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I lie Circulation, Jlr. Advertiser:-:' : ;;; ''- - "It ia circulation" you want. Our Subscription Books open1 to Your Inspection. . - . - v the Tar HeelV exceeds. that of all other Elizabeth City toprs combined. . . 1 ' Devoted to the Educational and Industrial Interests of EasteraNorth Carolina. N lirJLL WHRUUiMA'b LEADING NEWSPAPER vol in. ELIZABETH: GIIX N. C., FRIDAY; AUGUST 14, 1903. M0.24 EASTER ..... .' ' '. fc Discussed by Distinguished Georgian in New York: ; Gives A Southern Tjew Hon John Temple -Graves Says You Must- First Destroy The : Crime That Incites, Mob -Violence. - Chautaqua, N. Y., Aug. ll.-Unique among air summer gathering is the Mob Conference" now in progress here The increase of mob spirit shown by feuds, lynchings, riots as sasination'and other lawless happen ings, gWfcs great importance to this conference. Among, today's speakers was John' Temple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga v t kit Graves spoke on the "Mob tsftlrit of. the South."He defended the lynch law as' a remedy fort. he crime cf rape.holding that hough lynching iq p crime it is justified by the crime trMch provokes -it and will never oe discontinued until that crime is eiim wort The remedy- for Jynching nupt be the elimination of the crime of rqn. and this, he maintains, could he clone only by the separation of iha tvm races in the 'United btates "Th p nroblein of " the ' hour is not iW ir, nrpvent lvnchinar in the South tho larsrer Question: 7How shall wp fp;trov the question which al- wavs- ha? and always-: will provoke lynchings?' The answer which the mob returns to this vital quetion. is alreadv known. The mob answeres it with the rope, the bullet, and some timi.? Hnri save us. the torch. And the mob is. uractical.t its theory Js ef feetive to h large degree; the mob is t.ndav the sternest, the, strongest, and the most effective restraint that the j aee holds for the control of rape." v The . lyncher does not ; exterminate the rapist, contended "Mrv Graves, but he-holds him highly in check. As "a sheer, cold; patent fact,, he said, -the mob ct-nd- today as the most poten ti?I bulwark between the women-of the South and such a carnival of the f the crime as would infuriate the vorM and precipitate the annihila tion of the negro race,' The masses of the negro, he heldare not afraid, of depth coming in a regular way. They love disDlay and the spectacu lar ement of a trial and execution aprml to their imaginations. "r E:nftiting the process of the law would not be adequate to eliminate lynchi.12r.The people of the amend- " merits and the establishment of the negr i " injV- :-ri!y I ' a v 'f . &'ir -ty. said Mr. Graves, though desirable are not sufficient, "for the negro' he added, is a thing of the senses and with this race, arid all similar races the desire of the senses must' be re strained by'terro of t " he senses, if possible.- under the law. "; ; v ; , . -No influence of suppression $0 migh ty a:d effective could be brought to bear as a law-making amputation 'the penalty fort he crime of rape. But this, like curfew edicts, separates the laws for white and black, or the treat penalty for the crime of rape as separ ate and of all other codes are but " expedients he maintained;' there is no real remedy for one. No statute Jill permanently solve this problem Keligicm does not solve it. Education .implicates it. Politics complicates The truth which lies beyond - and above all those temporizing , expedi ents he concluded, "is ; that separa tion is the logical, the inevitable, the only solution of this great problem of tne races. NEW STEAMBOAT LINE. T Be Known as The Virginia-Caro-""a Inland Steamship Co. tnTtie Xorfolk Dispatch in Treferring tfie neL steamboat line between nnISv?nd Norflk and which began operation this week, says:". - ; poken of ta ms paper to" ODe?a tween NorfolkU fi,M "i.uiiv. auu xuasiern ;iorui aroriTifj vtru, i4. i i . . . . i OfiQn' ' " itafeiocai - terminus ai st"s wharf, has purchased . the a nter Guide; Capt.A. L. Cohoon, lina ; initial triP to. North Caro ma u aters will be made today. The ' knmJreamboat company- is to., be land Vs the Virginia-Carolina Is ooenitt tamshIp Company and will Citv m wween here and Elizabeth vav semi-weekly trips both out six -"t-ww v u.v TV iiii va in. t ri j vr rM rrr si?7i0 ;uwaua 01 