North Carolina Newspapers

7 I Devoted to the Industrial and Edwional Deveto : - EASTERNS-W"Q 'Rt 'GAROtMfiJS. EpTfe? PAPEfe Vol.2; : vo: 'j ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, PRIOAY. l-i-BRUARV 6.' 1003. y. t'NoJ; PLAYED JESSE JAMES. .'.7! nnn 'v.-. nmmti a.. I -I. -;-. ' A - ,. I - i ; ' ; -r. : . Hertford Boys Would , Emulate the Outlaw. ' s Hertford, Feb. 4As a result o reading ' Jesse - James litereturei threo Bmall boys of this town5 are smarting under severe punish ment by their respective parentsj Thg; thrashings were not adminis tered because of reading, but bei cause of attempted emulation o the famous' Jesse" and ' FranK James. The boys had built a camp about two - miles from, towxxanci equipped the same with necessary haraphemalia. They broke sjintq a residence and helped themselves to all kinds of -s cooking utensils TSThen found the trio were .seate4 around their -"camp fire'; enjoying a meal of sausage and eggs which they had'prepared. Several pipes and bags of tobacco were other tell tales of the streneous life they were living. . k Tb Talk With Ships - . Far. Out on the 0 Special to Tar Heel. . earf -J Hatlerfts, N. C, Ftb. 4. Mr. d .n; harbour Execution Engineer for the DeForefct wirelec"? Telegraph company is heie where he is superinlending the erection of ' a wireless telegraph station for commercial purposes, Mr. Barboui "6a this is 6n6 of thd- mGat jmpc tant joints cn the cbast andwicii in operation will -prove a .payirg investiment, for says he: 'What owner of a ship would not gite dollars to know whether or nqt his ship had" passed , the cape in safetj?" 1 "When this station is complete the company "will proceed to equip ocean going ships wiih instru ments for the reception aud trans mission of messages. There aie hundreds of hundreds of ships plying along the Atlantic coast and it is expected that the station wil be kept busy. ; ' SUPREME COURT CONVENES. Only Two Republicans . Bench left on tfie 4 :- V Su- Raleigh, Feb. 4.-The new pre me court set fox the first tim e Monday, wjth Chief Justice Walter Ciarin the centre. - The Associated Justices 'were Sealed. in the order of 4,he seniority. To the right. o tha C3hief - Justice was Judge W. A. Montgomery, and to the left, Judge B. M., Doug lass. On the right outf was JudQ Piatt D. "Walker, and on . the lift Judge H. G. Connor! thti two last named , are the hew elected Associate JusticeE. . TVfr. K. H. "Rradlevr Marshall fof the com t, yesterday began tis twenty-fifth year in , that pacity. Ha haj been a modtl ofiicer, as!he was a modal soldier in; the Conf'ed .erate'army, standing in the same command with Wyatt 'when : the first man- to give his . life the if or South fell. ' ' s ' SEABOARD AIRXL1NE, RY WARDl : GRAS RATES. i New Orleans. Mobile and Pehsacbla. s One fare " for., tlie round drip. Tickets on salevFeb. 17th, to 2Srd, good to return . until Feb.': 25 th, with, extension upon payment- of 50 eent to March l'dth. :- Parties a?e now being 'made up for a Jer-. sonally .conducted' tour,- sen in youi-names. ; For4nformation, etc.; write, phone or call on J. W. IBrown. Jr: Passensrer Agent'i cr- iier Main and. Granby , Scs under Kew Atlantic Hotel building. " ' I " s 1 . I " -' ; . .l t , ' i' - i '. - - " i -.-. ii nil ii i r vf l"-L l"e bame ,. :';!'! hobs nil nnnm nmnn ' H 117 ' I II Hi mawwages ill I IIUI III I IJIIIIIV J U U 0 U People will iarg.e their Jax sh.U g, toW Schoo. FuStf H Hill III I llllllln 1 Hlany Millions Destroy x ed Each Year. INLET FISH1NB IS RUINOUS. - v . rl . . The blockade of nets in the inlet turns fish back to sea while countless numbers die in the meshes., Manteo, Feb'4, 1903. Editor Tab Heel: . I noticed in a recent issue of "your paper, in. article headed ' Oregon Inlet Fishing," which is very timely. . L I wish-to " call attKntion tor the statementof the ; number of nets which are-set at times.