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The Charter Committee
r.ialces Report. ''
PEOPLE 10 ELECT OFFICIALS.
Salaries of OfficialsTo
W'p r b vi d e , f o r . a , Sa n i ta ry
Tax of One i . Dollar and a
Vllajf To Tax; Butcher
k Shops and Oil Tanks-
; The, cemmittee , appointed to
K NLraf t -'suitable amendments , to fthe
jity charter have reported as .folr
lows:!
To the' Citizens of EEzabet City: i;
Tour Committee appointedby
t - the Board of Aldermen, consisting
' of S. M. S. RoJlinson, C. E. Ander
son, T.JP. Nash, G. y. Ward, E. F
Aydlett, T. A. Commander and J.
" vp4 Snell, together with the Commit
tee appoLntedby'the Executive
Committee of , Elizabeth ; City, con-
C sisting of JW. H, Weatherly, W. J.
Broughton,- MonroeWhedbee "W.
X3. Glover, F." M Grice ' and , Z.
' Fearing, Jr., and . T-B. " Wilson,
Frank' Week? and A. L. Pendlton-,
present by request of said Commit-
i, tees, to recommend changes in the
Charter of Elizabeth City, beg
leave' to report that they . have
'carefully considered the old char-
ters, together with all recommenda-
v lions handed to them by , different
' I citizens, and that .they recommend
the folowing amendments, viz:
c 1st. Amend the charter so as to
.,' make the city limits ' conform to
; the changes embodied in the re
-'..port hereto attached which changes
' 4th ward.
2nd. Amend the charter so as
to change the ward limits to con
.; form to the "aboTe report - " .
3rd. Amend the charter so as to
" provide for an .entirely new; regis
'tration.; ' ,
4th. Amend the charter -; so as
' to provide for the election of a
" Mayor. Clerk, Treasurer and Chief
of Police by the qualified voters pf
f the to wn,same to - hold office . for
two Tears.
f th- - Amend the charter so as to
' provide that any vacancies that
anay occur in. any of the "1af6resaid
positions, for any - cause shall". b
filled by the Board of .Aldermen,
V T 6th. : Amend the. charter so thai
: stipulated - salaries shall be paid
" the Mayor; Chief of Police; Clerk
5 and Treasurer, - and that all ,fees
-'And costs that they may collect
- from any source whatever shall be
- .turxed In to : the Town Treasurer
: without commissions; said salaries
to be as follows: , - '
' Mayor $600.00 per anum, . v ..
. Chief of Police ; $9CO.0O per ari-
,num. - , ' ; ' . -"
x Treasurer 1250.00 ger annum, v
' 31erk $500.00. . , .
, - 7 th. v Amend the charter so as to
; provide that the chairman of . the
. 'iBoard of - Aldermen shall preside
.over all meetings .' of the Board,
. -.and shall act as Mayor during the
absence or sickness of the Mayor,
o y$ ana snau nave au tne ngnis ana
V o' Se 3 j powers' of the Mayor during the
And shall have all the rights and
a -. ilea m ir. rti unaanna it inn ivi lvnr
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sp j vto provide for a license tax? on all
-d'y!3 Etchers of not less than $60.00
v v more thanioaoo per annum.
.x - ' 4oxprovide for a license tax on oil
fo- Tanks locatea in town. . ; t
10th. v Amend the charter so as
' & - io pr&de ? for a sanitary tax of
4 4.e0 ebm each household and for
Ig150 from eacl1 person
c 0,wihij,ist exempt from poll tax,
Tor ' f&r sflfe purposes an make ' it a
' oAO'deesr 'Hot. failure to pay
N-v me misdemeanor for any
ojzeug ooSwithin, one -'mile of
1-V 'thiawHa-- without having
. V T.V? ImCT rr,n JSha-r. 17ft 'PnWJn
flgLb atp empower the
call an elec-
M uiiiva u WW lump
IM'Wm' deem ad-
bvwnf!6U?ays' notice
wateT'
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Correspondence of the TarHeeL
Manteo, N. C, Dec. 29.
