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-" - Devoted .to -the - Industrial and Educational Development of Eastern North "Carolina; EASTE Vol..2. ELIZABETH CITY, N.,CV FRIDAY, flAY 29th, 1903. No. 61. Rm NORTH' CARO LIMA'S LEADING PAPER Gars V The Baltimore Corporation Are Up to Date. jt ' 1 4- A FOWCr ilOUSC LOIIIPICICCI. It Will Soon be Ready to Generate The Current Neccessary to Set - T t- ,r . The New Enterprise m Motion. Nine Miles Of Track. And now the street cars are as- sured us. The new electric company have installed the moter necessary r' m'sno n fir-st system of cars which areto cover about nine Junes of track, part -of tl-Wmrk tn bo double and imrt4in- ffiP SvSt,m. The track will eXten.1 d,.wrtie nrincinal streets, the names ,,f whh have not vet been iriv- . u,r w ti,. new system will afford Elizabeth City one of . the finest opportuni ties for advancement and future that has yet been assured us. No otter thing could do more to lniild up the city and it seem3 al inost hard to realize that we are ac tually to have street cars and that at no late 'date. A Tar Heel man in spected - the -new moter . which has lieen placed and will generate the necessary power- Near the depot at the old prop erty there Elands to-day a fine bri;k building 'which covers a", large area. Uesides it .stands & little wooden shed which tells the tale of the past: ' y-rM -, ; . . ';; The new building ha3 a moJern and roovny boiler room which will contain four boilers, 'Three of them witn a capacity oi seventy norse i power each, are now in place, rhe fort h one will give one hundred and twenty horse power. Thus it may be seen there will be surticient force to oparate all of" the com panys proposed plans. In the adjoining' room are three newly erected engines. That is there i-s a place for the three, and all mat is needed is to put them in operation, since they are : now in Elizabeth City. These three en gines are of two hundred'horse power wliile- a fourth one will also be Placed along side of them giving one hundred horse power. Facing the endues are the new dynamos which will generata the company's current. Two of them are of one .hundred aM twenty K. W., one at 125, K. V one at CO K. W., and one lit 35 K. W. Four of these are al- trnafng andeneis continous current ine largest of these five at 125 K. wul be used on the Street T3-!l - xviiiway. line. In addition to this the company 13 making every effort 'to complete the new -water works system. This sj stem will necessitate a reservoir, virhich has been located at 'Kuobbs Creek, about ope mile from the en- gine-house. At the company's-plant a tower will bo erected which will hold a tank 70 fppf hi?h Thh' tank -.wv -0-. - vUl be 20 ft., in diametor, and will se great water pressure. It wiu or course, be continuously supplied from the pumps, which will be con stantly kept in operation, as the vater shall be. exhausted. When this is done it means erobd hydrants ior the lire department, a3 well as mce drinking water, and water for aii domestic purposes, for the ul ket us pause and think nwhat all utvtnis means for us. Up to, this .time we have been only a small 11 ti just worthy, of the name. But within -a few more' months the stranger who shall I visit us, will ride through our streets on electric cars. The prospective settler willflad Rood water at his disposal, prop- er sewerage, and "the excellent elec- tric light service which is now at the demand of all will be continued at the commercial rate which ' has plac- ed it - at the disposal of any and eyery-body. A It looks as" though E. City were, going to settle down for real honors now, and no mistake. It means to our view, that this city is destined to be the largest cttv in North Carolina, and' that at no very -distant date. - We have not jumped into suc cess, but sine ethe early days of in Cooration w aave gradually climbf into prominence, "each year markiivg new progress, until the outcome is what we now have before us. In . the city of Baltimore notice ' IJCWA utveu ui our suoae lor- ward. Here is what the; great Bal timore 'Sun lias to say about it: "Col. Milton' W. Offutt and sev- eral associates of Baltimore who re- y, purc"asea ine eiectnc-ngut- ing plaut of Elizabeth City, N. C. iiave or?anlzed and control taree oth- er coinnanies for thfi sta hlish merit of street-railway water arid sewerage