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VA School of His Own." . Rather than have his children "walk a distance of four miles : to the public school Mr. M, R. White, a stock raiser of Canaan: a small community near Chapanoke, has erected a school house on his premises and engaged Miss Ruby Mcintosh, of Norfolk, to therein conduct a ten months term begin ning Dec. 1st 1902 and adjourn ingtan Oct. 1st 1903. The roads in his community aref - the .worst type and his residence is so locat ed that no school is convenient to his children. Mr ."White fully ap preciates the value of an education and maintains that it is the rich est legacy he can leave his y little ones. At the ?ame time he does not believe that ill situated, poorly constructed and meagerly equip ped schoolhouses are the surround ings suited to trainings the minds of children. Mr. White sought some solution to the prolem but the only one forthcoming was to conduct his own school. He made known his intentions to .neighbors and ' receiving their cooperation erected a Bchool house and secur ed a competent instructor. Thus the children of Canaan and vicinity are afforded educational facilities seldom found in like communities. Oh! for a nation of , men to ap preciate the value of education as does this one man, Still in The Dark. One of the smallest of the public school boys who visited our office last Friday has , addressed us a note which reads as follows: "Mr. Editor: I went to your office and looked around but don't know nothing yet. The place was full of girls and a fellow didn't get chance to see nothing, you let me come again and , maybe I can tell more -about it If you will help me write the composition I will whack up on the prize. Pont tell Mrs. Bradford." We will withold the name. Among Our Advertisers. Under the management Oliver Gilbert ' many new of and modern features are to be installed in the Bee Hive store. His latest venture is to equip the store ; with eight electric arc lights. The order for these brilliant illumina tors has already been placed and their arrival is daily expected. A number of new advertisements appear in this issue and the in creased space of some old ones is noted. All these attest the merits of the Tar Heel as an advertising medium. If you want the people to know your business the safest and surest method is to entrust the matter to us. We make a 1 i 1 1 i a Business to educate our readers to read ads just as must ' as we endevor to educate you to advertising: and our advertising space is read. There is not an ad in these colums that does not bring results. Ask any of our advert! sers. They will repeat what we Tiave said. Have you read J. D. Hathaways advertisement? The , subject may not be about fountain pens; buthe has the prettiest line ever shown tj ii ... m ims city. j.i me pen was ever mightier than than the sword; it was a Parker. That is the kind Hathaway is showing. Melick doesnt believe in heat ing houses by sunshine. He trying. to educate people to using the Sunshine Hot Blast stove. High over the fencee leaps Sunny Jim. : "Force" is the food that liim. i -. .. You will find this cereal at and Gallop's. This firm is ing a very pretty line of and fancy groceries. itctr i . . .. raises roxey carry staple -xvuppeuniemer . suits and "Young Brothers" , hats. These can be found only at the Fair store. Many of the best dressed men in this section were fitte from stock at this store. cranberries, bright from r the bogs of Maryland, and celery,-fresh from the farms of Kalamazoo Those and other neccessary pre requsites to "the f Thanksgiving dinner can be, founed at Fulmer and Co's; . " . v The Bee Hive store is elsewhere in these columns, advertising far a dozen girlsr They want them for the toy and holiday goods depart ment. - This store will be head quarters for Christmas shoppers this year. You have Oliver Gil bei't word for that. It Will Be A Stayer. "I see" observed the man with the incandescent nose, according to the Baltimore American, "that a big corset trust has been formed." "Somebody will be squeezed pretty badly; before it is in opera tion long," suggested the man with the haggard eye. "Well," put in the person with he football hair, "I don't think we ought to object to such a trust. We know that anything that can get near to a woman's heart is not wholly bad." "But," protested the individual with the pessimistic moustache, "it is not an economical combination. verything it makes goes to waist." "Oh, I don't know." answered he man with the incandescent nose, "you will find that the corset trust is going to get things into good shape after awhile." "Anyhow," weakly suggested a common person who had been istenirig, "it may be depended upon to present a straight front to all opposition." PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS Are Competing for a Valuable Prize