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'N " Value of Publicity. -- Ono hardly appreciates the full, vrlue nf publicity until lie careless-; y buys a "certain brand of goods and then wonderswhy he? asked for that particular brand. All of a sudden it dawnSAiponJ him that I : Many people who claitn they do ' "ad advertisements rreWer- " SelCSS -Ciously 8wa d b W f not be aware of the fact, but day afteday they . pick the paper, and without reap- ' mg it they may recogmz; - ' adrtisment of 80me well , and Persistent disciple of publicity, f Printers . Ink . . he has been educated to that brand!": by the constant appearance, of its! name. Advertising Experience. sWVICE A VEEK. Devoted to the Industrial Development of Extern North Carolina. Vol. 1. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY, HEB. 7, 1902. No. 29 iil7IUL A WLLft.2l-k ' - . Devoted to the Industrial Development of pastern North Carolina., - : . nICE'A VEEK Hi : t J , . o - ., Elizabeth City in t h o Early Forties. HER MEN AND INSTITUTIONS. 1 - -; . .. From an Interview With I' an Interview ; With Col. Arthur hbne vOne cf Our Oldest Citizens! ColT Arthur Jones, one of the?time;at a PP1 about two miles oldest citizens of Elizabeth. City, i giTes us the following ? about the nunarea and ten thousand fcer city in olden times, which may!ring8 taken at- one hauL At that torove interesting to our readers. Mr. Jones was orginally from Norfolk county," Va., leaving -there fin '35, he : went to Norfolk and learned the business : of coach making. . Gomin'g to tkis city in '39, he -engaged in his ., trade with ffames Barber, a coach maker, who was orginally from Gettys burg, Pa., and one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of the early town; ! Mr. Jones married and settled aown in Elizabeth City and work-j pd with James Barber nearly fifty ) years. -A few of the 'principal points of the city at that time he gives us. . i i Some of the men who were prominent - in local affairs in4 the orties-- are as ioilows: Jonn is. hrmghaus, one4of the reputed law ers and planters; Wm. B." Shepard, toentber of Congress, and - an ex pensive planter; K. B. Creecy, has. R. Kenney, Heze viah Lock vvood and Gilbert Elliott, all prominent professional men. . t ' When Mr. Jones came to Eliza- beth City, the principal and in fact Ice only business street was what is now known as Road street, on t .... . .i he tjoutherh end. LThe prominent pierchants doing business on this street were: L Of Fearinsr, -H. N, )Villiams & Co., Barnie Tisdel, John A.' Gamble, John J. ; Grandy A-Pool & Son, Samuel Williams, 'hoenix Geoffroy, .Wm. ; C. Bryant, Benj. Sutton, Mack Bussel, and Mathie Cleff. ' '' - ( The banking facilities of the OrJ; were, contained in ; the old tank building o.n Boad stxeetl which having loner done valuable! jl, now EtaUds. empty. Ihi banking institution was a branch of the State bank and was -officered as folio wsl : j , m. B. Shepard, President, JoLh C. Eiiringhaus. Cashier; "Win. C. Butler, Teller; . and kmong the directors were C. M. Laverv and I. O. Feariner. ! . Two churches were in existence, namely, the methodist church, founded . in '35', and the Baptist meeting house, which stood on the amo side that the Baptist church juow occupies. - Services were held In these churches as often as once mi six, weeks or Jtwo months. Of ithe former the folio wing "j were iteaflers in the church: : Geo. W. tlangham, Joshua -, Pool, -H. ; -iN. Jyilliams, C. C. Green, Barnie ITisdel, Thomas . Allen, Samuel Williams and ' John ' J. Grandy, Itleading men in. the,, latter , were: Captain i Butler, . James "Nash, Pritchard Jerdan, . Melody Jones, Evaa Forbes and H. Trotman. At this time the land north of the street : kown as Dyer, was all heavily Z , timbered, the - Baptist jphurch stood in a : large oak grove, iwith the heavy pine timber in the Jrear. . In the rear' of the church fwas the old cemetery, which now has', fallen into' disuse and has a I most unkempt and .forgotten ap- jpearance. - - Messrs. Gregory, Mar- iiitiringnaus and c other., men JJIUIUIUDUU Ail UiO - MlUUJUlg - -Up Ul the early; city are : laid away- here and all but forgotten. ' To give an idea of the- popula tion of the - town, which : we' are Junable to' give exactly, suffice it !,o say that an election . of a mayor ia