systems in the" same town. It Ls estimated that the development and completion of these enterprises will st over ?3CO,000 Tte mt c.mpaniea have been incor Forated., They are the Elizabeth City, Electric; Light and Power Co., tue ?li2a,3eth Clty Stet Railway Company, the Elizabeth City Water and Tower Company, and the EIIz- abeth City Sewerage Company. Colon- el k Offutt and his associates pur- chased , the electric lighting plant, for j about $50,000 and' have speut about : $35,000 on extensive improve ments. They have jast complete! a "bricks power house.and installed the necessary dynamos and other machinery for operating 4the light and' rowr plant, ani the ;tre lailvay; It hai a 'Cfiiacityof 1,.'. horseow-u'. They control the i'r tric lighting and furnish current -'r various 'manufacturing p'ant?. Thi? enterprise., iainQWHia- full ;?3 ran tion. They are also engaged in con structing water and sewerage sys tems, - and the work of laying pipes has well advanced. As soon as thi is completed Colonel Offutt says they will begin to build the new street railway. It ; is the . intention to construct a tine electric street railway - svs- ' on the principal streets. The various lines will comprise aqout nine miles and ' it is e3timfited that the road cost $90jCoo. All of - the necessary franchises have been secured. Elizabeth City is an industrious town a population of 10,000 to 12,000 and growing rapidly. The Suffolk and Carolina Railway , Com pany which is controlled by Bal timore capital, is now building cn extension of 25 miles from Eden- ton to EIizabeth City; Mr.W. HUos- ley president of the Queen Anne's Railroad Company, is also president of. ' that'-company, Colonel Offutt,' who is at the head cf the new enterprise is vlce-pres- ident aQ(l acting president of the uted' Electric Light and Power Co.. ad controls the Maryland Biscuit ComDany ail(1 'ig interested in a numDer Df other enterprises. . As a resideiit of Towson and a pracli- cal farmer he is credited with hav 1 , ling done as much as any other per- son- for the advancement and dev veJopme.lt Q Batlimore county. He takes' pride in his farming interests and has raised some fine thorough bred horses and cattl.e" .We are glad to have such capi tfll;sta bfihinil us; What they have complished for the county of Bal- i.- a nnit tllXlUItS clilU tile cxtjr yJi- Jjaiciuivi they can just as easily accom phsh here. It means that ' we ... are on the verge of the greatest era iu our history. " What we v want next is the big- rc fail-; onH r.orTliwal fhst PV- grot x uxi : uuu vtw i . - ov been given in eastern Carolina hye might combine it with a fish- I ermans fair, and bring . every shad boat owner in Efare and adjoining counties down to see us. What does the public say to something like this, for the coming fall or jspring? WANTED: Fifty Young Ladies to operate electric power machines on ladies shirt waists. Easy work. Good wages while you learn. Large wa ges after you--t become expert Address, with References, The 'LeRoy Shirt "Waist ; Company. - I ' ' : Berkley, Va 4-t ' BELVIDERE. Coi raspondence of The Tar .Heel. Belvidere, N. C. May 27th, j 1903. The commencement exercises ; of the Belvidere Academy were held Fri day the 15th, with an elaborate and appropriate program., consisting of recitations, dialogues, music, etc. The stvien's acquitd themselves wr, an reflected much eredit on their tu tors who labored . hard for success. A large attendance was present from tLe surrounding country, and the writer heard ; but one sentiment. "It war., a goodhting.' After the ex ercises were over the good fair se-x of the village served ices to thf crowd to aid in raising funds to buiid a new Academy, which is much needed. A goodly amount was rea lized. The committee propose to in the nearfuture to erect a nice com modious building. Mr. Walter White who' lost his mill and fixtures on the 9th, of April by fire, is rapidly erecting .another cn the samo sight and the familiar whistle which we have sadly missed for so?ne time was heard again this morning. Miss Allie White who has been teaching in Southampton, Va, re turned last Friday. Miss Cora White is visiting in Greensbcnyand High Point, N- C. Mi:S E.mice Earden who has - been teaching in wastern N. C. for f.vo years returned last week. Miss Bella White who has been teaching ' in . Southampton for quite a while is expected