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, , . A - - . :.. . N . W ORfH i-:WA? feEftDJ N Vol: 2. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 19031 No. 47. ASTER CAROL. PAPER Cyeloiie. Destroys jK : Steamer; OlivCi Hany Lives- Sent Into Eternity A Terrible Calamity. A" cyclone struck the passenger steamer Olive, which plies between Franklin Va. and Edenton. N. C.t at 9 o'clock Mondy'and sent her to the bottom of the v Chowan River): off W6odley's Pip between Mount Plea sant and Oliver's wharf. - l . ' Seventeen people are known to have been drowned and those , who were rescued" are in a serious condition.- The whirlwin3, when it struck the Olive caused her to go over on ?;; her beam's end,'and when she righted ; it was only to sink on account of the water she had taken. A majority of the passengers and crew were below at therime and had " no -opportunity to reach the pilot house ot 0 the - veEsel. ' This point was the only portion left aoove water, aim in it siauuiug waist deep from' the time of the accident until six v in t& morning, baptain Geoijre H. Withy and five others were saved. . -' " . ' ' . . No complete list of the dead has been obtained.. It is known that' the following perished:- . , "-- . ' -v.-- Charles Lassher, white, hard ware salesman, of Rich Square.; y. : , " Mrel Bennett white; Franklin, Va., and her young child." . An Aged white' woman, -unknown -Easier - Wii!ianis.x colored, deck Abraham Cooper, colored, fireman, Parker, colored, fireman. Six colored members ot the.crew, un known. 1 hree unknown , passengers, ;.one wh te. - - Those Siived were: Captain Withy,; Eruiheer Cohroy, Purser Bel L the colored stewardess and two white passenger?. At six o'clock this morning the river steamer Pattit, hove in sight and rescue ed the almost frozen survivors. The Olivo was a small single screw steamer, owned by J. A. Pretlow of Franklin. Va., and has been plj tween North Carolina and Virginia points or several years. r She left Franklin for Edenton, and had almost ,., reached , her destinatioa when the cyclone struck her. ' , " LIFE-BOAT CREW WERE , " SAVED BY THE G A ZELLE. , A special to the Virginian-Pilot from Suffolk Monday night reports the fact lhatthe people who embarked on the - life-boat were saved after having rowed four hours in an vUDsacessful effort to reach the tug, which, was sighted by its lights from the wrecked steamer. The life-boat finally reached a bargt.; which was anchored in the river aDd the benumbed and tired Crew clamber ed aboard. ' Shortly afterwards the lug Gazelle ' owned by the John Li". Roper iLuinber "company, hove in'sight and took them s off, landing them at Tunis, where they 'took the train lor bunolk. ; S ; ; - Last Tuesdav night Purser Bell Engineer Conway and Assistant Engi neer Murphy left for Franklin The others who were saved remain ed in Suffolk. The special1 also report- " ed that'a white man named Wilder from Colerame, JN . U., was among those drowned." ".- - Work will at once be started toward recovering the bodies of the drown ed and, if possible, raising the yessel CAPTAIN VWITHY MAKES STATEMENT OF WRECK ; - To a VirgimanPilot v reporter Cap- i tain G. H. Withyj ; of the wrecked steamer "Olive, made the following statement: -i .it-- 'i'y - ;'. 4 - " Before beginning I want to ask you to express my thanks" for the courteous treatment acc irded us by the men on the tugof the Norfolk and Southern! :i i l .1 f - W iuiiruau, wuiuu saveu our lives, ; -- "I have been- navigating the eastern Virginia and r Carolina -; waters ever since J.867, and have been . master of the Olive for over eight years. ,v " 'We left Franklin on time MHndav morning and had been: makings ood headway all dayr notwithstanding a strong breeze from the south west "was blowing. Our regular landinss were made and everything was running well hough 1 noticed that the wind was increasing. , f After darkness set in it began to blow a regular gale, and when I pass ed Hollieswharf at 9:45 the wind had become so violent that ! decided not to venture into Edenton! bay, where it was open, but to i urn around and go back up the river, where there was shelter from the wind. HORRIBLE ROAR WHEN : , - . CYCLONE STRUCK SHIP. fThe