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... - Devoted to thellndu S?!'" ;ry c5):0 iVOl. M - ;fc .... . v - Congress; ivcoi prO p rit 1 0 n . ygy SUCCESS. Congressman dmaii S OUC- CS5S. River and Harbor Bill ContaihiiProvisibns -for Complete Survey of D v s s - & y Water KOUte. x ,Bv Teletaph to the Tab Hkeiu.) p IB V Washington, D, C. - June 3, 1902. LPchase one or-bo th as a ; park of "Eiver and harbor bill ;. passed- House to-day and, contains pro- Tisicns for complete survey of In land water route,y;thisikV. almost' important project for. North Car- olinaand Virgin and ?our ;entS P'MbM0: -, . : . do earnestly r pray thatCongress astwise sapping. Represen- sn eJ-t lative Small deserves great credit incorporate the same as a ?part? of and sncceeded against ' influential the spending irliverand Harbor opposition. Senator Simmons ably Bill by -Congress! . . . assisted and effected its passage " Resolved that a copy of these through Senate.' MnSmtill is one MfjNl , x; ; , dent and Secretary of this - Cham of the hardest workers ever sent ber. j,e aei to the -Senators y to Congress from Nor th Carolina. The Tar Heel has from: tfie first auvouaieu bins miuuu wuwji iuuoojana to tne oenators irom. .Virginia Ave agitated . the subject andT the 1 ( ;!,: :i. Tx'v, eupie ui tuis ca luiei- uno.: vi ameismi aiso ip eacn ested. On the night of April ; 1st, of the Representative from the the Chamber of Commerce of Jthis States of North Cirolina and Vir city aclo)ted resolutions' in regard ginia. - ' . "yj to the Injand waterway. y.Ve ' ie- - f ; Chas. H. RoBrssox,-' V publish those resolutions as they , ' " : '''' ' . ; ' President.- . not only refle greal credit upon . Attest: . the business men of thi. citbut H..TGEEExiEAP, Jb., ! . - will give the reader-, a fetter knowledge of the Coastwise Inland waterway and the effect it will have upon the industrial . develop laent of Eastern North Carolina. The Resolutions. ; i-, Whereas, the subject of ah in land water route from jChesapeate Bay to Beaufort Inlet has 'engaged the attention of a large J conimer- cial interest for many years,' and - 1 Whereas, the physic al conditions . are sno.h n :. in Amnnrl ht nrm- struction bv the Government of such a water rou te, some of which conditions may beV summarized as follows: ;- ' ' :'v ' .v' ' 1. That on the coast of North Carohna, north of Beaufort ' Inlet barrier reefs of sond varyin g" f rdm one-quarter of a mile in width to four miles,-, separate the - Ocean from the inland Sounds and Rivers of the Stete..;55 2 That thre is from the V Yir-r ginia line to Beaufort Inlet practi cally only one outlet to the Oceanj known as OcracOke Inlet in which the depth is limited to" not more than (8) feet, ly reason of ; the 'swash" or sand bar on the "Sound side, which makes the inland Sounds of North Carolina ' tracti- cally land-locked from the' Ocean. loved and' respected by all - v 3 That Cape ; Hatteras on. the; Resolved 2. That to his bereaved outer Diamond Shoal and .Capelfam'e extend pur; prof oundest t i . ; , .; . v ? . kI- isvmbatliTi assuring them that our t.-.. , ; - A v-V i . T : , -uuut; on tne coast oi iNortn Wolma and north of; Beaufort -inlet, constitute" such f menaces to cast wise navigation as almost to make it prohibitory to coast shin-nJ-n r ''r.V:-; -r.