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- - 4 3 : t Bring Your Job Work To This Office. To This Office. - Devoted to the IndustlDelopent of Eastern North Carolina. ELIZABETH :CITY, N. CiV FRIDAY, APR. 4 , lp02. No:39 jod worjc . A ' 1 ' . ' Shot - While Enroute to the Peneten tiary to serve 1 J Years For Attempted Rape' upon Pearl Perry, a Pretty 16 Year Old jGirl- Living at Ryland, in Chowan CountyThomas Early the Prisoner was Shot and wounded at the hands an unknown oarty. Thursday morning Thos. Early negro was sentenced, at the a Edenton court, to fifteen years at hard labor in the penetentiary; for attempted rape upon Pearl Perry, 4pretty sixteen year old girl liv ing near Ryland, Chowan county, X. C. : -. - While enroute to the peneten tiary some unknown party shot and wounded the prisoner ; On Monday evening Miss Perry was returning home from the post office when a burly negro sprang upon her, and but for the timely appearance of a log wagon sue would have been subjected to Horrible fate.. c . " - The dastardly negro t fearing for !x.s safety but partly accomplished nis brutal deed and fled for his life. Only to be later captured and thrown into prison at Suffolk, Va. j The young girl was taken to her lome. Lacerated about the face AROUSED BY FIRE. Martain and Briaqs Furniture Fac tory Burned, r IWilliamston, N. C April , 1. Last nisrht at 11 o'clock our town tyas aroused oy tne ringing oi nre lies A n 4L llln A A VC7A1A pjornned at tne signt oi wnirung and leaping flames enveloping the large furniture factory of Martain ilBriggs which was quickly oon- RUined. : ' " . :" v::-.- A Negro's Revenge. , Philadelphia; April L-1 William ne, aged 35 years, a Colored ser V.mt employed by Charles Fur hush at 652 North Fifteenth street, shot and killed today Mrs. Ellen Furbush aged 43 years ;ier daugh ter, Madeline H. Furbush. aged 10 j years, and probably fatally wound ed Eloise Furbush, agecl 7 years, another daughter. The latter is hot expected to live. Arrested While Praying. ii1 A preacher who savs he is A H. Keener, of York, Pa. was con ducting a street meeting at Suffolk' ii and was on his knees praying whe.n Police Chief Brinkley Jerked I the petitioner up and started him to jail. Rev. Keener praved w- all the way to the prison and continu ed his praver after beinie locked up. One female immediately be gan weeping. : , ; : l The i police were so much im pressed by.Keener's sincerity' that he was liberated, and then address ed a large crowd in front of , the jail doors, comparing-the per secu tion to that suffered by "the Apos tiles. Keener preached a pretty good sermon and . closed with an appeal made with tears in bis eves. Though he didn't ask for monev, people flocked to him with dimes and quarters. He referred to the uu quarters, ne reierrea to tne nreu miivviuD j TiriUtrnna nn Iia TTnrnfit bjia bepti arrest, but did not abuse the offi-4and bullets entered ,$eegro4Bng cers. " 1 body. ' -' ' S Larranged so far to spend ther week KapiM ; t fmmt The I eland oil Trail: and hands, with the black fingers of the ' brute imprinted ; upon her throat and nearly firightened to death. . She lies sick in bed. t The authorities ; having failed to locate Early, the perpretrator of the deeds, on Monday night started started a more successful search on Tuesday morning, y I he negro was captured near Cypress Chapel, Va. and hurried to the jail at Suffolk. Behind feteel bars he confessed the crime and prayed protection from the mob. s That night he was secretly car ried to the Portsmouth jail for safe keeking, a mob of 800 people having organized at Ryland to string him up as soon" as he was turned over to North Carolina authorities. Tuesday morning 'Judge Jones passed the sentence and fear- ing a lynching the authories boarded; the Norfolk & Puttiers North bound train with the priso- ner to take him to the penetentiary at Raleigh; when about one mile out - srom Udenton an unknown - . to- . . . party fired three or four shots i at l the prisoner irom a revolver. Some of the shots took - effect it is thought, that the injuries are not serious. . No one saw the shots fired and though parties are under suspicion nothing can be proven. FANNED BY FIERCEST WINDS. Raging Fernace of Fire Destroys the - - Town of New Port Va. Norfolk Va., April 1. The tewn of Newport, Giles county, number ing 300 inhabitants, was wiped out by fire last night. ' Tne churches, stores and every v vestige of the town, with with the exception of one single house, where entirely destroyed. u --' i The fire was of unknown origin, but faned by the; fiercest wind in he history of the section, doomed the village from the start. Yery conservative estimates place the loss at $30,000. The White Opening. Not one of those kinds found in our . want columns uui a uiw Opening. Something new to you perhaps but that is what Barcuft & Willey had in store for those wno visited their establishment on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. To entertain our read ers with a list of the linens, ging hams, silks, suitings and scores of other pretty things that the well dressed, 20th century girl, is so well acquainted with would be a little too much for the Tab Heel. The exhibition was