Vol. 1.
ELIZABETH CITY, N C , FRIDAY, APR; 25, 1902.
No. 42
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Raises Rumpus in Su
perior Court.
CREATED SENSATION.
Objected to White Men
Being on Jury. Said
That the Jury Should be
Composed of Negroes.
Charlotte, N. C., April 22. Law
yer GrBeen, colored, created a
great sensation in , the Criminal
Court today by charging . that his
client, Bud Peoples, had been dis
criminated against . because the
grand jury -which found a true bill
of indictment against him, was
composed only of white men, - and
no negroes. . i . - -
Green made a warm speech. He
said that he proposed to establish
that his race has been discrimin
ated against in this very court and
eounty in that no negro had been
on a jury in twenty five years.
Courts are not dealing with
pontics : but witii men. We are.
spending our millions to free and
help the Cubans and Filipinos but
right here at home the colored
race is, being discriminated against.'
A case went up in Delaware, on
the ground that no negro had
-served on a iurv in the "whole
L. State since the-iemancipation. The
Supreme Court of that States sus
tainecL tno motion. ne negroes
in this country are sroinsr to stand
together and get their rights.
"Why a man down in Tefas- as
mean as that State is was granted
a new trial for this very rerson."
The judge overruled motion but
gave privilege of exception. Green
took exception.
Green then challenged the jury
one by one until his challenge
right was exhausted. The sheriff
then called in talismen and Green
objected to the talismen on the
ground that the officer discrimin
ated against the colored race.
Judge Coble overruled the mo
tion to quash the indictment of
the grand jury and the court then
proceeded with the case.
Young Womans Throat Cut.
. ; Charleston, S. C, April 21. A
murder.of extraordinary brutality
was committed near Haveners
Station, Colleton county, this
moaning. VV. W. Jones, a section
master on the Plant system, on
returning to his home in the fore
noon found the body of his wife
in a doer, house near his home.
The throat of the young wife was
cut from ear to ear. and the head
was almost severed from the bodv.
Several articles were 'missing
from the house and it is thought
that robbery was the chief motive.
A posse was organized but amoun
ted to nauerht.
mes Wilcox the AHeged Assassin of Ella
Claude ,Cropsey was Sentenced to j
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Hang Today. The Supreme Court
Granted an Appeal and the v ;
Execution Mis. Stayed. i
21.
Car Jumped the Track.
.Newport News, ; Va., April
Trailer No. 121, attached to a car
of the Old Point Kailwuy and Elec
tric Company, jumped the track on
the trestle at Old Point last night
and plunged into the mud and
water, injuring fourteen peojtf e,
nOne of them; it is believed ser-
iously. There were twentyione
passengers on the car at the time
of the accidsnt. .
Dr. Taimages Will.
Washington, April 21-Tlie will
of the late Rev. Dr.. T. DeWitt
Talma ge was filed here today. It
leaves an estate ef more than $300-000.
$1,000,000 for Education.
The Philadelphia Evening Tel
egraph says that John D. Rocke
feller has given; $1,000,000 -to .the
cause of popular education in the
South. The money is said to be
given by Mr. Rockefeller to the
executive committee of the Con
ference for Education in the South
for the general upbuilding of the
schools and colleges and the stim
ulation of interest in education.
On the night of November 203901, Ella Maud Cropsey of this
city dissapeared from her home: Thirty seven days later her body
was found floating in the water of the Pasquotank.. James' E. "Wil
cox was the man upon whom suspicion rested. . He was indicted
for the crime, tried and convicted. ' , !
The death sentence was passed upon him by;-Judge Geo. A. Jones
at 10 o'clock, "Saturday night, March 21 1902. The sentence was
that he should hang Friday April .25, 1902.
-Wilcox threugh his attorneys secured an appeal to the Supreme
Court of Torth Carolina as the Supreme Court does not meet un
til August the execution is stayed..James E. Wilcox does not hang to
day. .. . : ;
percentage, than those not given to
the " habit.
"Not a single student using to
bacco has stood, in the i first rank
this year," he said ,"and this has
been the case in the last nine years,
with one'exception." ':
Too Short for Heads.
The Hague April 22, 1002.