-.i VUS ;-'':v;:; wise. 4 That the water; bormej com merce of North Carolinh, north of Rnd includihgr Pamlico " sound must therefore find an outlet to' the 'orth by way of either the Dismal wamp Canal of the' Albemarle'and Chesapeake .Canal, which ' afford' a debthiof seven or eight- feet; -aiid," Whereas, j sucb an. , inland vat er way is not. only necessary vTtor. the development of the : cQmmerce of Eastern North v Carolina ' and- of tide water Virginia, but is also es- senfiai for the safety and develop ment of the coast - wise' commerce between the North and South At lantic ports ; ; Whereas; a bill is now pending in the Senate o f : the United States which is intended to be j;taaSeaD aTndmntf toi &e Kiver andgHarbor :gBilL Chichi authorizes an ; appointment- of;" a ::K?4 f w?9 V land Waterway f rom-Norf oik, . Ar., to Beaufort inlet;. N. d. find; also to exammQ the intervening cahals, " "u . s ... : -j,". Joe made a free and open water way by the Government ow- there: fore, tho.Chamb'er of commerce of Elizabeth City, representing . .the commercial interests of many sec- fronvNorth Carolina, Hom :F. ; IVT. Simmons and Hon. J. C Pritchard, floikThoksysH -r - 'ttt; -r-w v ' i.-":vJ ' iSec't'y. ,.r - IN.MEMORIAM. A Tribute of . Respect to the xLate j: ; M. Gallop : " i ' Once more we are called upon to bow our htads in sorrow. Once more the Supreme Architect, of the universe, who watches over us with tender care, has entered our rants and called diie of our most beloved breihi-en . to i that undiscovered countrvfrom jwhich no traveler has ever, yet re turned. Brother Gallop was a true Mason. He possessed upble qualities - of head and heart rwhich endeared him to his f ell6 w may. ' .? He was frequently1 honored by his. friends with positions of trust ana nonor. He was a 'dutiful son, a -faithful husband, and a devoted!ather. - It can bei trulj said, that he measured up to the full standard of ms duty in. e v cry pusi uuii tu vt mvu. i "t calledJ r Therefore belt Resolved 1st. That.in the death of brother Gallop, Currituck Lod No. 463 A. P. i& A. M. mourns the loss of . one bfx its most staunch and loyal members, the county one nf hfir best citizens and his family ! a devoted, kind and loving parent Thus has, passed lover, the, river an . other of our brethren , a kind heart- 4 id and ehial r c6'mnani6n, "one be- sympatny assuring ; a - t6uchedwith a sense of i their loss ;. which., we also - deeply i feel; and that only ; by faith in the redeeming powe of Judah's I: can' W6 nope to meet nim again. , Resolved 3rd. ; That a copy of these resplutions - be spread, upon the! mihutesCof the" Iodgea copy sent to the family of ; our deceased brother,' - a vcupy 5 furnished the Economist. Tar HEJsn and the Orphan's Friend for punlicationr is. M. .Beasley, s 1 . l A - D. W. 'WoodhquseV Y Com. ,w. Wfid oft is Wild With Delight: High Carnival v Held-in the Streetsof LondonWSu m . f enderpf thelBoers 0 Rejoices. ; " ,'-..-' . - ; , - -xw i.t. i rings todayrwith loyf ul tidmgsHhat x ; -c,' i ' j. the .Boer war is. over. - Flags noat , , ; . i streets of Liohddn are jammed with the constantly' ; cheering mass of humanity that' makes the "Mafek- :--. - - .-1" , - -.V. - . .. " ' : J " - .- in cry rl n v n f f. TAflW1 v ft nrr mi 1 I : ttt comparison.' On .every mouth is ; the name of, Kitchener, who has , a -v - - v , ii j ji v s... . 0 , ,-. .'.----v.--r Africa. Above all comes the news , -t: v i t.' Vv: i that lhe peace, so , dearly bought, ,t- --H-'w,v- : . ..TV may-mean the downfall of the ' , . . -; . i . Chamberlain -party; the uprising of T . v A : , . v - of warfam which has y"staggered humanitjV' in the . words of ex President .Kriiger. " - "i Tlia fi-raf. ViowsT thftt"tb'A'TA"r'"n.r? signed lerniB.. oi aurreuuer oe-i - V" , -v .: , -. -I came puoiic late vesteraav alter- , , . ",., . ,.T -- . , , V before the convention. noon when the --following bulle tin was jlaced. outside ofthe war of fice: A ;V's --' . . 