home this week. Friends quarterly meetings will be held at Piny Woods Church next Sat urday . and Sunday. Ministers from , Pennsylvania ' and Virginia are ex- pected to be present. - i 1 Manteo N. C. Mas 27th, 1903. Thursday at the home of the bride at Nags Head, Miss Mary Beasicy a-id Mr. , Jno. P. Wise , were united in marriage. Justice Cecil Neal per formed the ceremony. Captain and Mrs. M. L. John- sen had the t :.slortn;e to loose the5.: ufant c J ild last Monday. The in- termeii Mas at Uie iamuy uuiyin; grovno at the north end Wednesday. La;.t Monday Capt., Bloss Dough . pa-fti' away at nis nome near nere. He was eighty-five yeajts old and one of the oldest inhabitants of this historic island, capt. Dough has bsen a sufferer for more than two years, during which time his daughter, Mrs. A. Etheridge attended him with a de votion and fidelity that has elicited the admiration of her neighbors. The deceased wa . a most honorable citi zen, respeced by all who enjoyed his acquaintance. He was buried in the old family burying ground that contain the ashes of his ancestors for many generations. The Manie Carlis is now on Cieefs railways undergoing a thorough overhauling. Her run from here to Elizabeth City is, supplied by the scohoner Hattie Creef. It will be about ten days before this boat is finished. This boat has been runnm between Mante and .Elizabeth City ten years during which time Capt. John ir'on hits been the popular master, it Is Drobable that this schooner has br0ugnt moi-e merchandise out of Pas quotank River than any other sail vessel afloat. Though depending sole ly on the wind. She makes two trips each week with a regularity not excelled by -but few steamboats. A conservative estimate would place the value of each ; cargo at ?500.00. And at these figures it is seen that Cap. Johnson brings more than $50, 000.00 worth of of merchandise from Eliz., City a year. T"hen in ten years his cargoes have exceeded a half million dollars. ' Mr.' and Mrs. W. M. Gray went to E'izabexh City M0nlay. O ther passen gers were, Sanders ' Payne Jr., J. D. , Oneal, Geo. '. Midgett, J. S. Hay roan: and . T, aMidgettrrtt t - The. marriage bella are beginning io Dare louniy THE ATHLETIC CARNIVAL- On Friday, May 29th., which is to day the Y. M. C. A. carnival will be held fat the baseball park, on, Baxter Avenue and nt ' at the Al bemarle Park. as announced here tofore. Jhis contest ik to decide the athletic championships for 1903, The program .will begin promptly at 2:3y P.m. '"The following is a list of the entries:- Four hundred ani forty yard dash; Bell, Turner, -Mitchell. One hundred iyard , dash, Junior Race: Two hundred and twenty yard hurdle race; Bell, Greenleaf, Turner, Miller, Mitchell ani Jenkins. Running high jump; Juniors.' ,Throwing base ball; Greenleaf, Bell, Jenkins and Miller. Sack . Race; Juniors.' Running high jump; T: Turner, Miller and Green leaf. Twelve pound -thammer throw; Jenkins, ,! Miller and Turner. Run ning board i , jump ; Juniors. Pole vault, Greenleaf, Turner and Miller. Running board jump; Miller, Mitli eli, Jenkins, Turner, Bell and Greerv leaf. Shoe race; Juniors. Shot put; Greenleaf, Turner, Miller ani jenk'ms One hundred yard dash; Bell, Mil iar, Jenkins, ; Greenleaf, Turner and Mitchell. fifty yard dash; Junior rice. Two hundred ani twenty vard dash; Turner, Miliar, Jenk'm-, Mitch ell. IJfj! o . : The fudges: ace W. T. Old, P. fj. Williams, Lieut. . Geoxgo M. Dan iels, V7. M. Baxtor ana . Br, S. W. Gregory. - Starter : C. . Eurrows. Timer: L. E. Old. Clerks; C. W. Melickand C E. Thompson.'- A small admission fee of only ten cents will be charged to- help defray the expenses. Everyone who asticipatesy a Tgood time should go to this carnival. . - 5- ' '.L - - "; . i ring. Sunday weeK there win no two marriages at Salvo. The con tracting parties are: Miss Marchie Midgett to Mr. LaFayette Douglas and Miss Lucy Midgett to Mr. War ren Midgett. others will follow Much inter:st Is being manifested in the great educational picnics and ral lies to be held in June. Supt'. of Public Instruction, J. Y. Joyner will be pre3en,t besides other distinguished vicitors, and a great occasion is ex pected. The schools between New Inlet and Hatteras will meet at Buxton June 24. Schools at East Lake, Mashoes, Stumpy Point and Cro atan will meet at Manns Harbor Thursday, June 25;thos3 on Roanoke