Calinda Tillett, 'cook at "Mr.
Whitehurst's boarding 1 house i ' ajt
Skyco, who disappeafe.d from there
very mysteriously, some nights ago
was found drownedJn ?" the sound
near the dock not many days ago.
Some suggest that she was enticed
away and j- murdered as she - was
knon to have about HOO in
money which has not been seen
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since. " ! s ' 'f . -
The county and ' . town xcVm-
missioners , Lave g purchased ; rand
have installed in the court house
a new bell with ' improved ; fire
alarm. It is a' much .'needed improvement.!-
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-The proposition to have ? steam
boat r communication directly be
tween here and Elizabeth City has
at last materialized; and the Thos.
Newton, recently purchased Vby
Mr. W. G.t Banks, I is undergoing
repairs to begin 'its ' regular Strips
Febr ist! It is to Jbe hoped: that
transpoftation;willibe improved.
Our popular Postmaster, J. - B
Jennett, and wifei have .returned
from t Washington D.' C.', where
they visited their son "W. B. Jen
nett who is in the ight house ser
vice im "Virginia! '1 They - report ; a
pleasant i trip., While there :Mr.'
Jennett was looking ; to improve
ment . of mail fabilities in Dare
county. He has been' very active
in the interest of our people and
has secured a reserve, fund for the
Manteo office, and in addition he
has been 'given a deposit in J the
New York Postoffjce frpm which to
draw for7 the purpose of cashing
money orders. j
: Our Wanchese iriends- seem to
display a spirit of jealousy occa
sioned by the raid growth and
development of 7 f Manteo. . Some
are even sp rash as io advocate the
removal of the court house from
Manteo to the village at the South
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AMONG THE SCHOOLS.
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The Reporter Interviews The County
Superintendent for The Benefit
of Tar Heel Readers. .
The white school teachers of the
county will hold an educationa.
conference at the Atlantic Collegi
ate Institute, in 'this city, to-mor
row. v Interesting papers upon the
subject of education will be read.
The teachers wTTl exchange their
views upon the subject of teaching
and interesting discussions of new
and improved methods of instruc
tion will consume much of the
time. -.
Mr. D. . W. Morgan, of Mount
Herman townsip" has been ap
pointed a member of the' board of
Education; to fip the vacancy 'oc
casioned :by -tHe resignation of
Sheriff Eeid. f " ,
Prof. S. L. Sheep county . super
intendent of public instruction has
recently spent much of his time in
visiting the schpols ofthe comity,
fie reports the attendance in
eouraging, especially among the
white schools. ( He says that the
white people are more awake to
the necessity of an education than
ever before. i -
The school lat 'Sound Neck ' is
without a teacher and the vacancy
cannot be supplied This reminds
us that there is a scarcity of teach
ers not only j4 this county, but in
the district" tSupt.' Sheep has a
number, of applications for' teach
ers, from, other , counties. ' It be
hooves'the legislature xto establish
a normal school, 7 in this section,
for the professional preparation of
teachers. Thfe colored schools are
better off tha4 the white schools
iri'this respect, v There are colored
normal schools in practically every
section .of the state while the one
white normal schpol is situated :a.
Greensboro, j - . .
The school; census for 1903 is
be ' but little increase over V last
year. Yl In attendance "and i enroll-s
ment; a noticable; increase is ex
pected" Lasf4 years ' census gave
Pasquotank eounty AilQ chrildren.
now being ; compiled j In , number
of children of school age these Vill
between the ages of six and twenty
one. ut tniB number zzoz, or a
ittle over half were : whites. Only
about one half of the number.wer.e
enrolled lastyear and," as. correctly
as we can ascertain, only a fourth
of the ' number "can be r certified
with any thing like Tegular attend-
ance. , ',l '- . . ' ' o
.Tbere'is forty nine .teachers of
public v schools ? in : this . county.
Twenty1 seven of these K are i white.
There is nothing to bar the 'at
tendance at school of the- majority
of children. . One tnneHheretwere
complaints of bad roads , and the
distance of schools from the pupils. J
The. roads are . in; good condition
now so far as predictions are con-
concerned and no child is farther
than -two ! miles : distant -l from a
schooL 1 . j -' -' .
