (England) ship canal, upon which Major Hale made a printed report when he was -consul, in 188 are striking and convincing, and all ms points are admirably and forcibly made. It was a great argument, fortified by unquestionable facts and. ' figures, but our people here at home ought to now back it up, as indicated above, and the effect would be good. Whatever is to be done should be done at once, however. Joe Thorne Plays. A very meagre audience was present at the Academy of Music last evening. ' The occasion being the production of the time hon ored ; drama 'Rip Van Winkle" by the genial Thomas Thbrne and company. f Mr. Thorne -is well known in this section, - and hjis abihty in his chosen profession is recognized. Many of his old friends who knew . him in years gone by, are glad to welcome him. Tonight the company will present some laughable features, including the , farce comedy "My Uncle's vy in, - ana introducing many specialties. i ! After Our "Industries! The following letter was received by Mr. C: W. Stevens; 'propriet6"r of -the cigar factory '"-4 . -5 -7 -X Mb. C. W. Stevens, ' " , . r , EUzabeth'City, N. C. I Dear Sir; It has occured to me that you areata great-disadvan tage in Elizabeth City regarding transportation facilities both at to the raw material and the.; finished product and I believe here we'" are the bes t situated place in thf Si: as to rail-road facilities. I -should be glad to have you come up .heorej to meet me as I think I could capk itaUze a company that could well meet the competition of the Ameri can Tobacco Corn's, goods. , If you think well of the idea I will- make an appointment to' meet you here at any time and 'would "interest myself, in regard . to increasing your Uo, : it you care to nave this done. It is only a - short time hence when -the . people all : "j over the country .will recognize our great advantages and we will be come a power jn . the commercial world. . . ; ' Ycffie truly, ,f ' - J. P. BxTxtox: Industrial Agent. After carefully considering the matter "Mr. Stevens has decided to remain in this city- . - It is a fact that he is under a disadvantage on account of the ex cessive freight rates on bpth , raw I materials and the finished product, but he believes-that with the com ing of the new railroad, rates, will bemuch'more reasonahle. s -j; There is no doubt but " that " a. large company in Norfolk could do an immense volume J. of business but Mr. Stevens does not ., believe in giving up a sure thing ior an uncertainty. - Then in 4 ' addition, he would be unable . to take his present hands t forfolk, as they are almoswilhout exception,, resi dents of this city, and he does not care toj goto the expense of taking on a. lot of green hands. , ( . ' We are -glad that Mr. Stevens will remain in this city. The cigar facory.is most prosperous , and is growing. About fifty of our ; peo ple are employed at good , wages. In fact,: it is an industry which , we cannot afford to lose., . , . . " The Fair .Gives Away One Days . . . : Sale's. -. :V5-..,.;r As advertised, the Fair will give away one days sales ? for . January.' The day was chosen on Saturday by three citizens as 'follows:; - 1 Elizabeth City, Feb. 1st 1902- We, the undersigned, do hereby affirm that on the first day of Feb- ruary, ii)Zf at iz o ciocic noon, we chose one of, the 27 business days of I January, as . per the, ad vertisement given put by the ''The Fair" and that the day chosen was Jan. 15th. 1902. Signed,. f i , Al T.Davis, : ; t G.' White, '..' J. A. Litchfield. Persons having 'duplicate bills bearing; the date January 15th must present them. at. our office on or before February 8th. inclusive J" "THEFAIR." Real Estate Transfers. ' " Jan. 22. J. Q. A- "Wood and wife to Charles and Alpheus DaVis, Consideration $2,400.00. '- ..' - Jan. 24-r-rDavis ,V. Harris ;and wife toJSamuel J. Harris. Consid eration $2,500.00... i o an. zo J ames Jtu w nson . ana wife to Edward C. Griffin. Consid eration $125.00. - . -. - : a.