Queen Wilhelmina is slightly im
proving from her, thought to be,
serious illness. , Her general-- on
dition, is satisfactory.
London, April 22. The damage
done bv the fire last-"night in the
Barbican district - of r the city is
roughly estimated- at 2,000,000.
New York April 22, 1902. The
warm wave reached here today.
The temperature -is seventy-seven
degrees, the warmest of. the year.
A woman in Newville PaV, was
smoking a pipe. She fel asleep.
Her clothing caught fire and she
burned1 to death. ';
A negro got .happy in a Charlotte
church.. He jumped over the gal
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jery into tne audience, -was arres
ted and jailed.
Several hundred men in the Pat-
erson N.J., Dye mills have struck.
John Harding a resident of Pat
brson, jn. J., is a fatner at tne. age
of 76. It was his first child.
J. Pierpont morgan is touring
the old country, i He visited Lon
don and Paris this week.
Earthquake and Fire Destroy.
Guatemala City, Cuatemala,
Monday, April 23. The descrip
tions which are being received
here of the result of the earth
quake shocks, which were general
throughout Guatemala Friday,-
Saturday and Sunday, show that
Solola, Napuala, Santa Lucia and
San Juan were badly damaged and
that Quesaltenago was partly obliterated-
Fire added to the hor
rors at the last named place. Two
hundred persons' were killed, most
ly women, and, many people were
injured.
, Broke Mail Boxes.
Raleigh N. C, April 22. There
was a trial nere tnis morning De-
fore a U. S. Commissioner of a man
charged with breaking a roral
free delivery mail Dox. JtLe was
sent on to conrt, and an example
will De made oi mm. JtLe was a
countryman who committed the
effence "out of reckless wanton-
ness'as a witness testified. ,
CIGARETTES POISONOUS.
Doctor Says They Dull the Mind.
- Chicago 111., April 22. I)r. Her
bert . Fiske, of the Northwestern
University, says tobacco is. one
great cause of student failure,
that tobacco in - any form nas a
tendency to dull the mind of the
pupil and that the cigarette is the
most objectionable - and most in
iurious form of tobacco.' ' He shows
by university saticts for ;the
past nine years that the student ad
dicted to the tobacco habit make
his class
a much lower average in
Sharkey and; Ru Jin Matched.
New York, April 23. TomShar
key and Gus Ruhhn were matched
this evening to box fifteen rounds
to a decision before the National
Sporting Club of London during
the week beginning June 23d, for
a purse of 5000. '
POLICE COURT.
Killed on the Rails.
Raleigh, N. C, April 22, 1902.
James Cox, a sixteen-year-old
negro, while returning from fish
ing last evening, was run over and
cut to pieces. He lived with an
aunt and she refused to take the
body, so it was buried to-day by
the Seaboard Air Line.
Alabama.
Theatre goers are eagerly await
ing. the night of the 28th when
Alabama will appear at the Acad
emy of Music. "
"Alabama" is a four-act drama,
dealing with the period after the
war of '61. The scenes ocour in
May, when the fields are green,
the birds begin to sing and the
flowers bloom. Love fllows like
a stream through it, darkened only
by the .appearance e of the villain.
Following is the cast:
Colonel Moberly .
Mr. John Bertram
Raymond Page, villain ............
..... . Mr. vWjlliam Burden
Colonel Preston . .
Mr. Will Da'ughtery
Squire Tucker, magistrate..
Mr. E. Harry Dyer
Captain Devenport ..............
r. . .Mr. George Toms
Mr. Armstrong, railroad agent . . .
: . . . . Mr. "Walter Gallup
Lathrop Page, Southern boy i . . . .
.Mr. Paul Peebles
Decatur, servant Mr. William Pitt
Mi's. Page a lonely widow. . . . .
Miss Elizabeth Odendhal
Carey Preston, Alabama blossom . .
. . Miss Blanche H. Hecht
Mrs; Stockton, a gay widow.,. . . .'.
r . .Miss Kathleen O'Brieni
Atlanta Moberly, Southern maiden
. ' . ; .... . . , . Miss Dos Skinner
Brothers Lust for Sweets of the Bee,
And Other Tales From the
Police Courts.
