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.;t- i rr- -t.i - i- :. T V TO GET, THE NEWS THE , XfHER PAPERS FAIL TO :iPUINT 1?0U31UST. READ THE ' THE -D ATE OX THE LABEL OF"'.TEIft' PAPER SHOWS v ' , .WHEN , tOUR SUBSCRIPTION f "sEx'piREfc. ; - - - . r : w . ... - ' .. v . : -. -;., TAB- HEEL. ( ' V , . M. JL A A . A A- i M. : M. - " vr - - -y r ' -- i - ' . ; . - 1 VUL VII - . - ; . Devoted tothe EducaticnE; r( laster North. Carrolin . - - '-: ELIZABETH CITY, u n C ERTDAY'Uj ",.1907 MuchJBusiness Transacted: AH Went bn'an Excursion to Jamestown . session in y Elizabeth t City for . - ;"v - v-'CvJ: -;.-'tliree. days previous, made.an ex-- J' - : .'. ; -cursion to thev Jamestown Expo-There will v be a temperance sition as the gnests of the local meeting-at" the First Metnodist fWon the 14th instance with a largjthe First Baptist Church; will S-crowd of delegates an&Tisitors in deliver : an 'address ; Mr - F W, v . dred representative. Odd Fellows ' A.,' will read, selections, . : :; .-:"On Tuesday night, the address- n the -program insures enter--es of welcome were delivered. . tainment'of a high" order, will of . " hv Jndfo Tieisrh. on the part of the w v I iiTV n a. igcityand,byRev. Jno f; Vines on, !glic . , ."r-the, part of the local lodges. The f Th- Tnjil5Tia. n o o'clock sharp, and will last .one hour only. ' : " ' - , , The v public ' is '- cordially invit- el' to: attend this meeting; and.1 nddrpssses were responded to hy r Grand Master T.'M. Stevens, Wed ;. - . nesdayboth day and .night and Thursday morning -were spent, in ": ; business sessions in which , a, vast .. amounr 01 Dusmcs was iruus- . . 1 Wild CU. - JLUUlOUttJ ..V' ; v . tj. S. S.' Boutwell took" the .Grand . ' Lodge on an excursion down :the ":: Pasquotank . river. ' . . ' Thursday night" the annual elec" i . -' J.I r-fti nr-nr- '-nroo I'lltilrl 'wVlloll t WionlArl in the followinff. 5 ; : . j j PPir n Knshf . irrana .: master; . : -- . , -i . , . ;.M--VK - TT AT : Glioirr rf-nntv nrmnrt mflST.- : ; ? er; 1 . u. wiinams, grauu. waiuru '.';;' ' T? tt WnnrSpll . :PTnnd sebretarv; T?t J JftTiAs. -sTand treasurer : T. '- ,M. SStevens, gran a -represeuiuuvc " : ' -vto sovereign grand lodge. : ' - . : The sixtv-f ourth annual session v t n- or Tlie grana iuuj;e, ciuacu . . . . ' i " .. ... - Vv- ; 12 o'clock Tnursaay niguu PiW srf aufck and certain relief - frnm Tr RhooD's Made- Odntment. .. '--r. - jrieae not una mauc w.ix - - -.1-. -: ... i n ire nniinn .iq . in ini 1.1 v n ui i - -, . - Itchuiff, . painful, protruding or "uUnd ; X.arge nickel-capped glasg Jars 50 : V YATt?s F?niii hv all dealers. crowded; - The 'Carohia' Hotelis cf owded I oil '-i &Vx i rvk J. ; -T ,00 v -xcr&dk r" -hf I grand oodge of vOdd Fellows: .was here :i the greater bart of them made the" jCarolina ;headquarters mi. :iJ- 1 ! 1 :..iv!! -Luis weeK, l great. ; crow us ui . v lax-, tors from- the down ' Souiid Country- continues " the 9 rush ;iat his popular hostelry;--- .Thereis noimoret)opular hotel inOthe East.. than,-the - Carolina; .and its ; excellence ; is becoming more and more known every, day. . Mr.."Stokely, the U genial - pro: prietor ' s an idea, i : hotel: man, art d is ifastr becoming 'famed. through out lS"orth Carolina fbr the ex cellent fare and(accomodations at his-house, s U - ' ' THE -CAROtlNA HOTEl; . rifiteen-month- old '1 child, - " " - -V. . ' ) w-' li iHtinsf in"a buszsrv on Sun set),, patain near - Ashville, topr phdvwir the' mounfain side; hcC'biggy.and all.- They made a; pi Ji of over ' fifty feet but es cLrea wfth some bruises.. Te'' child sustained npt ' even.- - a sciatcli:: 1 Jt was considered ' a miracle that thev :wWp -nnf nil 1 (Statfe News" ':r v in Briefs Ten men were injured Wednes day " in a namite expldsion at the construction camp or tne the promoters of s these meetings 1 Pigeon Kiver Railway, near Ash- dead as a result of. the exploson. hop to have a large attendance. - A CARD. 1 ' : ; To my many . friends who have been so - kind . in' a business way to me for the past several: years, I beg to announce that I have severed my connections .with .the firm . of - E S: Chesson . Co.