- You! said there are about four' hundred. If you . had said four thousand it wotfld liay i beS nearer a i true statement. . In average stand in a ".hundred &nd fifty nets and ufJo two hun dred nets to? the stand, and -they are set at the breakers at the chops of the inle't, and Yahgintroiri four to five, miles to the west avefagiltg 30 feet to the stands There just room enouge to swing a boat be tween :-. stands and it has been stated' by ' the ' fishermen thehi- selves that they have seen schools of shad come in from the sea to the body of the nets and then turn and go back to. the. seal' These nets not only turn thefish back to the sea,- but being set as th y are, wherV the tide continually ebbs and flaws, they destroy thousands of shad that die in those ne & and are carried back by i&e tide. -These nets can only be fished when tide is,slack, for it runs so etrprg two men cannot row a boat against it. Another destructive way of fish ing in the waters of North Carolina is duck, or ; pound net fishing. There is no limit to the" fishig.of these nets. In fact, they remain in the water the year " round, and the meshes are so small they catch all sizes of fish. The little sha that are making their way -sea or ocean m the fal( io themselves f rom.ireezin is vinter, are canght up and destroyed be fore - ijaey mature. The mother sbid thj3i has been tip. in the river and deposited its young, on its re turn back to tile oceaD, is caught and destroyed by these nets. -,1 have kaon eight thousand of these niother shad to be caught in nne nffund net on the 10th day of : ... . " . June at one time. : ,-- . - " , .1 also know of fie hundred be ing crted in the field at, one time to make compost All this . great waste of fish is constantly going on, at times too, when they are un fit for the market : vTt occurs to mv : mind that- if there is not somejegislation, regu lation oi restriction, that the fish- ing: business will! soon be ; a ;: thing of -the past. - . , , - ,T am a fisherman and have y been fishing for; tle; past forty" years Twenty-five years in 'fcuccession,: fish o d.f on shad: aril 'I venture to Wy" the shad has deminished two tiiti -dfrom these waters in , forty Years. f Thirtj'. years ago with fifty or & xty , gill liets a man -could mafcfs moiiv. Now a hundred and fifty nets of the make wages. ; borne people - will is as many rshad caught no wJis there was then. ljufc admitting there is; whep wev consider the great number of fishermen and the exceeding amount of matarial used xiow, there : is not. the hundredth part caught' as formerly. - Th poorer class of fishern! en are get ting hoorer every year not with standing that they ge ; better price for fish now than eve: Only the big fishermen can get : anything out of the business nJw a days. ; HON. LEE S. OVERMAN - ' - : ' -.: - jr. V ,.. i ... . . 4 Who will represent North CarohtA ; in the U. S. Senate on the 4th. " - of Mar?h, THE CITIZENS MASS MEETING. Agreed on Amendments to Town Charter, i Pursuant to a. calL of the Chair man of tie Democratic' Executive Committee the citizens of the town assembled in a mass meeting at the Court House on the night of Jan uary, 30, to adopt a me jdments jto, the charter of the town,, and pass resolutions to be submitted to the Gentral Assembly. j v The meeting was called to order by Dr. A;. L. Pendleton in the absence of the chairman. Upon motion tho Hon. J. Busk Lee was made pefmanenl; chairmarl,'and W. L. Cohpon was elected Sectary. The Secretary read tha report as filed by the committee appointed to draft . sam? and" upon n otion of H. T, Genleaf, that the said report be adopted by sections samft Vas carried: The report was ttten taken, up by sections, and- all but the first section was passed b the meeting. The first section which was vo extead the City limits, was opposed by Mr. J; Hey wood Sawyer, who made a very touching and eloquent plea that he be not taken along with others. The meeting, sustained Mr. Baw yerbut after reconsideration the motion was oiuried agreeably to Mr. Sawyer., V - ' - Mr. Aydlett moved: - That Geo. W. Wanl, Dr. . Pendleton, and T. B. Wilson, be : made , a committee to draft the liiil in ! accordance with one presented.,, and- the ' . ' ... r (,. ;.:.....; amendments thereto adopted v at the meeting.' " - - -. . One of the important provisions of the Bill is to give the citizfns of the to wn the right to j vote .;. for bond issue to establish a sewerage and waterworks Bystem, and install an- Electric light plant, - Tese are needed improvements to jthe town and should in the near future be a Seality.; ' Besolutions were introduced by Mr, M N. "Sawyer, adopted by the meeiing," i audv Miv Sawyer :. and Chas Jleid werer 'appointed as the committee I" to i confer with - the Chamber of Commerce- committee . . i- . .Tax shall go, to the School Fund Raleigh Feb 4. The dog-tax "bill" was introduced in the House Monday. It was svdone "by .Mr. Varna; of Hertford. 