Island, Nags Head and Collingt0n will meet at Fort Raleigh Friday June 267 The schools will observe holiday on the date named and the teachers and students will attend en mass. Hon. B. G. Crisp is sparing no pains to make the occasion all that it should be. He says there is more interest taken in education in Dare County now than at any other time in its history. The entertainment given Tuesday and Wednesday evenings by the facu lty of the Manteo Academy were unre;ervidly prrououncsd a success. To Miss Epps and her able assistants Misses Langston and Beattie, much credit is "due. The exhibition of the students showed a thorough training which their parents witnessed with an air ot satisfaction. Everyone did wen, but the recitations of Miss Beattie, and the vocal solo of Miss Lang ston. merited special 'mention. Miss Ozella Payne as queen evinced a grace and charm attractive to all. The programs were as follows: Tuesday Evening. Inst, Trio, , Polka; Misses Bessie Weseott, Mabel Evans and Hattie Creef. jvocal Trio, Pit, Pat or' There P"alls the rain;" by. Misser Langston, Beattie and Payne. Cantata, School Festival; School. Recitation, Sister and I; by MlJ Beattie. - Vocal Duet, - Master and i. Pupil j by Misses Langs t0n and Beatti e, t - Play, Sister Masons. To The Front. Poses Plastique. Wednesdy Evening. Inst, Duet, Snow Bells;, by Misses Sudie Peel and Hattie Creef. : ; Vocul Duet, A. B. C; Misses Lang ston and Beattie. Play, Chronothanatolotron. Poses, The -Fate of Virginia. . Recitation, Lasca; Miss Beattie. Pantonine, Nearer My God to Thee. Mr. C. D. Loan, of Plymiuth. ac companied by two gentlemen from Baltimore, passed through , Sunday morning en route to Hatteras where they go 'to inspect the plant and tim ber lands belonging to the Horntlial Loan Lumber Go.-, and which plant was operated by - this firm som? months since. The Baltimore men .it is understood, are considering the purchase and operation of the mill This tract of timber contains about twenty million feet jand 4 is on the coast near, the famous and perril ous Diamond Shoals. ' Mr. Walter L. Cohoon,,, editor ot Ihi rar K-ei, left Monday, after a weeks sojourn here and in other parts of the Cornry. He tells us that te is preparing to issue a special. Dare County Ell ion of his paper in the near ft;ture. In this he. proposes to give this county such a write HP as iis resources merit. He has collected much valuable information, which will be interesting to our own people cs well as to the outside world. The edition will -be 'replete with, views characteristic of, the county. The. Tar Heel is very popular here, and it would be very conservative to say that there are more copies of .it com ing to Dare County than all other North Carolina papers combind. The foiir master schooner Ivey Cor- ladge, light, was stranded near New Inlet Saturday, 4:. u came down from Norfolk ! ' and floated the ; im mense-craft Sunday. , Capt. Joe JWes cott -and- his" f strudy surfraen":"dfd brave and active work, f The sad intelligence reached he?e Scnday, of the death, at Nags He.id, of old man" Evan Neil, who pas de away at his " home Saturday in ms eignty-tnird year. He naa je sided on that storm lashed coast since early boyhood, and a part of his history is the history, of Nags Head once the dread of mariners but now the mecca of pleasure seek ers. tie . naa witnessed many wrecks, and had helped rescue many imperiled sailors. He said he had nev er seen a boat get ashore on the beach loaded with coal or pig iron, but that went to piece3. The fun eral was held Monday. He leaves a large number of relatives to mourn his loss. Mr. D. M. . Stringfield, attended court in Elizabeth City this week, He was retained in a case on tria in that country. This fact only shows : Mr. . Stringfield's rapid ris n the profession, and his popularity as a man. Me is an able young lawyer and though, he has been with us only two years Dare claims him wli.ii a feeling of, pride. Our mayor Mr. Nelson is going to leave us to. morrow. He will go to his old home in Caldwell Co We are sorry to loose him, as he has proved himself worthy of ever bodys respect. - Mr. R. O.Moffett, the photographer is with us for a short time, lie is being well patronized and the people would like for him to s.tay. It seems that gasoline launches are getting to be the thing here. There were seven laying at. Evans and Meekins wharf last Sunday, and two are being constructed. - , Captain Wainwright, the "butterfly man Is hard at work, and has en thused half of the people here rn the subject. We would like to have more such men as he. The Superior Court for Dare Co., was held here last week, Jude Jus:r;.