, s When asked about the probable
Consolidation of mall . school, dis
tricts; Prof. Sheep that sooner or
later it would occur. The ne
cessity, of this ; is apparent ; when
we cite an instance right here in
this coAnty. . Take Nixonton town
ship! . It has, three schools with a
CUIUUUU3U ttiteuuaiiuo ui xxut ixiuo
than thirty five pupils. , One of
these ,schpola reports an attendance
of only!, 8, to ,10, pupils. By; con
solidating these three districts the
one school would have a total . ap
propriation of $450.00 or the , com
bined appropriations of the three
districts. This sum would be 1 suf
ficient to conduct a 9 months school
say nothing of providing additional
'comforts, 'And then the consoli
dation of these three ; districts
would remove no pupil mdre ' than
two and a half - miles from the
schooL . : . ' , . .
A New Route Suggested. -
" Our Fairfield correspondent says
that the Inland Water 'Way pro
ject is receiving no" little discus
sion in HyaVcounty. i The people
over there are suggesting a route
that is not only a yery feasible one
but one which has pnany points
superior to others now under con
siderafion. The route suggested
by these people is to continue the
waterway from the mouth of Pas
quotank river to Alligator river;
from . the head ot the Alligator
through' the low lands of Hyde to
lake Mattamuskeet from thence
through the lowlands' of the sou
thern part of Hyde into the Pam
lico fipjand. This route is but
little longer than others unde con
sideration ' and aside - from other
advantages; the Inland -Waterway
if carried' through there would
develop the countries ? of Tyrrell,
Dare and Hyde whereas these coun
ties would otherwise profit but lit
tie by the acquisition of the water
way.. Another argument advanced
is that should the inland waterway
ever have to be used as a plaee of
Tef uge for our ships in time of war
its being the farther inland would
prove : invaluable. On the other
hand, should the waterway go
through Croatan sound our fleets
could b easily bombarded from
the" Atlantic. - - '
This newly proposed TOute is a,n
iateresting one,' as a glance at your
map will telL n ''
Farm Notes.
. WOES: FOR THE MONTH,
The higner range of values for
all ' agricultural products . which
has now continued for more than
tw years still hold; good; indeed,
in respect to some of tHese,f prices
have still further advanced during
the year just closing and this -satisfactory
condition c f affairs for
the farmer will,1 we think be not
likely to soon' -come to ao end,
certainly no c so long as la bor con
tinues to be so- well s employed as
at present. The consumption ot
all, the staple products of the farm
and of most ofhe luxuries some
of which like-tobacco, wo produce
largely in the South'- is enormous,
and it woultt-, require an ' immense
over-r production of these to serious
ly affact market values whilst busi
nesa continues c good..' s Whilst -we
have had? large f wheat u and i i'out
crops and an immense corn crop,
yet these and especially corn ca rb e
at a where wis no - large- sur
r ' (Oontinued on fourth page.)
Vioh.?6:'Vou:'a Hafjjjy; and .Proslser-
; . oas New Year.
EATDR!IIK;AIIDBt MERRY:
At
and may we here add, that the
in connection wnn our store, is
most
iiaM?piiy pti L ui uici piugiii!!. .. cveryinmg gooa to eai
aridei
erved in the most ; appetizinsr1 style: .Give . us' a trial. 1
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Elizabeth City, - N. C:
HOW'S THIS?
Turkish chenille chair tidies tor
sell sor 25c ea h. " -' i-'
;l . Genuine Irish linen bureau scarfs, 2 yards long for 35c: others'
price oOc. , - - ,, -
uenume xnsu linen napkins oc
-w Some Syrian rugs and robes 'it
I. have oome.toyour city to-live
gains to make your acquaintance.