b)at x was put- about without much difficulty, and the. return, trip bad been started when suddenly a horrible roaring bagan to come toward us from the northwest. "Everything bacame inky . black, and i it was impossible to. see a ship 1 iL r l li ' -r i leugm aneau. i.ii ai once i roaae out a mountain-high line of white foau bepsng directly on my portside, and in another second tne cyclone Iritis. "It was like nothing I had ever ex perienced before. It was like heaven and earth had come together, only a thousand times ' worse, . : Pj'The Olive stood straight on" her beam and vater poured into : her'fha:- tered windows and portholes in grei ; The little goverment boat, Aurilia ' - I ' ' ''Mr "A - ' y " . M- I jqflMfeM UUfa S :. . . the jolly captian this morning. Captian Nelson is a gentleman of the waves in the true type.' His hand shake is of the strong grip style hatmake3 a fellow winco; In conversation the captian . was a : bit re ficenti though we managed to gat a talk with him, despite this difficulty and well a cigars' and seat in bis cabin too for that mattery, : With figures enough Dn paper to turn the head of ihe - average man .the captian was found busily engaged in a summary of the past weeks -works. "Already nineteen points have been established in. Albemarle Sound and Pasquo tank , River, v From' this place the Aurilia will make it to Pamlico and Core Soundsj Where she will establish. points for light houses and go vefnant survey-positions. The work is chiefly of the trigonometry tri-angular variety and is. very interesting. ,Fromtho the location of any two given points he intersecting of lines secures the establishment of-a' thirds point anjl thus on the little boat works until she covers miles of watery area.. The Aurilia is loaded with brains rather than cargo, and her work is! of the greatest importance.. Her visit to Ithese waters has been mentioned prior to this an ia'thiff issue vp publish a cut of the vessel - . , The Inland'Waterway bill which will mean so much for Elizabeth City, will;' beyond a doubt, mak '-the lines established by the . Aurilia a voluinnes.'Then she began to right and settle at the -a me timevx l was caught in the pilot houc and c(uld not get out, but J, P, Murphy, the assis tant engineer," who was off duty at the time" managed to "crawl qp and hel me force the'door. v-" We'jnadeourway . - . . - back along the top of the deckhouse. which sas already under, water to where the life-boats had 3 l een . : T wo had been carried away, but one, the large metal boat, : remained, It was jammel light against thesmoe-stack; COULIX HEAR SHRIEKS,.. - OF HELPLESS DYING; "Fom'. below we could hear the shrieks and; groan3of the passengers and crew who were peuued down with the Avater rushing on them, and the fact that we-could uot nove aiand to save them male the matter only-more terrible foe m. . "Around the life-boat I found Chief - . . . m r .. Eugineer Conway, Purser Bell, the colored stewardess, Martha' - Barrett; one white and six. colored passenger?, and -two colored deck hands. " v'All the rest were drowned." , ' Captain Withy then described the launching of the life-boat and the hopes of reachii)g thetug whose lights could be seen. in the' distance, and de clared that when he, saw the boat dis appear be felt that the Jast string coa nectins him with life had been-cut, but that he was going to stick to vthe boat According to his statement, the Olive carried hitngelf, two enuineers a purser, a stewardess tour deck hands, two firemen, a cook and a 6 or ten and that therejvere'aboureighteeoagisen gers on board. - K All told, thirty-oue people. : Of this number eight were saved in the life-boat and six by the Marie Rob erts, or fourteen. This leaves seven teen dead, accounted for. . Meeting of Bible Society. ( The annual imejting of the Pasquo tMiik Ci. atixi hairy of the American Bible fcrocivt y was' he'd on the 9i h inst. in the rooms of the Depository at P. W. Me lick's storp. The usua order ofbqine s was followed. Officers for 103 were ejected; viz: - Rev. D. K. Turtle. Pres.; T. L j William.', Treas ; 0. W Jlelick, Seer.7 THE AURILIA. is tied up at the wharf here, and basis of operation.