- presiding. The. civil docket was leng but nearly all of the cases w ! o"tiauet. Tie criminal do2k-;t ioc-lz t;j more time than usual, tl wa.i disposed of an follows: StM ts. ? Billy Daniels, assa itt with "dead?y- weapon guilty, judge ment suspended on payment of co3t3 State vs. P. E. Fulcher and A. . H. Etheridge, affray with deadly weapjns guilty fined $5.00 and 1 costs. State v. A. A. Brickhouse, assault wnth deadly weapons,nol pros - with' leavo: State vs. Chas -Weseott, trespass, ' de fendant submits; judgement suspen ted. upon payment o cost. . yi3.rricd.Et Miss Emily Hollowell Be-; comes Mrs. Dr. Fearing. The Event of The Week. Both of They Contracting -Parties , Are From The Best Families.. The Event Took Place At The; First Methodist Church. : ' At the First Methodist . church oh Wednesday at high noon the marriage : Miss Emily . Hollowell ?to Dr) Zenp.s Fearing was celebrated. The- ceremony was performed by Jlev. Mr, Underwood, presiding elder of the : : r district. At the time appointed the church organ began it's wedding march. with Mrs. G. W. .Ward presiding at. this instrument The attendants ; then entered the church, which was filled with friends and relatives " of - - . .. . the contraciDg parties. The ushers were Messrs George Pendleton, Dr. Kellam, Dr. Isiah Fearing and Mr.. G. W. " Worth. The - lady attendants were Miss Stella Pry- - or, or ; Cleveland, Ohio, who- act- . ed "as maid of . honor, being attired in white organdie, and wearing a bo- quet of Red. La Franca , roses, and ; ; Misses Mamie Burgess and" Gay Wood 5i. u son, who -wore white organdie. !- - , ; . ' At the -conclusion of J the services . r" - theattenOaniie - : iDg order: Miss. Pry or; with Mr. , Howland Fearing, who acted as best man, Miss Burgess with Dr. . Kel- lam, and Miss Woodson with Mr. George Pendleton. These were fol lowed by Mr. Worth and Mr. Geo. , -Fearing, a cousin of the bride who gave the lady away. The entire party were driven to ' the home of the brides aunt, -Mrs. Mollie Fearing, on Road Street, where? an elegant luncheon was Eerved.Af ter the weading breakfast the new ly wedded ' pair caught the . train for Washington Baltimore and other northern cities. . Quite a number of magnificient pi-esents were sent in by the many friends of this popular young coup- i Ie. '.' :'. ' .;, rX :: 1- Miss Hollowell is the' niece of Mrs. Mollie Fearing,1 and has for some time ranked as a . social lead- -"-' er and favorite.- She is pretty and accomplished, and .will continue-. to share in the social gatherings, in the more ' dignified role of a dame. Dr. . Fearing is a native of . the city and state. He has for some time been fortnuate in the possession of a nudber of friond3. Perhaps no young man in Eliz abeth City is more universially es teemed. His professional success has- . been marked, and with his ch'arm- ' ing young wife he will come back, to us from his bridal ; tour, prepared', in the Gci-given . ' strength, which comes with matrimony, to attain..' greater success and to make for himself fame and reputation. - The Tar Heel has not- chronicled: a marriage in a long time with ( more pleasure, . nor has it ever; " wished success in greater measure. than it does to Dr. and . Mrs. Zsnus Fearing. , MERCHANTS ORGANIZE. . " The Albemarle Retail Grocers As- . . sociation' is the name of an . organ ization recently perfected in this, and which has as its object the mutual "protection of the retail gro cers, not only of this city, but alt those in the . Albemarle section, . At' a recent meeting very important. rerolatioi- s f were passed among which. . was ,onS' to eliminate as far as-1 uossible : the , semi jobber. ; or .the;-' - merchant who , sells both wholesale-! " and retail. In other words the smal- ti. ler. merchants . are dead set after the, man") whoJ sells to them -and 1 then - sells 3 to: their customers. An ' ' other.k resolution, which;: this todr-;v passed f was) onev(:effecting. the, collcTi : j tlon of bad accounts. ...... - ... -1 5 - -. - j - y f-. 7
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