mercuandlse con- Th?n ElizaDei City, jobbers. teth f5?mpany is composed of Eliza sale rl:L capitalists mostly wholB- sive fr: ll?nZ3; The ' alleged exces the Nnrf ii rates and bad service of br, the companbyUt ore.anizat1. of a thp amer Guide :was employed and Entt between , Nag's Head hotel fii o City Previous . to the Berne Q ., ,?e was - owned by New Dewev ltaIlsts, among irbom ' T.W. roSfltfaUlt'Inar::",;Bfc paShIer' lThat 50 per cent liquor xranic.; 7 2-That two-thirds of the crimes of this nation are due to the same cause? ' " '. -7 - - - - - "'l K - - : 3That we have 1,250,000 drudkards with will, mind, character, hopes fortius life and that of the Jutiire gone? ' 4That we have another army equally as large; approaching drunk enness, swelling the whole army to 2,500,000? Who is reasponsible for these appallinir facts? ? ' License isnotintendedto stop the liquor traffic tut t;o perpetuate it. If you yqte with the Hqu The saloon curie will riot be destroyed until the government or the people dissolve partnership with it ' -, . The battle rriust be desperately fought and thefield of battle is the field of pdlitics, and the foes of jthe saloon must unite against its friends. - r " : ' t-ry. - ' ' Thefe is but one power in the land stronger that the saloon, and that is the church.- , f . ;On which side-are. you? ' - - THE BOYS APPEAL. 450 School Boys Parade the Streets With Banners. , - Recently at Girard, O. the people voted whether, they would nave sa loons; or no t Just before the election 450 - school boys got up a huge ban ner, on which, in flaming letters.was the .inscription, " Vote Dry For Us." These boys paraded "the streets with this banner, asking the people for their sake to vote, down the saloons. And, as might-"be expected, a big tem perance vote was cast 'as the result. The "boys' appeals touched the hearts of the good citizens of Gerard. Commenting- upon this the Dial of Progress' says: ' ' .. T th er anv anneal for aid- more touching and binding than "that of a hAlnlfiss htiv "or girl struggling iorl life? And yet what kind of an ans wer do the American people make to themselves 100,000 of whom ev ery year get started on the road to a fate -worse than death throught the saloonsWhy, the answer is 250,000 sinks of iniquity, -which set their traps on every hand to catch our in nocent, unsuspecting boys and girls, for- they know they must have ajboy to take the place of every .drunkard who dies; or their business would soon come to an end. If, then, the American voter has no mercy for our boys,- let us pusht he twentiem cen Doys,- iei.us f" .'r; tury pieagmg auie , t, "harrier "-and thus save them, if pos sible, from a fate worse than death itself.-Ex. ;' ... - NAG'S HEAD HOTEL MAY BE. RE . - BUILTr ' -The Neg's; Head hotel is to be re built ins time for another season - is the opinion of a prominent North Carolina -steamboat captain; who :. is in Norfolk today! Ever since the first news- of the burning Of , this nntPd Rummer, resort there has been oi" upon rumor as to its -probable reconstruction. . Elizabeth City, capi. talists are now considering tne mat ter and it is very likely that a stock company will be formed for the pur pose of building and conducting a first-class hostelry at the Head. : The burning of the hotel has -in-terfterred but ; little" with the season there so far as the number of visitors are concerned ,There are - many cottages on the beach and -these have been converted into boarding houses. Norfolk Dispatch. ' ROSEBORO TO BE : TRIED THIS WEEK; ; Charlotte, N. C. - August 11. Will Roseboro, the negro, charged with as saulting and, murdering Mrs. Beaver in Iredel county, a short time ago,and who has bene confined in the Meek-; lenburg Jail for safe. keeping was to day - carried to - Statesville by s Sheriff Wallace and delivered teethe Sheriff of-Iredelh-Roseboro will he aunng eC for trial during " the present ; term of Iredell Superior Court, which is 'in sesIsonthis week. , FROM DO YOU KNOW?. of every dodar tax vou - . OUR Fl REflEN Won The; Only Prizes For Which They Competed. A ..Our firemen hav done themselves, proud at the Annual Firemen's Tour nament held this week ' in Durham. Telegrams were received here. yester day to the effect that they had won the" only two contestsi nwhjch they had contested. The lack of proper outfits prevented them from" entering the other races. The first prize of $50 was for quick steaming, time 2 min utes and 8-2 5 seconds. The second prize of $50 was for the engine throw ing the'longest distance. 