'The tax pro vided is $1,00 upon every dog, and it is stipulated;that all dogs shall be r listed as other property and tnat tne tax snau gtothe ' gener al school fund of theirVespectire ccwinties. i All J persons f ailing to list a dog for taxation shally be guilty of a misdemeanor. "EON. JETEB C. PRITCHAKD 1 ' " ; s - Who3e t arm, as TT. S. Senator fromf i North Carolin a, expires on the, : I ; .4th gf March. . v- .1 as provided ; by said resolutions which are herewith published. ; RESOLUTIONS. ' "Wheras, we the citizens pf Eliz- beth City and Pasquotank lounty recognize and feel the necesity for the-upbuilding of - the Commerce and trade of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank county by establishing a unifdrni system of'vgood roads throughout our county. And Whereas, we believe . the most effectual way of establishing and maintaining such a system is to be brought "about by State legisla tion under the supervision of, a competent board of supervisors. And TFhereaSf-the Chamber of Commerce havin g appointed a com mittee to draw sp a'sui table bill to be presented to ihe Legislature. Therefore, be 1it resolved that this mass mestiug appoint a com mittee to confer with and co-oper ate with a similar committee ap pointed by the Chanibsr of Com merce of Elizabeth City in drafting a suitable bill to effect the estab lishment and miintainence of good roads. ' ' And furthermore, be it resolved that it is .the sense of this meeting to urge our representatives in the. General Assembly to use their best endeavors to ejffect the passage of said bill". . The meeting showed the true spirit of enterprise that exists in our City and all that we need ! to have he greatest town ill North Carolina is the installation of these improvements, and the establish ment of a a good roads system. The -Tar Heel-wishes' success to the movement and will .do all in its jjower for the promotion of these enterprises. - ' . , ' ' v A Card. Thls isto' certify that Miss Aline Sutton, who was in.the 'employ ,-of Barclif t & Willey, as a dress maker Kn the past season, in every Away gave satisfaction to this firm &he would, no w , be Employed . in uch 'caoacity but for the fact that tbe above firm ha dissolved, partner ship. She came to us highly recom mended by the most expert dress makers in the country. " She thor oughly proved her ability in. her calling .and Idheerfully commend her to the public as a first class dressmaker. . " - : ." A. M. Willey. ' . " mi ni 171,(11 : , v Mr, Gould Replies to Mr Pearson.1 S THAT DESTROY FISH. Millions of little food fish destroyed each year by the sea birds that the Legislature is asked to protect. ; : "Sel: Editor Tar Heel: Will rou please allow me space in your : pa per in answer to the articJe signed T. Gilbert ' Pearson, relating to the' killing of birds along our coast? The whole matter is so mislead- mg, and varied so: far from what the' real facts are, that it would 'be an injustice to our people to let the matter go ' by ''j',tmheeded.':'';lir. Pearson ls naturalist and should be better informed on the habits of birds he describes in his artliele; and it can only be construed that hq publishes tbe same, with a view of misleading the public to have, legislation enacted contrary to ; the wishes ; of tlfe'-people-lfthfiy jreajly understood the case as '. it is. He is giving the public-to understand that the whole of our bird kingdom Lis being slaughtered, regardless of varities, by New . York " millinery shop agents when such is absolutely not true. ' Their is not an insectivorous or song bird being; killed here ' for commercial purpose, also no kind of game qr eatable bird or foul for the millinery trade. , . But it is on the Terns and Gulls that he has bestowed his great des criptive power in his misleading article, uutil he has become grands ly eloquent, not with a view togiv- insr the intelligeat reader a fair understanding in the matter... but on the other hand, endeavouring to make him believe tnat tney are a blessiDg to humanity, and a plea sure to the eye . He describes the ffgf eat eobhies" that congregate near th& inlets that extend from Ocean to Sound, but he does not state what he knows to be true, that they are congregated their, for the Pole purpose of catch ing young food, fish which