From the balmy days of Ham to
the balmier days of courts and jails
the rag-time race have been noted
for their love for trouble. Water
melons arid chickens have been the
favorites of the. dusky race but Jet
Brothers was an exception. Jet
was crossing the property of Mr,
Lemuel Jackson and passed a num
ber of his hives. In some remark
able manner one of those homes of
the sweets breeding stingers took
up with the unsuspeoting Jet. Poor
Jet had walked out of the sight
and hearing of all things mortal
when he discovered the hive hang
ing affectionably upon his arm.
An uncontrolable lust seized upon
him and ere many hours the hun
gry Jet was fiilled to overflowing.
Alas! his sins did find him out and
he is registered at ' Barney's rHotel
where he will likely reside until the
next term of the Superior court.
Leon Benbury another -of the
rag-time race painted the town a
bright vermillion and received the
usual fine and costs.
George Johnson of like color
started an open air rough house
serenade. Officer Weeks made the
arrest with many objections from
his royal boozer. Johnson got just
a V. and costs.
Others inclined towards the dope
were awarded according to the
capacitv of their tank. .
v The building used has been in
creased from' one to two stories
and now contains 9 rooms, seven
being in use and two unfurnished.
During the session quite a number
have been turned off for lack of
room. '
There is no telling the good this
institution is doing the community.
We cannot begin to realize what
coujd be done was it not fettered
by lack of financial aid. .
We intend to give our readers a
few interesting facts, concerning
the above school, in a very near
issue.
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MILLIONAIRE VISITS THE CITY.
OURjnJBLIC SCHOOLS.
They Are Fettered by Inadequate
Financial Aid.
. There are 1200 children of school
age in our midst. - Of this number
about 300 are entered in private
institutions; 425 are ente'red in the
public school. This leaves a total
of nearly 500 children in our midst
unprovided with educational facil
ities. These figures are conserva
tive and - speak - for themselves.
They show the need of larger capa
city in our public shcools.
Our public sch6ol is doing mag
nificent work in the training of the
young. Prof. W.' M. flinton has
for 8 years been the principal of
this institution. With six able as
sistants thev are handlinsr 425'
pupils an increase frcm ,150. -
Jno. E. Reyburn, Ex-Congressman and
Multi-Millionaire, of Philadelphia
was in the City this Week.
Among the visitors to pixr city
this week was ; Jno. E. Reyburn, of
Philadelphia. Mr7 Reyburn and
party, consisting of his family and
two lady guests arrived on the
steam yacht Gretchen Wednesday
evening at 5:30 (f clock. The
Gretchen is a trim little affair, and
has been a regular visitor to our
harbor for several seasons.
The party came through the
canal yesterday afternoon and re
port a pleasant trip. Mrs. La
Montague, of Washington, one of
the party, assured the writer that
no one became seasick during the
trip through the canal.
Jno. E. Reyburn is a multi-millionaire
and ex-Congressman. Dur
ing his four years term in Congress
he' advocated the, now 'assured,
Inland Water Route. Mr- Reyburn
said: "They laughed at me then
but they don't laugh " so much
now."
The distinguished -visitor stated
to a Tar Heel reporter that it had
been his pleasure to make frequent
visits to these waters' and that he
was much impressed with our city.
"I note vast improvements every
trip and I venture to say that
Elizabeth Cityt will some day -rank
prominent among the cities of the
South. The proposed Inland Water
way will do much towards promot
ing its growth." This is Mr. Rey-
burns statement as given to the
writer.
The party consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. Reyburn, and Miss Eleanor,
their daughter, of Philadelphia;
and Miss E. Patterson, Mrs. P.
LaMontagne, of Washington, D.
C. left vesterdav morning for
Durant's Island. After spending
a few days at the above place they
will return north.
Durants island, is situated in
the Albemarle sound and is the
property of Mr. Reyburn.
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i Card.
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... At tne request ot my numerous
friends, I desire to hereby an
nounce myself as a Candidate for
Nomination as Candidte for Nomi
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'nation an County Treasurer Of Pas
quotank county, N. C subject to
the Democratic County Convention.
Cairo HI., April 23, , 1902. The
side-wheel steamer City, of Pitts
burg, from Cincinnatii to Memphis-
was burned to the water's edge
early Sunday morning, at Turner's
ianamgi. mues firom cms city.