243 feet and STEAMER' WRECKED. The Lakewood Goes Down off Wade's Point Light. Sunday evening, August 9th the steamer Lakewood, of Norfolk, bound for ' Bluff Shoal, to be used as a ten der in the construction of the new light house being built at that point, was hfianhed at a " ooint " one . mile from Wade's Point Light House, iiaving sprung a leak in the sound , about two hOUrs previous The ' cantain. crew and others, con sisting of six persons, were taken off in the light house boat and kindly provided for by Captain C. W. Clifton and his assistant, Mr. F. F. Kemp. Every attention and kindness was shown the beleagued travellers who were profuse in their thanks "for the kindness and attention . shown them and the hospitalities " of - the light Captain Clifton made ho less than four trips to and from the -beached steamer, and assisted in saving the effects of the crew and others who were in no little danger, as a heavy wind was blowing at the time. - Captain Dick Taylor of Norfolk,and the others were taken out by Cap tain Clifton and placed on board he passing schooner Wm. Layton, of "Baltimore, and safely laCnded at Eliz abeth City. , " It is not known at his time as to whether the Lakewood will be a total loss or not, as much will depend on the weather, and the arrival of the wreckers from Norfolk.. ' WHITE WOMAN LASHED IN GEOR GIA. Atlanta,Ga., Aug. 10. Pursuant to and order of Governor. JTerrell, Jthe State ' Prison Commission began to day, an "investigation of the whipping of . Mamie DeCris, - a ; female prisoner at Milledgeville prison farm. , Miss DeCris was convicted of a" dia mond robbery in Savannah, Ga., and the case gained considerable . notori ety throughout the State. THB RAM'S HORS, CHICAGO. ; oavris hecfltim of th ? - VICTORIOUS ! Good Record. two inches was the rec6rd made. The citizens of Elizabeth City are justly proud of the record ofwhich tne ooys nave made. Yesterday a handsome sum of money was raised by public contribution to entertain the boys tonight. It will be'a credit able spread. The Portsmouth Nava Band is expected to accompany them today and tonight the town will be alive with demonstrations of appreci ations for the f.chievements ofthe ALBEMARLE FIRE CO. FREE MAIL DELIVERY Postmaster Meekins Says it Will Probably Begin November 1st. The Elizabeth City post office,-having taken receipts amounting to ten thousand dollars is entitled to free delivery.This showing was made by the last quarterly report, but the de partment has not been disposed to use the last report as a basis for the distribution of the city . free, delivery. Postmaster I. M. Meekins found this out and went to Washington. After presenting this statement he was told t thatcity: free delivery system wotiht likely be inaugurated , in the near future.-;.". . -:-:"?rvj;-:; ' When seen by a Tar Heel reporter this" week Mr. Meekins ventured the opinion that free delivery would be gin here about November 1st. "The receipts of this, office did reach : the requisite .ten thousand", dollar mark,, but this . included the rent for post office boxes," said her "and the deli v ery of mail would cause the discon tinuance of boxes and then the re ceipts would fall short of tenthousand dollars." Mr. Meekins is - sparing no means to secure the free "delivery and we may reasonably expect 'it by Jan uary 1st, at any rate. . A PRETTY MARRIAGE. A very pretty marriage was solemn ized in -the, parlors of the Arlington Hotel Tuesday evening"" at : 7 o'clock when Miss Lea White became the wife" of Mr. G. G. Snow. The cere mony was performed by Rev. C. W. Duke, of the Baptist church, in the presence of several friends of this city." j; - - , ' -j Missv Whitd Is a very attractive young lady, and is the eldest daugh ter of , Mr. L. R. White,' a prominent citizen of- Corolla, Currituck ; county. I Mr. Snow is a young man of fine traits, and is a member of the Pen ny's Hill Life Saving ft Cre,w. ; He stands well in the service. v 7 DISTILLERS MUST WA IT. 1 Salisbury AJdermen'' Hang Up Appii cations fF License, Salisbury, N. C.r August' 8 At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen on Thursday night three applications for license were; filed, ta operate distil