they live or. entirely. Any , reader knows these inland sounds are the greatest natural matching grounds for foord fish of any place along the Atlantic coast, and consequently during the summer and ' early fall the shoals and channels are full of the young fish. When thej return to the ocean, only to come back to their native homes when full grown, to be caught and used for the benefit of mankind- ' y : What countless "millions there scavcn us bud destroy It would bsj hard to telL But probably a fairly good estimate can:r be - given from the folio winsr figures: The writer has had and kept tame' v gulls, and their average food daily would be twenty young - fish 'each. This inround numbers would mean seven thousand thrse hundred a :year. Now' if we take but one colony of ten. thousand, which " Mr. Pearson describe in his article, ' we - find they consume ;.. the u number; of seventy three millions in a single year. This i3 but one coloney on some little bank of the sound.-. But if we will go father ami - take our. . coast line during the early, fall. , when the young fish are r warming-!; ;i out of the sound, on their "way to . the warm waters of the south, ; arid! 4 see the imraence flocks hoverinsr.. ' - diving and deavouring the helpless " r- young llsn,.no estimate, can be. placed on the number destroyed in : this manner. But 'without - the least doubt there are ? more 3 than, twenty five times as manj; . than is. caught and eaten by man. ' " " Ourlegislatora are' now called -r upon to take action in' regard v to the- prevention ;o ourv food- fish which the diminishing numbers' show plainly that it is but, 'a'--' - matter, of time whe- once theser V- f waters were 'teaminsr with, them.-: that they will be no ' more. Yet ' with this Mrr Pearson y comes ior- ward with, the argumemthat men withf"guns on their backs",- should;-., be stationed along our coast ' to' protect v this, . devouring, searching. gang go on with their work "of de-. struction, which - if let alone the artificial resources of this great, county cannot remedy. , , " . - - ' -'-'' K. E. GotjldJ - TYRRELL GOES DR Commissioners Listen to Prayers- of 1 ' Wives and Mothers.- ; : r , . - -,.,i i , -T" , r"" - (Special to Tar HeeL)' -'' ' . : Oolumbia, N. C: Feb. 2-L The ; ,fight for whiskej , Twhich. came lip at the, January meeting of thefcufoard"oI 06unty"t3bijl ers and was postponed itr.til to daj, came up for final action; - -Tl1 whiskey men were represr 1 counsel and, presented a . petition signed by quite a number of voters . The cause of: temperance - was championed by Messrs. D. O, Ncw bery, F. L. Brickhouse, T, Ii. Jones and Bev. Mr. ' Constable. They pers ented an - over whelmin g pe ti tion signed by the representative men and the -pious mothers of the county. With - these "facts, and. -with the argument as advanced by- supporters of morality and temper ance the Board of Co mmissioners by a unanimous vote decided to hear , the prayers of the wives, mo t)iers and daughters of, Tyrrell ouht's - 7 young manhood ah d stamp 'out for. . tw9 years the whiskey, curse. - ' r , ; Tbs Poftrd jrag . very 'conrfeousn and its rulings on the several ques--V tions presented were fair and impar t ' tial and are to be commended by, - . all fair "minded citizens. KEF A HORRIBLE DEftlH- Burgess Pendleton run over by a horse"" : ' yesterday.' , ,r ' Yesterday afternoon," about five- ? o'clock, Burgess Pendleton, - age . -eleven years, met a most .horrible y death by being run over by a horse... The little boy was crossing' Mainr street at a point opposite ' the resf-- : dence of D. B. Bradford.' It ,was then that C. TV; Overman, accident- ?i ly drove over him, inflicting an ugly -; wound in his head, anI from whiehjrr death ensued, a half an ' hour plater.. -Eyewitness ran to the 'little "fellow, and carried him to the ofiice of Dr-; J. E. Wood where the wounds werev V; dressed by Drs. Wood, McMulleu i '. t and Eearing.lThey usejd all means- known to their profession to save'1 hilife, but the rough hoof of the ' horse had done its .deadly work.v f He wasthe son of Mrs. Eosa Peod-- "l liton, andl a bright youEgter who- , was much beloved by his playmates. It is due MrMOverman to say that. ; te tragedy yiras due to no careless- . nesson his part.'." He was driving-. -at modarate speed. He 'is much disturbed oejr the, accident. .."' - ( v -1 A vs. V -. -