Offerd by the Tar Heel. The Tar Heel offers a complete set of Encyclopedias to the boy or girl student of the white public school of Elizabeth City, who writes and submits to the editor the best compositipn on how the Tar Heel is made. The composition consid ered the bestj in every way, will be published as will a photograph of the prize winner. The composition is to contain not less tnan a 1000 words and not more than 1,500 words and must be submitted to this office, or to Mrs. C. B. Bradford, principal of the school, on or before Dec, 15th, 1902. The management of the Tar Heel extended an invitation to the pros pective competitors to visit our office and Friday' they came. We never saw so many bright intelli gent faces. There were nearly three score of boys and girls from the sixth and seventh grades and the party was conducted by Mrs. Bradford and Miss Wilma Sawyer. It was shortly after nine o'clock Friday Morning that they came and it being publication day they were anoraea an exceptional op portunity for gathering material of which to weave their story. The click, click of the mailing ma chine the rumbling of the mammoth press and the rapid clatter, clatter of the folder, saying nothing of the ink besmeared face of the Devil and the busy appearance of things in general, all furnished subjects within themselves. The students were shown every department of the work; from the desk of the managing editor, who says what shall and what shall not be pub- lished, and the desk of the city editor, where copy is ground out under hard pressure to the com posing rooms where the devi and foreman struggle unceasingly for supremacy and where the me chanical work comes in. The fifty or more pupils spent an hour in the building, taking notes; after which they returned to the schoo room to begin the prelude to their essays. The outcome is interest- ing n6t only in that it will decide the champion essayist of the pub lic school, but it may reveal coming writer. mi a i ii t m, xms contest win do oetter ap preciated by the public when we state that the successful competi tor will in turn present the set o iLncyclopedias to the school and they will become a feature of the library: At the same time, they stand as a monument to him who fought for leadership and emerged a victor from the fray. THE TAB HEEL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 902. Raleigh Utter Raleigh, N. C. A reporter , to day h ad a talk with a Republican of State reputation on the action of President Roosevelt and his breach with Senator. Pritchard. knew it was' coming," declared this Republican, who would not permit the use of his name. -I was so in formed when in Washing ton several weeks ago. . Letters were pouring in upon l the President from Re publican Congressmen throughout the North and saying that if he did not repudiate Pritchard's course, then they . would loose the negro vote and prpbably be defeat ed. T Pritchard simply went too far. Roosevelt never intended that he should exclude negroes from con ventions when they were qualified to vote under .the State laws. Booker, Washington's influence is being greatly exagerated. No, I do not believe that Pritchard can be appointed to anything now. If he is his confirmation will be fought in the Senate, and the Northern negroes will resent bit terly such an appointment." Colonel J. C. L. Harris has gone to Wash- ing ton and given out and inter-view similar to his statement published in this paper a few davs ago. The situation is made more interesting now from the fact that the succes sor of Postmaster Vick at Wilson, the only negro postmaster in the State, is to be named. Senator Pritchard wants a white man and his influence with Roosevelt will be put to the test. A negro woman in this city had twin sons born to her a few weeks ago and she named them Theodore Roosevelt and Booker Washington. One of them has since died and the issuing of the burial permit brought the fact to light The Rev. T. H. Walker, the man who has joined in wedlock perhaps as many runaway couples as any other man in the world, died a few days ago at his home in i'elham, near the Virginia line. He had performed the marriage ceremony for nearly 2000 couples. Gaston County Good Roads. The folio wing interesting facts from Gaston county show the pro gress now being made in road im provement -in that live locality: The public roads in Gaston are worked by free and hired- labor, superintended by supervisor in each township. Each supervisor has a supply of tools, including a road plow. In Cherry ville town ship the plow is pulled by a twenty horsepower traction engine. The county commissioners are contem plating buying engines for aU the townships. Horses for plows cost $8 per day. The engine is furnish ed by individuals for the same money and does 50 per cent more work. The engine and plow require four men