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From a Congress-
man's View Point.
The Chamber of
Monday afternoon
Commerce ) on
entertained a
distinguisned visitor, in . the office
of Dr. Pendleton, the President of
that body. ,This visitor was the
Hon. John H. mall. the 'congres
sional representative from' this dis
tricti ...
Mr. Small , arrived on the 2:30
train, and was greeted at the de
pot, by the most prominent citizens 1
of this city. Hs manner, was, as
it always is, courteous,' affable and
unassuming. One of Mr. Small's
characteristics seems to be the a
bility for remembering faceB and
names.
Thus it is that he "familiarly nods
and calls by name citizen 1 after
citizen, with a handshake fiere,
and a tip of the hat brim, tnere.
Is it this, or is it his zealous,
earnest, effort in behalf of his dis
trict, and party, that has? &r& win
John Small so very close, to "the
hearte oMhosp. who know him?'
Dr. Pendleton called the meet
ing to order, with Mr. Harry
Greenleaf, the regular secretary of
he chamber, acting inljis - own
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was j3rVhe needed nofi&xcuc;
and the congressman went to,
the' point with delay rehearsing
the efforts- made to put a nand
some public, building here;; and
pointed out the various -phases of
the situation. The Hintoii prcn
perty was discussed, and th-e cham
ber aske4 Mr. Small whaV delay
would be necessary! to; condemn
the land. The replyiwas that con
demnation proceedings flight be
carried to the Supreme ccrurt, which
would meet in Richmoii d in $ the
fall, and that work . would likely
be delayed on the ndw uitdiiig
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until this suit had ben finally de
cided!, This deayght pos
sibly ppsfcffonej; wok : 'un&f the
spring of next yeaiThi state
ment, of course threk a danjper on
the desire (which. up , to . this time
kad been quite:strpng- to have the
Hinton sauare' afi , all odds. At
this Doint. therefoire. the f lchmbjer
turned its eyes to; other sites, and
the Greenlealjsquaireinoyv - oc
cupied by H j Greenloaf Sr. a?
i residence lot, ivas brough t to the
attention of the assemblage. THis
squareis? and h4s been, in the opin
ion of manyj ajfar more desirable
situation than tjne lot "of. Mr.-JIin-4on.
O x qiieryMr Greenleaf, who
was present at the meeting, stated
J that he trbuhjf sell- the lot for
$25,000, and remove the house
therefrom; . lie was then urged to
compromise t the? price at $22000,
. anol he finally consented to do this.
Mr. Small stsitedf, that the erovern-
ment would, if desired under the
existing bill; swap the old court
house iite,iJb . part exchange for
ine new BHca. i resolutions were
the passed ifeadorsing the gover-
meni;purcnae.or Mr.- GreenJteat s
lot at . the, compromised . price,
whici provicied for a purchase . at
the equivaleit of $22,000, either by
a cash.paynent of $22,000 and the
title; to the present goverment'site
Mr- Grecnle&f to remove his resi
dence, fron? the square desired; or
v an equiralej ttof 820,000, the govern
ment tbreiloe the Greenleaf resi
dence. . - iMs"
in' commr ting along. the line of
the effort ipade in the senate - and
house towards the .increased J ap
propriatiorl j Mr Smftn k " An.
f lirasai; wf benator Simmons,, whoj
had eo . ably interested, himself in
the higher, legislative branch, in
the interest of this bill and the in
creased subsidy. Resolutions were
therefore passed, extending thanks
to Mr. Simmons, . x
Mr; Small vorbally'acknowledged
the receipt -of the recent resolu
tions passedy the chamber, ex
tending thanks to him; for his
very able efforfe, which have been
the real key-note of the increased
subvention. v
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1J6HN SMALL
i After the Tsyactical settlement ot
ihe new go vernmen i building mat
ter, Mr. S nail turned his remarks
and attention to the Inland Water
way bill, which he declared to be
of the greatest commercial . impor
tance to this section. Commenting
thereupon Mr. Small "Said, that he
understood there had been some
dissatisfaction in Elizabeth City,
I at the possibility of the ' proposed
channel s looming within a Vadius
of only eighteen miles of this City.
He was suprised he said, that any
one should be set back by this. - If
the channel could even (ome that
near, he pointed on, it would be
the greatest event in the history of
the town. Edenton, Newborne and
Washington, only drew eight and
nine feet o7 water, while Elizabeth
City -t had twelve feet minimum.