the, eariy forties, yotes were cast to the number of,thirty-seven. fishing was -of ourse the main stay of the people"of the locality. Mr. Jones informed us that at one below the city, ho has seen one time . tne best - nsniner - was further up the sound, than is the ease at present. : The Croatan fishery; did not exist, but was established later on by one Ander son, a northern man. About the year 1850, the first shipment of salt fish, to New York in barrels, was made. Oystering was then only a local industry, all the oys ters caught- were for the home . consumption ; as canning . ' and shipping of fresh oysters were then unknown. ; The mail service was at that time of course yery irregular. Three mails, a week were received from Norfolk, being ; carried by stage coach; which left Elizabeth City for; Norfolk every other morn ing, making the trip in a day and returing the next Messrs Steven t Charles and - W. - H. Thompson, contracted for the mails, and car ried them for many years. The Civil war,' of course, brought its ruin and devastation to this sec tion, paralyzing trade for many years. " ' When the Norfolk & Southern R. Rvwas put through, the town took on a new lease of life. Trade and domestic commerce grew rapidly and altogether led up to - the present prosperous condition of Elizabeth City. ; Mr. Jones owned the property now occupied; by his r own home and several fine -residences for, the past fifty, years Before the war he had a well equipped livery on the ground,, but - during tne war, lost his fJlt excepting i of course, the bare land i! self. - When affairs became settled he rebuilt' his stables, which contiuued in active use til only a few years ago. . i Mr. Jones is, now a man. of nearly 85 years, and says that no person is at present living in Elizabeth City, who was here when he;came in 39. After .51 years of married life, his wife 1 was -.called i away-as were . also " his children, leaving ! him to finish Ufe alone. He is happy however in , the fact that his last years will be passed jc'i mfortably and independently as has always been his desire, resting assured that when he hears a knock at the door, he can "be 'cer tain that it is - not ' the constable or a collector of unpaid rents. : - " ; Temperance Rally :: : - ' A grand ' temperance rally will be held - this I evening at the Baptist church.- Eloquent speakers will be on hancT and the pastor is expecting much good to ,come of the meeting." All who , are, interested in' the cause as well as those who are not," are cordially invited. ' . , . .v : ; For, Sale! Two show cases, in good order and cheap. .- . . . v ..'L. Skuo, Jeweler. mm of Commissioners Held Meeting Monday." . "stock urr; petition. Signed by Nearly all the Voters of the Locality Interested. Elizabeth City, Feb. 5th. 1902 The Board of County Commission ers met today. Present: Geo. M. Scott, chairman; T. E.; Palmer, J. F. Spence, S. , N. Morgan and Geo. D. Sherlock. Minutes of last meeting i were read . and approved. - ' - On motion, it is ordered, that Willis W. Lee be relieved of poll tax for the year 1901 on account of being-paralyzed. On motion, it' is ordered., thatfi Willis W. Lee be paid $1 by the county on account of infirmity. . On motion, it is ordered, that the estate of Beverly Taylor, .de ceased, in Nixonton township, be relieved of poll tax for 1901. On motion, it is ordered, that the valuation" of the land of Julia Cartwright, listed by H. C Price, agent, be reduced from $200 to $100 and an order be issued for relief for relief of 75c tax. - On motion, it is ordered, that W. J. Smith be relieved of poll tax for 1901, as said Smith is now a resident of Pamlico county and pays taxes there. On motion, it is ordered, ihat the valuation . of the timber on what is known as the '-Sanderlin Farm it Mt Hemon Township, listed by Blades Lumber Company be reduced to $2,500 .and an order be issued for the relief of tax on $tf500, overvaluation. - On motion, it is ordered, that Bryant Sharpe b . paid i $1.00 by the county onl account of in- firmity. Clerk of the Board was in structed to draw on C. W. Morgan, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Perquimans Co. for 10, being the amount due by said Perquimans county lor re pairing river bridge. . On "motion, it is ordered, that the pension of Luzie . Duk.e be increased from Si to $2 per month. ; ; . On : motion, it is ordered, that Miles Hollo well be relieved of poll tax for 1901 -on account of a broken leg ': A petition for "Stock Law" was read ;. to the ' Board, .