'Pretoria, Saturday, 11:15 p. m. -"He ; document containing peace terms of surrenderwas signed here this evening at half past ten o'clock by all the Boer representatives, as , A. -- , ... , TT. , for thei well as ny tne juriusn jugu jom- missioner to South Africa, Lord Milner and myself." 1 The King knew of the surrender at noon- He held the information until the cabinet decided to an nounce the fact Sunday or tq leave House of Commons today. Soon after Kitchener's message was post ed" at the War Office, he isstled tBe following manifestiTto the public: 5 ; 4 The King has received the wel come t news t1 of - the cessation of hostilities in South Africa with in finite satisfaction,, and trusts ; that peace may speedily! be 'followed by the restoration jof prosperityn his new dominions and that feelings necesarily engendered by ar will give place to earnest co-operation by all his majesty's South African subjects in promoting the welfare of their common country " King Edward held a levee at Stl James'; Palace at nooii today, at which place the whole of the diplo matic corps assembled;talke d pe ace, and showered-conlratulation qn King ! Edward and his ; minister. Enthusiastic cro wds sang ! "Rule Britannia" and"God: bave the Kino-" ' " i " ' " -; The terms of i peace ' in :i South Africa were ;v announced in 'the House of Commons ..today by T Bal four as follows: ; The - Boers V sur render ; arms and recognize the King. ,.The British agree to bring. hback Boer prisoners as speedily as possibi.without loss of liberty or proper thjbreeranaw war- tare tnrovv memseivesou me r.mx . clemency, v The :Dutch",language will be'.taught in;' schools, if desir ed, by parents and used in courts if necessary. Military 'punishment is to end as ' Won as possible and - -- ' - - . . -- ,.,r - slf -government will be , W.Wtitut ed, ajid therd will be no ts, ontthe Transvaal-: to pay for the cos tL of war: ;3, Bxnpjng ';--;i5oer a iarmsa jUape Colony rebels , will ; be ; subject . 'to trial and may be disfranchised for life;but hq death penalty will Ibe ini:reaE jDruain practically ilonse of Commons was crowded jo hear the" announcement. The feat- ur?lhe our is the feehng; to- m?W'8 wary enmusiasm : . k - -- To - Meet in : Grefensboro' lulv v Siy teerith. " 1 the Democratic, Toters -of t? r North Carolina; - . ? ? ; - In pursuance' of a resolution -by the State Democratic Executive Committee, at its 'meet ing in the; city of Ialeigii 1 on the 25th;day of March, 1902, notice is o L , v - -. - . , - , , vention of said-party -will be held v. . L . . , - ' in the city of - Greensboro on the 16th day of July 1902. - - This xjonvention is called; fort the . : - - , , - purpose of nominating a candidate t, ,5 . i v ;v .xoruvmei usnce oi . tne supreme . a , . . . . Court, two candidates for Associate t"1"-" it. c ? V Justice of the Supreme Court, and one Trtfimhfirnf thA North Carnhnfl. Corporation Commission; "filso a candidate: for. Superintendent :of Public Instruction, . ; and fox the . - ; ; , . , , of the paftvvas may Ibe' brought In compliance .wtth its terms, call ypur atteutiou to the; f-dlow lug resolution; adopted at - the aforesaid "meeting i;f tho Demo cratic Execu ti've Comuii ttee to wit "Resolve, 'That- tins Chairman of this Com mi t t shall in las cal next StittO'Cmveuti-m state that said convention will detet- mine - HvhQth.jr HUj , Di niocratic party will choose it caultlate for United States Seuai'ivby; primaryj by the Convention, or . uLUui-wise Each co unty is alio we said State Convention one - : - , . .. ,v ; ocratic votes cas Hh the tion for Governor and ' fraction overseventy:five.