and a mule to operate them; an engine driver, a plow tender, a man to fire and un couple and couple at turning points, and a man to haul wood and water for the boiler. The best thing that farmers can lay up for a rainy day is a good road. There are now 165 Rural Free Delivery routes in operation in North Carolina, These routes are established by the Postofnce de partment after being petitionedfor by a hundred or more patrons of the route asked for and endorsed by the CongressmpiLfrom the dis trici The salary of the carrier is $600. Each carrier is required to fnrnisha bonded substitute. New Harine Rail way and Shipyard opened for all kinds of new and repair work. A line of all kind of material on hand. Give me a trial, - latisf action guaranteed. John W. Williams, Prop., "THE STAFF OF LIFE."! '. That' 8 Just what bread is, and you , should select nothing with more care. ; : Our bread will show you in a minute its infinite superiority over the ordinary " baker's bread ; We Succeed;. v In making it light, but not spongy: close grained, but not dry : evenly bak , ed with just jnoughbrownness to crust clean, sweet and wholesome. ! - Tf! 25 cents delivered one at a time, if : you prefer. Always have . fresh Cakes, Rolls, Pies and Cookies. Just a trial, we ask no more. I Gfc. J BHarris, . ' f Poindexter St. Eliz. City, NiC. Manii Memorials. There are many memorials erect ed to commemorate the deeds of those who have passed on, f but whatever their form may bej no person of natural sentiments feels like dispensing with a suitable marker to designate the last earth ly resting place. Please inspect our monuments. Eliz. City Marble Works, LUKE A. COTTON, PROPRS. Poindexter St, Near the Bridge. Notice! Dr. c. H. Grnneer. who for the Dast25vearrs has been devoting ills entire time to the treat ment of chronic diseases, is now located in Elizabeth City, prepared to do his .utmost, for an wiio care mj can on mm. Special massage treatment for all liver, kid ner and RDecial trouble. Pure vegetable com- Sounds for all skin and blood diseases. A ten ays trial treatment will be given free to any er8on caning at ine omce witnin sj days, ai ter receiving this notice. : - Offie at Mrs. Sn ell's Boarding Houa Poindex ter St., Hours 8. -00 a.m. to8:30p. m. Harness Reason. No sound-headed man asks to day "Is it cheaper to buy the best harness?" He knows either because he's had our harness and learned its worth, or because he's had some cheap stuff and has learned its worthlessness. You can't do better anywhere than here when buying harness Our stock is complete and at prices all the way from $6.00 up. OUT Blankets have been the subject of favorable comment by evry one who has seen them. You may need a robe, whip or somfe in the horse furnishing line. Let us show you and give you a price. ZABETH T : i : Poindexter street. ELIZABETH CITY. N. C. J. F. FOSTER, SOUTH MILLS, If. :G BUGGY GO. Book and Oommercial Printing, Wedding invita tions, Cards, Etc. in all the latest styles of type. My line of Calenders for . . 1903 can't be surpassed : for beauty anfl novelty They range in prices from $2.10 to $14.20 per hun dred with your business , printed on them. 250 ' note heads and 250-6 fxxx : 'envelopes, printed and padded, for $1.60. I now I have the best equipped r Job Printing Establish r ment in Eastern North Carolina. Mailorders so licited and given prompt ' attention. v j,r. poster, THE JOB PBINTEE. JVilSiam Tell flddii .''Of l CD CO -: i A ft . to bb O-Vt'- (D CO D o CO books ygll show joa the saving, Headquarters for the I V .". v . A o V-... , Blades Fartition, Ceiling, Siding, Ceiling $6.00 and up. . Biaaes Lumber CoM " Pennsylvania Avenue, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. 5 Real Estate Investments : ! : " -' ''jZ. ' '- In Elizabeth City are even better than Government bonds. Property- advancing every day. 1 have FOR SALE OR REHTH- property of almost every description, in the city and ; vicinity. Just now i have : a ten acre farm for sale at a bargain, 400 vards from paved street. Another of 24 acreis near aty Hmits. Both suitable for truck in and poultry fanning. Y G. W . STEVENS, : HO A I .CPT ATC M A M AHCD 4 .2 g o c . x u o o U 2 CO CO CD CD u a. 2 2 CO Q xo tO CO Q J EH E o z 'a m z r 3 3 JDJD o 4 iZ 'O E-i E 03 E E CO CO MEAT for a large family means a con siderable expense for the month unless ypur butcher has the knack of keeping a large variety of choice things on" hand from which j on can select a luncheon or supper. We can save you Money ; because we make a specialty of tamily custom in distinction from the hotel arid restaurant trade' A month or even less on our and you will live better, too. G. G. Pappendick, 1st stall to right of city market. Lumber Co. best and cheapest grades of I Floorinp. Shingles. Flooring $9.00 and ud 3 O
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