- feigned by a majority i of the qualified : voters in a certain district or territory described as follows: 1 Beginning at the Northeast corner 01 u. vv. xiouoweii s neirs, land on the irasquotanic nverron the North r side- of Davis Bay bridge, thence following the north era and western side of Davis Bay Road a western and v southern direction to the Main road running from" Newbegun Creek past the C.- W. Hollo well . house, v thence across said Main - road at right angles to the fence " on southern side of Main Road,' thence East- war dly along said road to Cart wright's lane, ; thence southwardly alone said lane and . C. W.. Hollo well's heirs land its various courses to a lane kown as i?Jersey street" thence along the North .side of street to . the Sand Hm road, " thence Northwardly alone the .Sand Hill - road " to -r a point opposite the northern side of Per kin's lane, thence across the Sand Hill road at right-angles to the fence on north aicfe of Perkins lane on the 'a. W. HoUoweU's land, thence ' "westtrafdly : along the said Perking road to the land of Seth Harris thenc - 'northwardly alone the line of Seifi ; Harris and C. W Hollo well's hejrs' to the land of F. F. Cohoon to ; the lands of Henry Wilson, thence Northwardly along the Western boundary of the lands of Henry Wilson, David Simpsom. Nixon' Spellman and Euclid Heights Co. to Harrington bridge which is theT boundary of the Corporation of Elizabeth City, N, C, thence following- the town boundary a southern t and eastern direction to the Pasciuotank-river thence eastvvardly .following the Pasquotank river- to : the place of beginning. . - - ? Said petitioners asked, that the Board of County-Commissioners call an election for tne purpose of submitting tne question of btock Law", or 'xso totock Law" to the qualined voiei'b oi vtno district of tarritory descriDed lin said pe tition. - r' " On motion, ,it ::is. ordered, that an election be held,- according to law, in sad -district; ior - territory, described in aid petition at the store of .Capt.. touanuel Waters on Tuesday-Uie-llih -ktay of - March, A. D 1902, for tiie purpose of 'sub mitting to tne - qualified voters of saidJhstrict the question of "Stock Law" or '1no iatock. iiaw"-in said district or territory. ' ' - - On motion, tne following named persons were appointed as officers to 'hold said election: Lemuel Harris, Registrar; C. W. Hollo well and Andre w : J. Bailey, Poll Keekers.' Dr. J. K Wood, , Health Officer, 'made the following report: r I -! ' Ehzabeth City, Feb. 3rd. 1902 To the Hon. Board of County Commissioners: - " T Gentlemen - Public Buildings were inspected as required and it gives me pleas ure to Report upon. the improved condition of both places. I found 50 inmates in' Home as follows: VV hit temale 5, White males 7: 1H. "Colored females 10. Coldred males 8 18. total 30. Prisoners in jail G. '. Respectfully, J..E. Wood, ' Health Ofiicer.' Total bills allowed, including benefits $ 642.01 There being no further business the Board adjourned. ' - ' G, M Scott, - - , - Chairman. C. Spence, Clerk. : ; The Ministers' Conferencfi, com posed olall the white ministers of the city, is taiang on new--life, this year.' me nournas oeen cnanged from 10 "o'clock vto " 10:30 every Monday xaorning and , the -atten-damee and interest have increased. Last Monday Bev.rW. W. Orr, the new president presided, and Rev. Mr. Detwiler read a very interest ing paper ou- the "Mountain Peo ple of North Carolina jand" Their Creed." . So - wise seemed the sug gestiona'6f Dr. Detwiler that ' be was afifced to embody tn em in - an article, for the religious papers of the' North. - The meetings; are in the parlor of the Y. M. C. A., and are open to all white ministers. Raleigh Pstj,- Jersey 1INER Of Elizabeth City Hold . Meeting. STREET IUPBOVEMENTS. List of Bills Audited and " Ordered Paid Feed Al ; lowances. A meeting of the Town' Com missioners was held on Monday afternoon and the following busi ness transacted. f xne street , committee - was re- quested "to pave Pool street, from Matthews to Pearl street. : ' Property holders on Riverside avenue