- . . ' It is earnestly desired that each county "shall be fully represbnted. Respectfully,' "" " " V. - ' ' ' F. M. Simmons, Chairman State Denh.Ex. Com.' i. PVtM. PearsIli." ; Secretary.' All Democratic papers are re . v - 4 i ' -quested to publish above, calL - v Incendiary Captured.- 1 .:-!-:-;.-Ve,-.-;.-i w;-vVf,--- yU--James Felton, a" negro accom- plice to a bold robbery that recent ly occurred in Currituck county, wasV,this ; week,' captured by Chief DawsiVn and turned, over to Curri tuck' authorities. : . ;-. ";s;- f. ' . The robbery was one of the most sepsational ever recorded in our columns. ' In broad day time ' tivo negroes set fire to - an out house id attract attention from a maih esi dence. v While all were busy fights ing the flame's the two negro' des paradoes entere d the residence and stole'a sum of $400-00. Will Stick by Team Wilmington has decided.. tos stick ?;:;-a ";;;" - 'A4'i'ff:ilJi:i. 3N qy newananuremaiuoy iub baseball ;v league. The manager will go north next weqk and , se iirernew : players- and the - whole team- will -be recognized. H.s J. UerKen tviii act as-: manager texu porarilvr Wilmington - has . -won lone game and lost .twenty-one. . ' " ,v.,- ti - t. , 5" c I . RH-fii vl IR "I V1 Pasnuoh'iik OninjV,' V V"-:'. V--: - -V ' S "I - 111 111 no ' "r nl 0MMMiiWMf03M$ t - PTt.oonicers 'yg. To r. f :' iouhty Cpmmissiohers i : s, . ; . . - W GQMM1SS10NEBS1LEGTED Taxes for 1902 Were Levied Li q ubr Licdhse s Granted. The Eu c 1 i d H e i gjh ts Road . - " Revision ' Of ?Jliry LisL I Qtfie rl B ii sin essSf s liitj. S$x? tK - ' -.f. ,tV.n"'---X l:- v - -$ '' M. Scott, chairman L 'i ' mer er, W. J : F. , Spence; 1 S. 'N;: Hor- Elizabeth City,. 3nne -2nd,;iyua. oi JiJizaoetn v;iiytri. . ;over tne , ' -v . -; "-vt'-:' Ci-W. Hollo well, IS. Fl Lemb.'F. F. " V; v: - ; : gan ana ueorge jj.oneriocs. v . -Mjompany.i, ' . c r; ; : 'V hrJprPrl Thnt Tiiiins WhpPfi be reHevedf the payment of Poll T- 10A1 ; " ;. - I --:. ;,-r. f Ordered, That 1 Graham Busb Lr hae;a Wtca to; of empUonl of the payment of pojl tax ; issued ; ;tq - jk ;;: f-V i v ; iiim v,wuUv w .xxxx ts y ., v OrdeiPAd:iThat TVTaviah Williams 1 be placed pa :;the county : pension - list at $1.0Q pex; month. - r 'r l;Ordredi.That',WilliamBoweei Bailey and others appeared -before the Bodrd and complained that the fence nad -not oeen compietea around the; "Stck Law'Territory in Nixonton Township, as ordered by said Board, and. that the stock was running at largeauo , tneir crops were m great danger of . be- ing damaged or, destroyed, Aand asked that the Board- take ,some action to protect .their - stock and crops. .; ':-; f,-:v a.'.:.' Ordered. That Thomas E. Pal mer; S. Ni jMorgan; and George D. satisfactorily to an concerned. Said f!nmnnitteG to .have ; the I privilag of emyloying.au attorney and the'powerocall a meeting of said Board of Commissioners at any time to make theirreport. ; The matter of je vising the yj ury to revise Raid J ury liist. Ordered, that J. T. - Newbpld, Keeper of unty; Home, lje in- structed to purchase two thousand more herrings for the lionie. r Ordered; that J. T. Newbold, keeper County home, be allowed to put screens in certain windows- and doors m the County home as per recOmenda tion of the ..County health .Officer, ?; The report of the Grand Jury for the May Term of the Superior Court was 'presented to the-BoartL reltd and ordered to be filedi . Ordered, that the bill of Miss Anna DeLon of $84 for services as stenographer in the. case of state vs 'Wilcox, be laid on the table.' N. GL; Grandy, Sheriff, - and the Jury summoned by him, to lay but the new road leading from school house at the fork of -the Newbegun Creek Road and the Sand Hill Road to Elizaceth :Gity and;toassess aamages iu lamr v1 tut4 ii"! wet. over whose-land the road is to ruu; made their report to the. doard; as placed on-tne county pension nst To : Henry v n ' I alW:perimoj d in the r"0" r-r. ;. rr ."