something im mense and if this firm did not cap ture the feminine, sex the big city tJtores had as well give it up. Was the store crowded? Well i yes, and hp.ln was taxed to its nt- most-capacity. h . A Negro Fiend Lynched Regiment will form a battalion to be Rome, Ga; Aprilil. Walter Al- commanded by Maj. T? R Bobert len, a negroj charged with c imi- son; the companies from the Second nally assaulting Miss Blossom Regiment will form a battalion, to Adamson, a 15-year Old girl, in be commanded by , Maj: 1 John , C. this city yesterday afternoon, was . iaken'froni the jail tonight by 4,- Bond; the companies from the 000 people who battered down the Third Kegiment will form a battal prison doors" and hanged", him to an ion to be commanded by Maj. T. J. electric light pole in the principal inston. portionof the cityr volley was Th ftnnual uise of the Kav'al ; iMKllffil , The Chamber of Commerce of?.1- ' -- . -7m m 5ri t The Departure of an Edentonian A IT, '. City. The Tab Heel, welcomes the villagers. " - OFF TO CHARLESTON. The Tar Heels To Take Charleston By Storm. Just as North Carolina's exhibit is the greatesfc at the Charleston Nortarolina week mllhe the best of aU weeks. Great Pfns have been made, and unuo v uiauru we uuccesa oi uie occaiuu. The Governor, attended by ; his entire staff r and all of the State officials, besides a large party of friends, will leave here on the morn ing of April 8th by; a special train over the Seaboard Air Line. It is not known yet just who will con stitute the .party, . outside of the Governor's staff and State officials, but the following ladies have signified their intention of being in the party: Mrs. R. D. , Gilmer, Mrs. Mary Grimes Smith," Miss Julia Howell, Miss Sallie Whitaker, Misses Alice and Lizzie . AycocV of i Raleigh; Mrs. Albert Anderson, Miss Mary Farmer, Mrs. F. A. . Woodard, and Miss Mamie ( -Bobbins, of Wilson; Mrs. B. S. Boyster, of Oxford, Mrs. W. H. Smith, of Goldsboro. A provisional regiment of the State XJuard has been selected, composed of four companies from each of the State regiments, to act as special escort to the Governor and party.. CoLJ. F. Armfleld, of Statesville, will command the regi ment, and the following have been chosen to form it: FIRST REGIMENT. V Company C, Winston. .-, ' Company D, Charlotte. Company I, Durham. Company L, Concord.- SECOND BEGIMENT. ' 5 . Company C, Wilmington. ' Company G, Washington. Company H, Clinton. Company I, Edenton. THIRD REGIMENT. Company B, Baleigh. . Company C, Henderson. Compariy J, Uxford. Company I, Burlington. The First Begiment Band will accompany tne ; provisional regi- i. Th comTjanies from '.the First after a .day's shopping in Elizabeth in Charleston Harbor. Capt. W. T. Old will be in'tjommand of the Hornet. The divisions from Wind sor, Elizabeth City, Kinston, Wil mington and New -Bern will be on board-rr-News & Observer. Senator James K. Jones Defeated Former Gov. Clarke. by , Little Ilock, Ark., April 1. Be turns from the Democratic pri maries, held Saturday,- show thai ex-Governor Jas. P. Clarke has been endorsed for United States llenator, and that"" Governor Davis has carred sixty-five of the seventy five counties of the State. At the headquarters of Senator Jones a telegram was received today an nounceing that Washington county, which was supposed to be for Jones, had gone for Clarke by nearly 800 majority. , Clarke, apparently, will have a majority of twelve on joint ballot in the Legislature. OLD MAIDS MEET. Discuss Ways and Means of Capturing the Sterner sex. The most delightful entertain ment was given here by . either lo cal : or foreign talent greeted with a packed, house at the acad emy of Music. Tuesday night. The old maids convention was the title of the piece and the rep resentative beauties of Elizabeth city were- among the leading players. ' " The show was something swell,. It was so ridiculous to see those charming young ladies try to look old. They simply couldn't do it and there was where the show was a failure. The girls were not cut out for such characters and know lner tnis we 3 win not criticise. Everybody enjoyed the show and expressions of pleasure were heard on every hand. V The Old Maids, arrived Tuesday afternoon they were, driven in a big farm wagon and escorted thorough the principal i 'streets of the city by Mrs. zoeiier and Airs. Hardison. ! An . improvised , band wagon accompanied the procession and the music was extremely cal ithumpian. It is needless to say that the Old Maids flirted with everything in f pantaloons . that seemed to please their, fancy The only drawback to the pro cession was the goat His was a continual5 case - of drawback and more than once did the drummer boys have to climb down and. give a twist to the helm that the pro cession might ibe ''continually ! on the move. .i ' - , . - - - "Every character was a success and to grive individual - mention would claim more space than we can spare in this issue.. : It was an eloquent testimonial to the praiseworthy efforts of-Mrs. W. M, Zioeiier and ner aoie assistants. The Chamber of Commerce of tKis City adopts suitable Rer solutions Asking the . Active Co-operation of Virginia and North Carolina Members , in Congress. It will - be a