The earlhr reports stated that 05
lives were lost and that;many were
badlv .blamed and otherwiie in-
ured, but the list of causalties is
not yet i determined, v Two boats
and all available crafts from this
city went to the .scene for relief.
The disastet was onB cf the worst
in the history of the Ohio river
navigation. The loss of over $80,-'
00 on the steamer does not in
clude the cargo, both being a total
oss. The latest v estimates are
hat 160 persons were aboard and
that not more than half .. of -them
were saved, many of. the latter
were buVifed - or inj aredr "AVthe"
register of the steamer was burned
no list can be given either o the
victims Or the survivors and in the.
conf usioh it. has been impossible
to get complete lists.. ' Captain
Pnillips admits that the death list.
may reach 60.
Respectfullv,
James P. TetohpsoxI
r Notice!
After may 1st, 1 ,wili be con
nected with Hill's Cafe and Ice
Cream Depot, where I will
be pleased to serve my friends
with the celebrated "Mcntauk
Ice Cream, the finest made. Yon
Can get?, any flavor, such as Va
nilla; Lemon, Peach, Chocolate,
Strawberry, in quarts, gallons or
larger quantities or either ' by. the
plate. Cream delivered - any - time
by crJling phone No. 184. . Re
member Hill's Ice Cream Depot,
Cor. water and Matthews streetr
I hope to-see my friends often?'
. Respectfully,
: D. G. BROCKETT.
Steamer City of Pitts
burg Burned to the
Waters Edge.
CASUALTIES UflOOVVN.
Register Yas Burned and
Exact riumber Cannot
be Obtained. Over Six
ty Lives Lost.' - '
Hot in Kew York.
New York, April 23. -A warm
wave from the west reached here
to-day. The mercury got an early '
start, and proceed to jump up the
tube at a June pace, v The f Tem
perature was, seventy-seven de
grees, the warmest of the year so
far.
- NORFOLK "MARKETS.
KorfolkTa,, April 24, 1902.
GRAIN, HAY, ETC.
Market Firm. ' ?
CORN White, per bu car lots
Mixed, per Ira..,' ear lots t -So.
white, per bo, ear tots .
From store, No. 2 white
From store, No. 2 mixed
HAY Car lotrf.
No. 1 Timothy
-No. 2 Timothy
No. 1 Mixed
No. 2 Mixed .
Clover
OATS Mixed from store-
No. 2, per bushel
White, No. 2, per bushel
B3AN f rom store
Middlings, per. toiv
74 and
68 and
71 And
73 and
53 and
t7 00 jand
15 50 and
15 50 nd
ti OOjuad
13 50 and
M and
52 and
22 00 and
'22 00 and
EGGS Qtiiet
POULTRY Live good
Chickens, old hens, lmrse
ripring chickens
Ducks, mad.
Ducks, mongrel
Turkeys, per porjid
DRESSED POULTRY
Geese, each
Turkejs. d? a,mxt per Hj. .
ChickenM, drawn,pp flb
Turkejs, undrawn, lb. '
HAMS Firm. '
Bmithfiekt, new
Ya. com. to choice, per lb.
' North Carolina new
PEANUTS Fancy
, btrickly prime
Prime v ' -V
Bunch
Spanish ,
PEAS Blaekeye, per 12!b.
Black, per boshel
Clays
' Mixed " "
14 and
k. -35 and 40
20 and 23
5 and 30
'SO and 35"'.
-12 and U
-taudO
16 and 17
13 and 15
14 and 15
new
16 and 18
14 and 16
13 and 15 '
: fyi and
2 and Z
.24 and 2
JiandijK
75 and.
2 50 and 2 53 -1
40 and 1 50
125 and
1 10 arid
TRUCK, VBUTTSL 3STC
IRIEH POTATOES-per hay i 2 40 and 2 50
SWEET POTATOES Hajmana,' " ' f
perbbL -17oand2CO
, Yellowsper bbl : U5jmd2 25
TRUCKS - . .. - '
Native cabbage, bXl , l5and 1 SO
. Onions, , ycJUoxflj SOanditO
- Onion et ; r JiJjuid -