The new Inland Water-way .would
have j a miniihum o sixteen feet
and this channel would bring
here the yachts, of the millionares,
larger than thosawhich occasionally
stop here, as well aa the heavy
Vessels of commerce, and the gov
ernment's many vessels. An appro--priation
he thought, could easily
be made to extend our own chan
nel eighteen' miles out, and this
would put Elizabeth City in jtouch
with the commerce of the entire
world1. r lit mean? more for this
place said Mr. Small, than for any
of the otner ports aionsr tne river
andsound, Vnd yet -there are-those
who can not see it
To construct tM3 waterway
would, it had been estimated, cost
the government from seven to ten
million dollar; The government
had otner water-ways- to consider
1 and although . the report ; of Col.
Haynes, who was the cmel govern-,
1. . ' . t - . m m
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ment K agent along ,;these . lines
showed that from the stand-point
of an eEgineerihg t possibility, or
as a benefit to the government for
tinvftl and military tactics,, tne
water way would be a great thing
yet the question- now uppermos
was, what is the cominercial -bene
fit.to: accrue from this thing. An
other1 thing was by what route it
should be run ; It .might, bene
cessary to purchase one of -the
oimts: fanalfl or ' to ;cut a new
,cnal if they did not sell at a re as
onable figure.
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ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 27th, 1903.
To make the waWN way of ser
vice to this section every effort
must be made to brine: it into
commercial prominence. In order
to, accomplish this the coast cities
from Baltimore Md. to Jacksonville
Fla. must interest themselves and
seek theconstruction of this chan
nel. The , Baltimore ' chamber of
commerce had already made an ap
propnation, he said. .. Richmond j
had also become interested, though
her interests were small. ,
, Norfolk and Newport News were
greatly interested, and, Norfolk's
chamber of commerce has already:
taken the matter up, and made an
appropriation. Charleston fL.-- Q.'
was- stired, and actively alive to
the situation. Savannah and Brtms
fvick were also 'falling, in. line, and
Jacksonville alone was. dead. The
chamber of commerce of the latter
place chad replied to letters, ad
dressed them on the subject, that
they ad never heard of the Inland
Waterway matter and oid not seb
where it .could benefit them. Mr.
Small was greatly, amused at thip,
anj said bol Hayn'es, had informed
him that' the President cf' the
above mentioned tVa would ::ixe
"half - 00 iviiiaIi r.
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ue that ieatleuifcn ;woris, a'd-'iJpliea r'jree',
fool," since there was nota7 citr 1 . . T-V
lmucui . Vihe .Gaiton--Gferafy'- Society
W$T nf- infcerestin'ff enrtalnnent
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tula codbtt
: The -mattt-r of greatestJrapor
tanco. 'therefore is to get these
cities worked up to , Bee what their
own interests must bj. In this
connection Mr. Small will start out
next week accompainea by a gov
erment officer, Thesg goitlemen
wijl.take.in tho coast cities and
will undertake, to get .them into
ine while at the same time they
will investigate the various features
of the proposed nw route.
Mr. Sma1! closed his' remarks by
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urging tne enfimoer nere to araw
ur papers 'to be set forth in the
report of Col. Hayhes, showing why
the new water-way will benefit this
place. Hh will, be said, look to
Newbone; vWashington, and Eden
ton for similar action, and he
placed igrt at t mphasis on tho' im
portance of prompt action. It
would be , better to pay some one
to "draw up the paper than not to
have it done, even if a man had to
be sent for, to come here and draw
up this paper. If such a man did
no" ciraw them up properly,. Mr.
Small said, he would assume the
responsibility of throwing the
paper back on the draftsmans hands
if no one else cared to assume it.
The congressman also rotated
that ffe would mail much valuable
information to suh jarty as might
be elected to do the work,
A motion,was maae to extend an
invitation from the chamber to. ilr.
Small to remain in tha city Mon-
dav nicht as the eruest. of the
association but this, Mr. Small de
cUned, with thanks, saying that
when things had been properly
adjusted, he waul4 come back here,
and, with the chamber, have a big
olUficationiiV'.;-?-r'- j
The chamber then adjourned, and
Mr. Small lrft;the city on the eve
niner train, still -surrounded by a
body of business men, who literally
shook his hand "tired, and show:
ered congratulations in such pro
fusion as to actually embarress the
modest man; who seems to enjoy
the labor of office mire fthttn the
subsequent praise which' most men
strive for. . - - ;
;The rfavwood Trial
Ealeigh, K. C March 20-1 char
ter was granted to the Bd SPrcSs
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Oil and Fertilizer; Company, to
manutacture cotton, seed oil and
fertilizers. ''The capital is $0,000
with leave to increase to $50,000,
Mark Morgan and others bein
stockholders. , .