-; Thisj looks as though the survey was a thing of the The, following ministers are members of the Society; J.E. Underwood, C. rf. Duke, J. Y. Old, D. P. H arris, !Josi ah Elliott, W. A. Ayeri;XB. Ferebee, R. H1 Willis, R. R. Overbv. J.-A.Shaw, W. E. Hocutt, W:- F: Jones, R: F. Grierj and T. S Davis. The pastor? of Elizaleth City churches were requested o laKe irfe wui onertng iortne uiDJe cause on - bunday ..-evening and pastors of county .chyrcies to do o at he,ir next i appointments; I he wortc of the Society is encouraging." In 1901 he orders for Bibles by our Deposito ry' amounted U -$2645 in :1902 the amount bf orders was, $1 87.33. Value ofBibles donated $3.60. .The . aim of the Society is to furnish the rwdrdbf God in all languages end in all sizes of type at the cost of publication from a 2 ct: Gospel to a family Bible. If any one is to-y poor to buy a Bible one will, be given him if application dbe made to jysy of the offiicers or members. - In this connection permit us to say that since the organization of the American Society in .1816, it . has seat out .70,677,225 .copies of God's word. ; Last year l. 23,791 were sold in this and foreign lands, and the demand increases as missionaries tell the "old, old'-fctory." The Society is non-sectarian aqd began i its work on legacies of noble men and wqmen who dying left money to be so Used, and the work is still capried on by such legacies and the free will offerings of an denominations. - D. H. Tuttle, Pres. c w. Meiick, SRC- A Mass Meeting Held. ' The Citizens, of Elizabeth City ls3d a- JMassMeetipg at - the First II it . ! a. "II... J"''!" v i: Aietnoaisi cnurcn last punaay. aner noon and adopted resolutions endors ing. the; London bill and urging he representatives from this county, in the legislature to do ajl in their power ti secure the passage ot 'the bill in the House as it came from the Senate Onelmndred representative citizues obligated themselves to write personal letters to the Representatives from this -county and district urging their co operauon in me passage or tne oui "... . f . 1 .v 1 , Rev. C W, Dukewas selected by tne Mass Meeting to go to Kaleign to prespnt the wishes of the Meeting Resolutions were adopted endorsing the course of the News and Observer in the fight for temperence r e Meet'ng was presided over bv Revi Dr. D..H. Tuttle. ... - our newsman made 'a pleasant callon"! Capital Shomd, : ' ; ; -VBe Br6urft,:lere 9m Some Sound Sense ' Mr. A. C. Hathdway. eath of a Prominent Colored Man. - There is no death-the stars go To rise upon some fairer shore. . And bright in heaven, jewel crown ed they. I 7 They shine forevermpre. . , ; - Mr. Jesse R. Brawn died very sud denly Thursday P. M;, Jan. 26. '03 at his residence on Church Street. He had been a sufferer from heart disease for a number ,of years,, and knew that the could net be far away. He was very, lively on the day of his death and little did those' who know him best think that the time of his coiner was so nigh at hand. " But in the midst of life ; we are m death ancrel summon us when we are unprepared. Mr.1 -Brown ' was born in this town about 64 years ago. During his youth he travelled extensively in ttiis country and visited some, of the countries ot Europe. He was born poor, with, no fortune , save his brawny'muscles and his bright zntellect'4rak'life.x some of the greatest" of America's sons, who were by nojneane.::r'born: ith silver spoons in their mouths". Every citizen of 2 Elizabeth City knows how well he succoeded.' Be ginning at 1-he dose of the great Civil War with not one dollar - to his caedit t and , not one inch of ground which he could call his o wn, by industry, economy, lionesty and business- like management, he plac. ed himself in the fron ranks of our colored business men. At the time of nis death, his property be longings were many: and - valuable His property is centrally located be ing on churchy Shepard and Brown Streets, which last street is named in his honor. He was- a loyalv and law abiding citizen and merited and secured "the confidence of all who knew him, both white and colored He gav his' encouragement and support to everyVjnovement made for the improvement of this town He never failed ta give freely and willingly of