leries in Salisbury.the applicants be-' M. L. Bean, D.. L. Arey, and K. P. RocemahT A number of representa tive citizens appeared in opposition to the movement, inconsequence! of which-the aldermen deferred acV'.OL. in tire' matter until after the, prohfm tion c V; !i m to be held early Li TI y vemberJtowan is at the present time the ou!y " county m this district In which whiskey is. legally sold, and there is an unusually - strong senti ment favoring the elimination of the traffic, from, this county. .: A, large number of the .citizens of Salisbury have signed t'je petitions praying the aldermen not to grant the license for the operation of the distilleries. WILL ENFORCE WATT'S LAW. !'He!l Kettles" in Yadkin, Must go o The People' Say. . - Yadkinville.. N. C, Augi3t ir.-lt will interest the people of the State to know that he YadkuT Baptist As sociation, which, was in session : last week, strongly endorsed the "Watt's law as a temperance measure,and;tne delegates pledged themselves ; to aid in prosecution of the violation of the law. , :'l The hell kettle in this county will be closed out "lust as soon, as war rants can be procured for the violat ors if officers can be found to execu te the papers. - - . Revenue officers- run on ' two yong men in the eastern part of the coun ty - last Wednesday , making "Moon shinfe vile." The-offices, destroyed the still and fixtures and brought the young men to town and they gave a bond for their appearance at court. . SENATOR - MORGAN . A PROPH ET Lancaster, Pa., . August . A. J. Steinman, editor of a local newspaper has secured an interview with -Senator Morgan, of Alabama at the White Sulphur Springs. - The Southern statesman ; believes that! the Republican nomination will fall to- Foraker, as Roosevelt will not be able" to control his party, in bis own' behalf. On .the Democratic side he finds Senator! Gorman the choice of the Democratic Senators and of the South, because he stands as the representative of -the belief that ne gro suffrage must; be "limited. The Senator declared that the fifteenth amendment of the constitution could not today command the assent of the majority of the Northern States, - New issues, he says, will be so strong in the next campaign and the candidates will define them. Gorman is the representative of the Democrat ic view upon issues new and old.and acceptable to different shades of the Democratic opinion. WADESBORO'S RED LETTER DAY. Confederate Reunion Wm. M. Ham mond Thrilling Address. Wadesboro, N. C, August 7. This has been a red letter day in the his tory of Anson County, it being the oc casion of the annual Confederate Re union. There were more than 2,500 people present.The procession of the old soldiers, sponsors and maids of honor was over a mile longe. The dinner was ample and elegantr Capt James Little was -master of ceremon ies. Col. Risden Tyler ; Bennett, x Jn his own imitable way introduced the orator; Col. Wm. M. Hammond, of Thomasville, Georgia, a native of An son. His. address was thrilling and masterly and ' powerfully ., Impressive upon the multitude' that hung upon his words. , Col. -Bennett truly said that he was a , genius in the. choice of words. After dinner .150 soldiei-3 were presented with crosses of honor, After which many short addresses were made by Congressman N. Page and Josephus Daniels. : POLL HOLDERS APPOINTED. The following is a list of the regis trars and poll holders, and the place of voting, for the local option electidn Tuesday, September 8th: First Ward Ballance's store . J.W. Ballance registrar; M. Pr Gallop, and C. J Ward, poll holders. t Second Ward Anderson's store. L. W. Anderson, registrar, - J. A. Price, and Andrew Earley, poll hold- Third ' Ward City. ' Hall. ,R. Jv Williams, registrar pDan . Morgan ' and John Morgan, poll holders. ' ; - . - Fourth Ward Jones' store N. ' Ai Jones registrar C.W. Burruss and Mi Wescott-poll holders.. - Fifth Ward Court Housed A. S. Neal,. registrar; OtiiTBrambleton and C. W. Grice, poll holders. . Sixth Ward Madrin's store, Z. V Parker, registrar ; - Lv J.Pritchard, and Rev. F. W. Jones, poll holders. C -: Seventh .Ward Wright's store. . M a, wngnt; registrar; L. B. Eirby and v. . cropsey, poll holders. He Kills wo Murders His. -Wife Andf Sleeping ; Guest. 