' 'Today Dr. Murphy of the West
ern hospital and Dr. McKee of the
Cental hospital inspected : the
criminal insane department at the
.penitentiary. By special invitation;
Governoi Aycock, Treasurer Lacy
and Auditor, Dixon accompanied
them. Dr. James R. Rogers prison
pEysician took part in a very
thorough inspection. Everything,!
was found in very fine shape, "r The
quarters, were in admirable condi
tion neat, well arranged and with
observance of best sanitary regula
tions. A gentlemen who visited Ernest
Haywood -in jail today : said he
found him very collected in man-:
ner, but pale and , thinner than
usual, though he was aiwavs of
very slight - frame. He said-Hay-"ood
told him he expected his
trial would begin uexjb week. Today
W alter E. Daniel one- of the coun"
Sf l; foithe prosecution was asked
already tor 1 rial, and
wfi" arc ea'trly ready."
. f The Chinaman's Rights.-,
gave an interesting
Friday night dt the Atlantic Col
legiate Institute. The program
was well arranged and consisted
of an imitative darkev 'Character
sketch, in tne form of a debate and
ock-.trial ': Thosewho took part
ia the entertaiamiit were; Walter
Smalland Tyndall Brothers i?z
the affirmative; Charlie Gray and
Forrest Liverman for the negative.
The" sabject of debate, as set
forth in the affirmative, was, Re
solved "That the Chinese should
be admitted into the United
States." i
The judges .were Anne Boushall,
a teacher of the graded school, Mr.
WileyGVandy, a well known young
lawyer, and the Rev. Mr. ; Grier,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
The judges, after dulyv and
carefully listehiiif to tfcfte argu-'
ment, gave their decision in favor
of the af iirmative. ,
Change of Clerks.
Miss Bulah Ambrose has accepted
a
position with 13. S. Chesson
& Co. owing to the rebignation of
Miss Sawyer, who goes1 with
Rucker and Sheeley. Miss Ambrose
is an accomplished saleslady and is
fully qualified to carry out the
work placed in hr hands.. Tn
addition to this the young lady is
popular and will no doubt carry
with her the good wishes and sup
port of,a number of friends.
Rev H. J. Collins, pastor of the
colored - Me thodist church is the
prime mover, in the establishment
of a newspaper in this cityr fle
says he t hinks it wi do more for
the people of his race v than ' any
other : agency.' tha Tar Heel
believes with Rev. Collins that the
newspaper in proper hands will be
a great thing for the colored folks,
and:; our own subscription books
have been benefited" Ify the liberal
support and promjt pay of v the
colored subscriber. ,We wish Rev
Collins success." . o ;
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Desirable residence New house
8 rooms situate No. 30 Church St,
near business center , Possession
given April lt -' ' .'fApply to
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fir. A. C. Hathawav
on the
Water! Water! Waterl Water!
We Must Havo Water. . " - .
Fot many years vye people of
Elizabeth City have been clamor
mg for water. We have talked
over and considered? the advan
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tages. To our , regret we have
learned it's necessity. We have
listened to any and "all ipropossit
ions and used our efforts to inter
est some one to supply this neces
sity. Our aldermen after due con
sideration granted franchises which
came to naught - Afterward these
people who are hustling things to
our satisfaction were invited to
come, and have come among us and
iatend givingus a complete system
of water works, sewerage; 'electric
lights and street cars all' of which
ara needed and it is our duty to
bow our welcome to them.
These capitalisb first looked in
to' things. They learned that oar
people "were Jv drinking' Burf ace
water. They . learned ' that bur
people had no se werage.- They
learned that our outhouses were
within 1020 Mjfo feet of 7,:our
piifiaps. They knew Inat no people
couia Keep strong neaitnyncr ro
Bifet drinking uchj filth. They
knew that .the hundred of cases bf
typhoid or slow . fever which bur
people so often and easily contract
are directly, cause d from drinking
this poisinous polutedfluid . which
perculates from our outhouses and
gutters to our wells and -purnps.
These people knew that - many, of
our people, were poisoned unto
death by being compelled to drink
such sickening and oftentimes bad
smelling stuffy Some good, hand
had directed them to our. doors
and they saw and were .convinced
that we needed good wholesome
water and prepared to give - it to
us. They openly and publiely
informed us that they bad the cash
and would do business if we wanted
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them .