- oraan ; carter and t s ' . WetTVant- KitcheL- Consid faatibn J30.Q0.; rf) --J-Heywood Sawyer,- Comr., to Cadar rJ ennings. f Consideration $1287.00;,' -& Ster- N.'Sawyei and wife to , Sallie : Ashley,"" " Consideration $400.;i i' Mi'N.-Sfiwyr and wife toGreen Tilhi E? bozier. Consideration $300. iuSO.Oli to,;isaac' F. eighnsideration 11500.00. V i f3! fempon,' Comr., tbEnn!aaDunston;& Consideration - $276.60. - V mi 44 WmJ- w- el lu Leigh, Comr.,, to ubvu v,onsi(ieranon vFeb.3 M N.. Sawyer! and wife to BamueVModlin. Consideration" $160.00 " " ' t. John. D, Parker and wife to R. :-L O. Mercer. Consideration $800.00. Elizabeth City; rfl. C. Markets. Official wholesale quotations! as furnished by H. T. Grelnleaf Jr. Broker & Distributing Agent Low MiddUng 7. - . . '. ' r i- r "HAT, OHAnV, UCT. ' ' - Com Market quiet; From Store. K. 2 mixed corb. No. a white corn 78c. " " .' -Hay From store ;lTo; 1 timothy 18.60 Special : pricey car ;lota. , Oats MliedNO.' 21rom store B2c. rtiite Kq. 2, 4 from store. Special price on car lota. Feed corn hominy 1.55 . . . ; , Mill Feed Bran from store' pW ton MJX) . Middlings from, etore'per ,toa 30.90. , Shorts from store per ton .80.00 Bioe Head 5.1-2 No. 1 S.34c Bioe-Bran ; :v,y JcouOTBr pboduc V , ; ' Poultary - live, . steady; chickens, eld hens, large & Jafc 20o and 85c t Eggs. '. JWBak. 18 to 2oc per doa, , c, Butter Gfood Country 20c lb. Country. Hams JFirm; Good North Carolina at 12.1-2 per lb. :'. a t i'- Onions at 4.00 to 4.50 per bag. 1 PotatoeHUTe'viaweets.'i Haytoan at 1.00 ner bUTelloV at L25 u rV ,4 i Irish 2.25 to 2JS0 per bag . "... Tomatoes 'None being receiTed. $ . -i " Cabbages at 10 to L75 per ljblj? .. .. J;- Apples at 4.50per bbl fine northern' J : Lemons 3.50 to 8.75 per box. : " , " ' Cocoanut lOOto bag at 8.00to'Si6 r ' ' : -Oraagee Florida, i&OO- per. iox.' :Cali-2 S.25 Budded 2.75 . , Bananas-75o td 1.60. V"1" - FEffiS FISH AlfDlOTSTEBS. Oysters - rielects 1.20 .medium 40 -stda.' per gallon. No fish to Quote- HIDES."" . Hides weak. Dry Flint IT.diy salt ; dry .damaged -ft, to 7K graeui j4W. t j. green calf te. x "gBOCEbIes." " ' ; Tlouf1 Bt Patent at' 4.25' to" IdO Straight ,:: at a.oo.to 4.25 . ; , x. . 1.- Meal Bolted Meal,. 100 pouns to sack at 1.S0 tto-Boltl MeatOtlitouiids'tb eaci 1.45. : . Cheese.'lflata, full cream 11 ..to Mc lb irt i . Butter Fxtra 60 lbs to tubs at 24 to 28o . . Extra 1Tb prints at 29c.' "- fJS&"& ' PROVISIONS.-" 7 V3 ' ' Bulk Meat Market Higher y Western hearjr : bellies at 0,7-8 to lo Western light . weight ? atloto lo . ' Pork Plater at 8,3-4 . -V J. ' . Picni&Hams at 8,3-4 . j . ... .. t, , Ham Port New at 17.24 to 17,ib , MesaPork Newat --' Ham sugar cured at 13 to It f . j TJ ShouldBrs SC8.Wto' ' ' . " Lard pure in tierces at l64 toll -68 - lb 'tins add 1-4 c, , - f . V f I J Sugar Granulated at 4.8S JtOmr. at V- oSTRADE .QO4 or oxo 9SCR0V1I daily at this new-grocery store be cause our stock is fresh' clean and tempting. So good rand 'tteii so cheap. When thfttkin of food to'replehish'the rarages of time upon the dinner man," or to quickly1 make' the cnildren strong, fgWthistbre- eatt It will help vnn-r onnfitite in come m and see j .- rr . . the good things we have have for the table? OtrfdeliTery wagon is Dusy supplying the, wants of others,, why not let us supply r you. lirflig us up over phone and youj$jP as well satisfied as- if 79ui 'ame;in erson. OLD &'FEARI!If, - - Blni-BuiWin., . X .."Mara; Si
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