were -ordered to pave same on West side from the draw bridge to Butler's lane. The Street Comnritee was allow ed an extension of time in which to prepare a report on street rail wavs, etc. - ' The market men's : petition was referred to the market committee. The petition, of Mrs. Johnson and Sawyer was deferred till next meeting. - ' . Voted that ithe committee , on the opening of . Water street be authorized to have proper surveys made. '' : N. G. Grandy & Co's., bid ?to supply feed for. the city stables during the month of Febuary was received; .rThe prices- quoted are as follows: , Oats at p2c", per bnsheL - Corn hominy $1.45, per hundred, v No. L Timothy: h&f . $18.50 ton j . . r - A committee was appointed, composed of .Mayor Wilson, Chas. Reed and Peter Spires, to examine into the fire engine - question and determine whether it would be advisable to purchase a new engine.. 4.. The following bills were audited and ordered paid.' C X J. B. Flora & Co. $22.75 i Fire Dep. Quar. allowance $50.00 R Ji Shepard. .75 A. F. Toxey & Co. $28.61 s TS: G. Grandy Co $44.26 W. C. Dawson - $2.35 v McCabe & Grice. $1.50 W. N. Gregory. $5.00 Clerk of Superior Court, $17.70 , -Fred Davis. . " 1 $9-00 E. J. Shepard. - , 3-10 , Barnie Newban.: $6.25 A. C; Stoke& ? t $6.13 J. H. Pasterfield. J$1.75 Electric Lightt CkJtnpany 2 mos'. service. - $580.49 J.-B.-Flora Co. ' - ' $22.12 E. C. & N. , TeL' Co r , $15.97 W..W. Wroodley v:, $4.05 PlatV& Co. , $140.10 SWAN QUARTER. - Correspondence of the Tab Heel .- , r . Swan Quarter, Feb. 6 Few men outside of v the county know the havoc that the disease known as the "horse epidemic, is making among ; t - v the . t horses of ' Hyde " county, r- K It must be that more than four hundred annimals - have died within .the last seven : months 'from : this dreadful" and ' fatal "disease. " Pro fessional men acquainted with the horse and his diseases have visited the county, and . exhausted., their medical skill as to the cure of the I disease even . in . its v early .stages. Post ? mortem - examinatidns ; have been made - with" much care and most if not all of the vetrinarians agree " that the "germs of-, the disease are taken- .with the food. Last summer the . disease made its appearance among v the horses of the county and f killed at least three hundred, of the 1394 horses listed. for taxation last June and valued at $51,461. . . '-t It was believed by.manythat' it was; an atmospnenct rouble : and when, frost came the disease would disappear : from among the norses as from . the inhabitants of malarial districts. Before frost he. disease abated and the health of the horses was normal " . Early: in "T January ; : the disease broke out again and very-, many of our most valuable ' horses have died, horses that s have ' been well treated and well cared for. Let us see if we can account for he disease abating about the middle of September and . return ing tne ioiiowiner ; o anuarr. - ir. Petty, : Dr. Butler , ; and e others agreed as to its being : poisoning food taken in the stomach and advised no food to be fed raised asfc year, 1901; When told, that the farm had nothing to feed on except the - feed raised 1901 they hen advised medicating,, .the eed, giving tonics, etc. Under this treatment the health of "the horses improved and the disease - .died-out- ,Wheniwinte'r came . we left off " doctorin g the horses believing we were safe. The disease will soon abate I believe by following the advise-, of the doctors by. scalding the feed and giving the horses a tonic of some kind. I WANCHESE. Correspdndenc of the Tab Heix. ,z: Wanchese, Feb. 6 Conversation is a little mud at present, seems to drift from nets and fishing to a contemplated rail road. If talk were as good as act ion the roadliad been long since completed. Mrs. Lottie Tillett is very ill, as is also Mr. . will naum.. jdoui are under the care -of Dr. ' F. - P. Gates. We wish their speedy re covery. " - Mrs. xJaskly, who nas been seri ously ill at her home on Hooker street is now rapidly recovering. mucn to the iov of ner many friends. ' - Mr. St. Clair ' Pugh, who has been suffering1 for : some time of rheumatism is at last able to : go out i hunting rabbits. Strange ' to say be was able to carry- home all he killed, without help. Miss Aldene rMeekins of ; this place, who is-teaching - at ' Mann's Harboiv spent the, last of the week with her parents and friends. : ; MrJesse R. Biggs is visiting at his old home, here after an absence of-two years. We - welcome him among us and wish that his "stay might be longer. ' i . Correct Time at Selig's - r ' . Mr. L; Selig, the popular jeweler, has placed in his. show window a valuable and -expensive chronome- terr i from' " rwhich" the passers by - on Main street "can obtain the .correct' time. In this pro- gressive aepartue jut. eiig sup plies a long felt want of , the pub lic, as there has been no standard for time- in the " city heretofore. The city clock in the court house is for from exact, and ,the ' public should appreciate Mr. Selig's step. SOUTH MILLS. ' The heavy rains and sleet hav caused all outdoor work to be sus pended for the last three days. - - r ' Mr.'L. A. Perry has returnPl" from Norfolk where .he .has baen . on business. Dr. J. L. Xister has been annoin- ted by Gov: Aycock, a'delegate to' tne good roads . convention that - meets in Raleigh on'the 12thy and 13th' of February. ' , The- debating society which ' meets at the Academy every Friday ' night is well attended and growing in interest Two very fine organs just the thing- for beginners that were taken as part navment on ih "Artistic Steiff" Piano will be sold at a very low price.' Cash or ; m- stallments. - . Thos. H. Clabk, Care Tab TTrvj. Office, Elizabeth City, N. C. Markets. Official wholesale quotations" as - furnished by EL T. Greenleaf Jr. Broker & Distributing Agent -v COTTON. - ; High Middling 8c. Low Middling 7M- ' , v- 1 '. i f - HAY,- GBADI, ECT. J - Corn Market quiet ; From Store," NeCs mixed ' - eorn No. a white corn 78c. ?. Hay From store; No. 1 timothy 8.50 8pecial . - price on car lots. . , , J. Oats Mixed no. 2 from store 62c. White No. 2. from store. Special price on car lots. : ' 7 ' Feed corn hominy 1.65 - . - ". , MiU Fejti Bran from store s per ton & 80.00 - Middlings from store per ton 80.00 - Shorts from store per ton & : - - -80.00 Bice Head 5.1-2 No. 1 3.3-4o Rice Bran 18 00 per Ton. :, . :(:' . . COCNTHY PRODUCE. i " r - Poultry.:. live, steady; chickens, old hens, . large Sc fat 20c and 25c : Eggs Weak 18 to 2oc per doz. . Butter Good Country. 20c lb Conntry Hams JFirm ; Good North Carolina - at 12.1-2 per lb. . Onions at 4.00 to 4.50 per bag. . Potatoes New sweets, Harmau at 1.00 ner . bbl Yellow at 1.25 . - - Irish 2.25 to 2.50 per bag - Tomatoes None being received. ' Cabbages at 1.50 to .1.75 per bbl ; . . fbuits. . 'Apples at 4,50 per bbl fine northern -Lemons 3.50 to 8. 75 per box. 1- - " Cocoannt 100 to bag at 8.00 to 8.50 -OrangesFlorida, 3.00 per box. : Call. S.g5 : Budded 2.75 ' ' - Bananas 75c to 1.60. - " .'-.-- - ' TBESH FISH AND OYSTEBS. - " " Oysters Selects 1.20 medium 1.00 stda 90 per . gallon No fish to quote, r ' HIDES. Hides weak. Dry Flint 11, dry fealt 9, dry - -damaged 6 to 7, green, ' salt S f green i So dry calf 9c. . , GKOCEBIES. ... T-. Flour Best Patent at 4.25 to 4.60 Straight at4.00to4.25 Meal . Boltd Meal, 100 pounsto sack at 1.50 Un-Boltd Meal, lOOponnds to sack 1.43. Cheese jlats full cream 11 to I3c lb. Butter : FxtraGO lbs to tubs at 24 to 28o ? a :r Extra 1 lb prints at 29c. r. . ' "T , - - PBOVISIOSS. Buli Meat ; Market Higher ; : Western heavy : . - bellies at 9,7-8 to lo Western light weight at lo to loH - - ; - Pork Plates at 8,3-4 . 7 ' Picnic Hams at 8-4 . . . ' : - -' Ham Pot New at 17.24 to 17,4o . , , - I MessPork New at ' , - ' - Ham sugar cored at 13 to 14 ,f . Shoulders S C 8.3-4 to 9 J - ;- Lard pure in tierces at 10,3-4 to 11 60 lb Has - - add i-4 o ' i Sugar Granulated at 4,85 Yellow at 4J-2 .. ..- r : NOTICE OF "SALE. On Tuesday the 25th day of Feb. 19Q2 at ' 12 o'clock m. at uourt House door m Currituck county we shall offer for sale- at public auction to highest bidder for cash' , a Methodistr Parsonage situated in the County of Currituck, Crawford Township, containing four acres more of less adjoining the lands of C. B. "Mathias, sr. and others. -Right reserved to sell the saidtrac -of land at private sale and also the right not to sell Baid tract on . said-day if bid not sujucicui r - . T. L. Jarvis - - . . - T. W. Baxter t Trustees. " Henry Welstead j ; lW. H.Waches Feb. 18 ' , - . .
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