Our people knowiDg the situa
tion did want them. Our people
wisely gave them ' every encoura
gement, not a dissenting voice
was heard. . To a man our town
was solid .that we uieeded water
and sewerage and it possible we
must have them, and to prove we
meant bueiaess these capitalist
Were given the glad hand of wel
come. They appreciate! this and
proved their appreciation by pro
perly securing franchises, aud our
people who had the interest of our
town at) heart kept pace, with their
actions, watching closely, their
every move and to day'are convin
cecPtJiatour town , is Jndeed for
tunate in securing their service.
We see au immense power house be
ing erected and many pieces and
kinds'of machinery are being daily
installed therein. These people
are not pumng ana ; oiowmg,
whooping and hollowing about
what they or some one else can,
could or would do. . They : are
satisfy iug our pedplethat they are
doing. They have ). even ' bought
and had shipped Imany thousand
dollars worth of pipe and in a few
days if let alOne we will see hun
dreds of men la ing this pipe down
our streets 'preparing to , furnish
us with good,pure wholesome water
in time v ior ice ; siciciy v season oi
1903v We know these people mean
business. - They have ' confidence
in our people anil fe-d that we will
do by them as they are. doing by
We knew that with Uhis;
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Water Works,
ui wamr wurjut supplying
good wholesomS water that their
will, be less sickness, -less deaths
(and less doctors bills;) which
mans more health, more ."happi
ness and more money saved for a
rainy, day."
- : Of course this water is going"
to-cost " us money : and that the
people would not put it in unless
they thought they would- make,
something. . Of course onr v taxes,
will be va little higher but with' all :
the cost it does not equal your be-
ing sick two days and your wife or '
child one. '
Just count your labor at $1. 5(V
per da, two day $3.00, doctors bill .
one visit $1.50, medicine 50. Now
only charges the doctors visit and
medicine to your wife or children
at $.00, we "find you loose. $7.
There are many of our citizen who .
for months and years toil faithfully .
their occupation . and by close at. -.'
economy manage to v get together , :
a little monej or property to ' findit
swept away. by fire or . ppent in a.
ew days for doctors , ' bill, , mediT ,
cine and lost time. Ji.i. v L --
K'lTowljourrtntbuitoQ's of buc-!.
kets of water your wife Bavesi fronrj
pumping and1 ; convenience to her; vv
icosting you only 60,cents a monthv
uount tnen tne nre tpiugs- on ai-
most every corner standing . t ready i,
to throw . a stream , oi water on--your
house )when afire,ryou' simply . ;
connecting . the ' hose time anol.
saving .hundreds ok dollars, in - ,
few minutes. Don't you think this. ,
worth 2 cents on every hundred ..-
dollars taxation. , - . .
We are all convinced that Eliza- :
beth City needs water works. ,
Sewerage is necessary to carry of?
the surplus ; water. Therefore we
also need sewerage. Besides giv
ing us water these people, intend
putting in sewerage and they are-.
the only peofde that our alderman
have every, 'found who could be
induced to do -this. - ' .
; For many years our alderman
have been willing to give franchi
ses to any company desiring to
furnish us wtb these necessities
and at last. after having given ot
her f ranchises, which cam,e ; 'to
naught, Our alderman reccomeadus
to accept the proposition of this,
present company,, , - . ,
Who are our alderman? whafv
is their business? why do they re--commend?
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Our aldermen are' the choice of ;
the people elected in the 'different
wards, to represent that ward, and -
tjieir Jbusiness is to promote the' 1
bept interest of the town and to
look into and. study the best inter-'
ests in detail all matters of im
portance, ind to act or advise or
people-whatever they may learn to
be best.. ' ' -f -
. Our aldermen have certainly stu- . .
died the water and Bewerage quesrj v
tion. ;-Thevjr have looked thorough
ly into it, andV we should appreciate y''
the days and 'months they have
spent considering the merits or de-.;,
meiits of every little detail pertaWX.;
ityg.f to - the water, and seweragt'
questioi. ; ' ; ;r ... . :;'.,
- Tuey Jbave found and know that--
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these people are making -the bestj
proposition ever 'mae to pur town,-1 r
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mend us to accept the proposition. .
'Wft "ftftTitlrt.-ftair- i WllV Wrin lrr
know what you are talking about;
Some-ope says they will dD so . ancL : -
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