- Swain; T, rr jNasn;;vv imams cpeu,. : t . , . . .; , ; . 4 Vn rr-k ' mifl Avn.minp. snid fence L. ": ' ' ,ri " 'V-V tt ttt . .i t..-' . " ' '. -V'r :- I - vote for vi" ' 15erry & onannon; xj. a.. oou ol. ;.- ,: - . r . ? h vote tor QiiTiq J SfA(.icTjawTerritorvV - J , t. ..O-W- 'Dem- "7 - - Oo.-; J..v Bergeron : o. . x . . K - ? A .- - .. t A v with a vieAv to settling the; matter c-, M. B. Dawes. : LL M. Barnes, v; l o ; , ' iasi) -.eif.i;-.,' .. . . ;.., : .n i o- ' " -. .v, ,.-,ftc,t;' ;lf;;ra .v.-,?;rvi;:s-,. 5'i 1 List; was taken: up by the Board, g the' term of ; said. -: ' .-, ' and ;.Unraotion, it isv ordered, y-geg Y -" ThatHhe Board; meet on 31 til inst. j) jm e) Wood, County Health V.f ' " " 4 follows:. -: $ -v , . v; - the board of Commissibnei-aof V?-;- ,V -'; -. ,..i;.isv:v Gentlemen: j.x;, izk ft 'f. quotank County, N. C, in obedi- - ence to fan order, -directed -'to me fromthe Bo ard of County .Comm : ; ..' issioners datedprils7th summoned! a Jury of five good and; ;p$S7 r ? lawful :eifto;mt; CebirI a;p.hoio'nt- t.''"t t; t,V. ,i T t xrWrtM :;:"..' -' toview:the ground and marka road leadidg from the v. ;;!. SSfeft 03 Newbegun Gie&-fj&9& San-HilrRadtoJ;Co Cohoon,' A J C. ; Batha way Wilson, Davidimpson Spellman and .The Euclid" IHeights- - : f- WHEREUPONi said ' Jury not , t; on the 7th day fMay, 1902,, at; sai.U SC'UOOi-iiw use, uxiu, Bii-ci wciiijj ceeaea to lay : oir.-; eng. ;niarit uuf salSd:orde.i he 'SuSMI affegsSessed in favor of the; par-; .'';;. ties over whose lands tne road runs,: ' ''V n ll , fM:t?sa;J Tq Wi oUowell's heirs ".8c,.',.-' " - : -l To a w HoiloifeToSM Heigtspjyf . Tie av0ve t described 'road :to ; : 1 - -; nmaA u' rrhTA -HjhtM: Roa(i " llespectfully submitted. Caleb Walkeb, : C. C. . Thompson, j mSLOW 3 aPfiicHA, Newbold N. G. Grandy, Sheiiff.; '; This.lay;7thl902Vg;tv The following ; were - granted ; Liquor Liceses, subject to the acV- v. tion of board of 1 City Aldermen r; W. "FT. Whit j. S. E: Speierht: Ar W. : " T , -u. -r xr TriV V , v -J . ? t . 1; ; . . .i"-.'""'-' '.;..r it tlie understanding that , the! : : L 'V restricti6hs placed upon said ; . t, ' pi-nts -byiVhe Aldermen on December 2nd. 1901, ' V j shall remain in full force and ef- Officer, made the. folio wing report:.;; ;;,tfcElizab ' i June 2nd.;1902. -V ' nn0 the Hon. Board of County Com-r- - 1 . ' Jfo' complaint! tkto make as- both - home and jail are in &ood condi- .' . l- . : - : . - V;'l ' . ' V-I-aV tion; only two inmates, in jan . aua , 30 in the home ; as, followsi. white- females6 ; col. females,; 9 ; white-, ; males, 8, col. males 7. total 30.. Total amount' of bills "allowed. $688; 4i;faft;:t)y There being no - further . busin ess the "board adjourned . to ; meet . againion Frid:unelthl9(W tor tne purpose oi m ' . r-- - m -11..- . revising ;-thei": jury list - . C -.t J. C. , Spence. G. M. Scott. .Clerk v.uJS. Vhairman. Ehz.i CityPasquotahk COj N . UJ Wi-M " The ; board of County ; Ck)mmis- : sioncrs-and Justices of; the Peace met,1 to-day for the purpose of. levying the Taxes ol Jtlje County for this year, 1902,: the itoll ; being- y Continued on 5 pagei ' 'v V . v v : - t : i -c-v,--i;-' 'Mfti " - . -'. -'V i - 'V' ' 7, ' ' ' '-'.',- ' X "; TV'i-i- . .- ;- " 1 1 v r.r f . .-r-i V.