New York
Habib
A Happy .Family
Is the one' which uses our, prepared . Buckwheat- Flciurl ) You
nil v hfivfl t.r tyiit it with a lir.flA
' r. .-". - - " ' ".:.. :.. 't : ."......--'. - .... - .;
; or Sausage your breakfast is complete. ; A good anti Tdish is '& f
made of .our Oatmeal. One trial order: is enough. It's " our j f
pleasure to serve promptly. - ' f 1
V Old at rearing, il
My New Year's .
Resolution :!
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... is to strive to do even better than ever before. This is fa
significant undertaking, as,1 among all the the good work turn
ed out bv Elizabeth City shops,
Let me repair your wheel next
And Many Thanks For
the Patronage You Gave
My Shop the Year 1902.
This year I am better prepared
bicycles and I am resolved that
preciation. That; I satisfactorily
is the verdict omll who gives me their work. - -
PETER SPIRES,
- 7 "V - 1 Cor. Poindexter and Church Sts.
3ELIZABETH .CITY, NOR. CAR.W-
iroic&-"-'Pfflir'inra toir
Opposite E. F. Lamb's
Bartlett's, about one and atalf - miles from citj.;
limits; 5ixtytvvo Acre at fifty Dollar j y
Der rAc.rfr. Fine-location for-suburban home, i-.--
:: This wjlf be sbld'at : once. -Being the last forSalej y -;y
UCiU lllCWlly 0.11UU11U1I&U1
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model resturant which we - run
tne very place to carry out that
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low figures. , " " " : , ' ,
andi' am offerinstho above bar
Kindly give me a call - ' 'v il
Bargain House,
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Bashara, 31 Poindexter St
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Flora Building, Main St.
mine has stood without a peer.
time; if its only a puncture. ,
P. DeLon,
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Bicycles, Supplies and Repairing, ; :
Poindexter Jstrect
to handle the repairing of your
my work shall merit yourf ap
repair and rebuild old wheels
farm, and, adjoinig S B. :
uic uuuuauouuiii iwvy i r; - .-T
, " REAL ESTATE MANAGER.
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AND HOW FOR
We are fairly launched
v-: . progress: -
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V ; , is. the watchword.
, " We will soon haye a
wiiue u,uuus ana cmnroiaenes. . r :.,:';- - - .--
; : Our eyes are opened to the possibilities in Spring
' Buying arid we can safely promise to sustain our repur
' tation for underselling in all
Water Street,
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all report a - happy christrnaand powwe ire ready;, to, . buy V
Old Brass, Copper,
Bones and Rigging and
Highert Prices
MlbES JENNINGS,
' ' ;f r Poindexter St, next to Bridge; E. City,
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Public
P H. IVES MARKET, here all come v' y ; vVl
T ". t - - - ' ' for prime meat at a moderate su!
Mis Chops and Steak will .show.-quite clear; v .-"7. .v X;
1 : . - to please all patrons is his ide
Incomparable joints all cutwith-care," . -'"V D
; . , r y ll V he sells at prices Just and faiJV
Wery fine Beef, Pork, Mutton, if you seek - ' -ry Tf
v . : you'll find quite fresh through the wee
excelling with Sausage,' it would seem, 1 r "1 i 1 , ; UJ
" . - , v 1 in quality' he stands suprem-;
trict, prompt attention all will meet . . " T
: ' at Ives ; Market, Poindexter stree ,
Furnishing House
y nc) easy thing until you haye seea me. ; J have an
elegant line of second hand furniture :which is. unique
in ; design and repaied so .you can searcdy-detect it
' , from riew f uiniture. ' . , , . ' ;C J . -
The, Amazing Low, Price y
v fr at which I am sell this, and 2t complete line of mouldings
is what gives the large patronage. ; yy "y- - :
CH AS. MORGAN,
' , Cor. Martin and Matthews Sts.
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. :. i J. V. ROUGHTOfl, Fort Landing, H. C.
Boat leaves Pear-tree Point every Tuesday morning, arriving' E 4
City same day. Returoing, boatpeaves E. City ; Wednesday. Fare tor
round trip oJc.
BUSINESS,.-
on theSicv year and
word or two ' to say " about
staple lines.; , ' - A
Eliz. City, II. C.
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Wreckage of Vesels.
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