great Stimulus to Com merce in the South-Atlantic Ltates. Pursuant to a letter from -Con- gressman John H. Small advising the adoption of suitable resolutions anent the proposed inland water way xthe Chamber of - Commerce met at its rooms Friday night and the following resolutions were adoptee.: Whkkas, the subject, of an inland water route from Chesapeake Bay to Beaufort Inlet has engaged the attention of a large commercial interest' for many years, and Whereas, the physical conditions are such as to demand the con struction by. the Government of such a water route, some of Lwhich conditiqns . may be , summarized as follows; t 1 That on the coast of North Carolina, north of Beaufort . Inlet, barrier reefs of sand yarying from one-quarter of a mile in width to four miles, separate the Ocean from the inland Sounds and Bivers of the State. 2 That there is from the Vir ginia line to Beaufort Inlet practi cally" only one outlet to the Ocean, known as Ocracoke Inlet in which the depth is limited to not more than eight (8) feet, by ' reason of the "swash" or sand bar on' the Sound side, which makes the in land Sounds of North Carolina practically land-locked from the Ocean. - 1 . 3 That Cape Hatter as on the outer Diamond Shoal and Capef Lookout oh the coast of North-J Carolina and north of Beaufort Inlet, constitute such menaces to coast wise navigation as almost to make it prohibitory to coast wise shipping. . 4: That the water borne com-1 VERITABLE MAGNET. Weisel Delights Bargain Seekers and Music Lovers M Weisel's "destruction .to sale has been a grand, sue- value' cess. Jn oaturaay: .marcn- zutn, his sales reached the record break ing number of. 1500. -Sixteen salesmen were kept, busy disposing of the unhard of bargains. Mr. Weisel's motive in playing such havoc with his prices was to adver tise. His efforts were well . repaid and he expects a contnuance of the trumendous sale during the next amd last week of his "destruction to value" sale. .; ; Mr. Weisel is nothing if ho J up-to-date, He has jjut on a tremen dous drawing card aside from his at tractive, feminine catching bargain counters. - He has installed a piano for the' occasion and engaging the services of Miss Jesse Baker, he has made. his. store a veriable , magnet not only. vto the seekersl of .bar gains but the lovers ' of J music as well '1" -''lr r- Subscribe to "the Ta. HEelI merce of. NoryJarohna, .north of and - including r Pamplico sound, " must therefore find an outlet to the North by way of either the Dismal Swamp Canal of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, which afford a debth of seven or eight feet; and, ; Whereas, such an inland water ' way is not only necessary for the development of : the commerce of ' Eastern North Carolina and of tideprater iTjrginiai but is" also essential ... for the .safety and" de velopment of the coast wise com merce between the : North" and South Atlanticporte;-Whereas,- a. bill is now pending in the Senate of the United, States , which . is ..in- v tended to:be mada an -amendment : to the River and, Harbor ; Bill, which authorizes an appointment of a commission of engineer to con sider the entire subject of an: In land Waterway from' Norfolk, Va. to Beaufort Inlet, N. ' G," and also to examine the intervening 'canals, abfore referred to, with a- yiew- ?to:r purchase one or both as a part of ' said Indand Water. Boete, and to be made a free 'and open .water way by the - Government. Now therefore, the Chamber of , Uom inerce 6f Elizabeth City, represent-: ing the commercial, interests -of said city, and indirectly represent ing the .commercials interests, of many sections of Eastern North Carolina, do earnestly pray that Congress shall enact such legisla tion, and incorporate the same as a part of the pending Biver and Har bor Pill by f Congress, j , - - - Beslved that a, "copy of these resolutions, certfied by the Presi dent and Secretary of.Jhis Cham ber, be fordarded' to the Senators from North Carolina, Hon. F. M Bimmoios and Hon. J. 0. Pritchard, and to the Senators from Virginia, Hon. Thos. S.Hartin. and ; Hon. Jno.W, Daniels; and also to each of the Representative from J,he States -of North Carolina and Virginia . Chas. H. Bobinson " : ' - , : , i '..President. It 'f .Attest:- ' & h Hi T. Gbeenlkaf, Je., . : , . . Sec'fy. :': . EASTER SERVICES Appropriate Services at Christ Church. Touching Memorial to Miss Helen V Martin. . At- Christ Church Sunday morn ing appropriate services were held inrhonor of the, glorious, occasion. ; The afternoon was - devoted to entertainment by the - children: At' the morning, service the nn-teiling- of a memorial to Miss Helen : Martin was solomnized. . The me morial - w'as'in the form of a Brass Eagle Lectum and bore the follow ing euscription;: V '-O - To theOlory of God' And in Loving- memory V of .Miss Helen VVadsworth, 'Martin brganfstn of this Parish. j- , -j-1 -1 -' -Born June IE fl874 1 Erected into rest May 20 1901. r. : . Norfolk Strike Ended. r . Norfolk, a.,' April &. The strike of .the streef'car, men, which has been on here- since March 1, was declared ' oft today by r" the . strikers.' All boycotts were ordered lifted;- -I :v i
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