4 He Is Temporarily Insane Sanctificatibn Said to b& The Caus e - Of This Awful Deed 3o. Years, . In The Pen. , " For. choping off the head of Ws sleeping guest and brutally murderr ' ing his wife witbr the same axe, p.'. Davis, a iiithertoj respected citizen of Ashe' county,: has been placed in the, penitentiary to ; serve thirty years. "I would rather have killed my- eslf," said Davis with emotion "It . just came over me I don't know- . what it was. The wnoie anan -just Jikel a bad dream jJ ca'n hardly - remember what hapepned. . " . " - , Davis was brought to Raleigh oy Sheriff"" B. Strginll, of Ashe, after Judge Shaw had sentenced - him t 30 years inthe penitentiary. Davis defense was -insanity, but he was al- -lowed to submit to murder in the sec- . ond degree. - ' ,. - Davis y was? a sober,industnous moun- taineer and a devout church; member, ;. Some months since his Child died and v . he was deeply affected by the loss. While his feelings rere thus wrought , . upon, a sanctjfication preacher came, to Ashe -county to hold . a revival. Davis attended and became a convert to the doctrine. . One afternoon about this time in May, Alfred Baker and- his son - Le vf , . Baker, went to Davis' house on . the mountain side, and asked to stay all v night - All had . retired when -Davis -arose from the bed Occupied by him-. . 1 self and wife, seized an axe and- dealt him a terrific blow on the neck of Levi Baker as he slept. .The heal - -was ; almost severed from : the body, ..WakWobdpTen..streams over , the mad man ; as ' net raised - the-- axa ' r f and split open the head oftberman he had killed. - - , i - Mrs. Davis awakened by the noise, rushed:" upon 'ber husband. -The' sharp blade of the axe smote her again, and ' " again, until drenched in her blood, "she sank upon the floor one shoulder cut in ' two, a great gaping, wound through her bosom and other ghast ly cuts on her body. Eight days-she ilngered andmade a brave fight,with : physicians' aid, for her life, but sue cumbed to her injuries and died Alfred Baker managed to escape from he .mnatic but only after he had received blows from the axe on both arms and legs- --i - Davis made no attempt o run away When the deputy and Davis' brother entered the house where the teri fie carnage had taken placet the$ found" Davis . seated on his empty? hearthstone his head ,in his hands. v -.' "WTiat; have you done." Lexelaimed the horro fled "'brother. , ... "I hardly know,' was the reply; This -seems like a dresr," t I Davis offered no resistence when he was tied and taken to thfe prison at Jefferson. There : was trcng talk of lynching, and night after night the Sheriff guarded the jail in this moun tain village. - , . ' ' Davis; is a small man, about 5 feet 7-1-2, and weighs, about -140 pounds. There seems tobe no question of his insanity when . the awful crime was', -.; committed. However, he is a1 regular convict now, and after donning the ; stripes was put to work among the - - .;. other prisoners in the jenitentiary. j STEAMER NEUSE LAUNCHED TO DAY. After undergoing a thorough over- haulifig at Smith & McCoy's marine railway,' the steamer Neuse was this -morning launched and proceeded, on" her way to Elizabeth City, -where , . she will resume her- run . on the. line'- between Elizabeth City,, and New - Berne. In the absence of the Neuse ftie ; route has ; been supplied by the-; steamer Ocracoke, making tri-week- " ij trips. Hereafter both boats will be operated, giving a daily service to and from those points. Norfolk Dis patch. : -r ' ' 4 e OFF. TO COLUMBIA. Next Thursday, August 20, is to be . . a big day for Columbia and Tyrell County. It is the. occasion . for the annual, reunion of: the ' Confederate" Veterans. Large" crowds are expect ed tx go' from Elizabeth City and '-, tie steamer Guide has. bene charter-'. ed for the occasion. The fare for the round trip is $1.00, and the steam- " er will eave here at 6 o'clock,return-' -ing will ' eave Columbia at 5 o'clock -p. m. giving the day In that delight- ' ful town. -J. H. LeRoy and S. N. Sheppard are on th e committee of arrangements. - - Mr. J. W. Bennett, of. Fairfieldrwasr here Wednesday and verified the re ports that the crops "were good In the "States comcrib." "We need" a rail road in-Hyde, this is our chief need; and' the " road from Columbia, via,' Gum Neck - would develop our section as nothing else would," said -'Mr. Ben nett., . - N - - - X V. X
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