histime, his tal ents, his money and his influence "for the better development ;of our people along all lines. For a num ber of veais he was a school com mitteeman of tne Public schoolbf this city, and- also . . treasure "of A. M. E. Zion Church, which" posi tion he held a at the ? time of his death. Of him this can be 'truth fully said." ; "fie did his duty as he saw it, in all the walk of life." V : . - D. W.'Pebkiks Storm's Work at South Mills. ilr. B. B. James of South Mills was in town yesterday. " Speaking of the damage wrought by , the storm Monday night tie said manyJ barnes and other smaller buildings were destroyed, but no dwellings. AruonfiT those . who ' sustained loss were Grandy Sawyer, F. Abbott, Mra. Fannie Sawyer. Jklr. D. S. Pritchard's loss will reach 'to one thousand - dollars. - The 1 dwelling of 'Julius Forehand was .moyed from its foundation. "It was. the worst storm we have had m many . From the Peri of y A movement ha been starterd bv - which Elizabeth City is to ote up-1 ; on bonding the town for k $100,000i.v with which to install water- works Sewerage and electric . lights Feeling that those who favor these measures have not fully, consider- ed all of 1 the important I points, ; " I trust that before they : sro too t deep ; into this "matter ' that they . will V give thought " and consid- eration to the outcome of heir actions. . - r7 r - ' ' It is an acknowledged fact thai-'. Elizabeth City's present: mahn facturing r "enterprises are in - sufficient to support her present; population . and to thrive andi prosper" we must increase our in dustries. . ' " i! Having lost heavily on manu facturing enterprises up to the' ' lesent ume, our citizens wuino invest, a dollar in any kind of mill or factory to give employment to,. and support the people therefor we cannot "; command the H . capital, with which to gain' , the requir-: ment necessary ' with which to , : makeanoT "sustain a large city; ""W& haye abundant which resorces and V- natural aayaniages- couia , oe . ae - veloped into, wonderful industries . . had we the capital and' experience which is essential,, to the success of. any enterprise. - n - - r' Now it's up to ns to set our netK in this world of commerce and fisht ; r for the necessary capital and we must keep the fact before u-. that v: we'are looking for capital ! and it ; is not the capital looking ior us. ' ' Experience proves that many - to v ns witht brighter prospects than Elizabeth" City . have; ruined themselves by 'l-epulsing , far less VjlUl UA1UU f r W .-w. V -VA vm - We have hesrd of barren land?, i. -i-T i.T.., nA nJt v considered -worthless to our, southern people, bought up- bp- ' money magnets who, ' with the necesjsary capital and required ex- r ' perience, developed -'.''-these -v ddsolate places into large, -thrifty.. thriving and magnificant cities-1 Now v this . capital- has .been interested to come and help. build ' our" town, we canot ; afford 1 tc act- as JNonoif. aia wnen ine pronaoiers proposed k to build an " immense J ' f v n t- o' the site. , Norfolk refused to . do ' . this thinkings these capitalist were compelled to locate there v These capitaiisr leit ; on orioiK - ana not only built their shipyard. but they . built Newport New?! . It was a. lesson . which ' Norfolk paid . idr- T . vl. -V j vA h.. . a v II . i, u V ( ' you inquire you will 39arn she did not recover vm till bo woke' nn ta " tne iaci xnai uerune namor . ine r finest dn the Atlantic coast) and ' her many' other advantage? would -profit . her nothing unless thejr could be developed. Norfolk did not have the means of developing;, them but they started to wort. , They offered all kinds of induce ments for capital and by hard. -constant labor- they .- interested capitalists from the North. . . , VVi tin . he.r. . n tAT-nris. rti H"3 .-, the many millions of dollars North- ' ern promoters have invested,' we find Norfolk not only looking for, (Continued on Fifth page.) - wing near future. .Everyone hereiwUi appreciate the' vast importance of this survey; and what it means for the worst siorm we nave jhmim man, m people of Elizabeth City v-, , :. - ; . ' : .'. tcjws said Mr. James. 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