- and now have charge of, the I)RY GOODS department of R. . : J. Mitchells' Bee Hive Store. Where J am better prepared ito serve my friends ,and the !: public gener ally in a more satisfactorily man- ner. 4 ; , itJ No store in the South is better prepared to take care of your wants, than the Bee Bee : Hive Stoer and no one will be more de lighted to have your business or do' moreto pleas.i than ; your obedient servant, , . S. S. BARCLIFT. . The one hundred and fifth an nual commencement of Salem Fe male College closed Thursday morning. The annual commence ment - address was delivered . by Congressman " John H. Small. .1 " 5, -,IItiitpa;Circuit Court" of Ap peals Mom-ened, In Ashville -Wel-nesday with HisHonor. t Jude :awo mules, .owned by 'Messrs'. KF. FeWell & Co..- near Rook Mlf :.,CJ.; were killed , by' light- . Tne. "State - Board v nf '-.Medir.aT Examiners will' meet in Mirehead 4 i A- A X- - J' A WhoIe Sq uare:Burried apv Thirty Horses Were Burned to death in- . , . Early . last . Thursday; morning Elizabeth , City was r visited by an- fother.-disasterous eopflagation,: in wnicn a great iobs to property was City' 11th of June. A' large nuin sustained. , The, fire . broke out ber. of ,Touug , physicians will ap-aPut o'clock a. m. in . Brick-plyt-,f or 'license to practice medi-faous tan.d Armstrong's livery cineV' '' ' "j stables at. the corner of Matthews - -!fj;t' ' v- " and Martin -Sts.1 The 1 buildings TheiSeaboard Air Line has nn- fwere in flames berbre the: fire was nouued'that it will obey the rate I discovered, stad the entire stock, of laW passed by the last' general ! aorses;rvihiclis ant ' other"' equips fare fhe; Southern and other foa(p operating m North CaroTi natt)iLy' secured an injunction tfivbttgh Judge Pritchard, judge of Circuit court of Appeals, restraining the railroad commis- iof Ifvom putting the law into ex A serious fire was averted at Statesville Tuesday by the prompt cool-headed action Of Mr. P. S. Pope, the telegraph op erator. When he discovered the roof of the Standard Oil Coim pahy's building to be in a blazei he climbed on the roof and tore of the blazing shingles. " mi. n . i ri i" .1 xne pmciais.oi me ceauouru At Line, nitJas,t Wednesday Hamlet,: N. .C, to consider tant business n connection the road. ty'tfh&i North Carolina Associa- f1jVK,rBaiikers began its first frK3$ps3ay night. The meet- pre&iaeu over Dy ; rresi- i ley of Durham, N.C. Washington.- the .newro? eaucator,Tdelivered an ad Or the graduating class of tvvj yto CollegeDalesbury. N. XJ ' r ( x 'Sday.,. on the "Prime K4f .Vtf ' theV Colored Race." ly, destroyed. ..Twenty eight ; hors es were Durned; some' ot tnese be ing the 'finest in the' city. Seventeen pf-the ' horses burn ed belonging to -th& stables," and the ' rest of the horses were being boarded. at the stables - ' - Among" those of.' this city wha lost horses in these stables were : Aydjeit Bros. & .Co.,Dr: J. . H: Whiter Mr. , D. B.v Bradford and! the Misses Weeks." ! The flames rapidly, spread in a- short time : ' thex whole ; square1, which, ifor the most part, were wooden buildings, was : in a mass of flames. - s- - f ',v - Messrs: Stokes and Commander and Mr. "JDavis whose - Jivery ' sta bles were nearby, succeeded in res cuing : their horses and other live stockj.be'ore their buildings were dnesdav at t Ju, : .ri; , ider i mpa i i, j( iction wiu',MN R. B. MM' Mr. and Mrs. H..F. Smith and .J m.LlMll. -rT T 1 I v ' ;OTC10N SALE f " 1 Glenn delivered y,'.j;.l.s Wednesday rat the lif?Vthe. Scotland. Xec i?rarl(srl; school. The address was a Vriiliant oratorical effort. ' v . . ' ... owland a few days ago has beei indicted as an accessory to the murder of her husband. Dr. Rowland and the Strange wo man' were married in. Norfolk aast Fridav. The stomachs have been removed from both Strange and ;the Rowland boy, to be an alyzed for traces of poison. B uggicSi Surf cys,& Runabouts All of the best manfabtures rieW. arid : Juptodate sty las j My.:ScS;;Oilarness It ) ..I Single and Double These goods with positively be sold for the highest dollar bid on SATURDAY JUNE, V 1 907 at C. W. Overmen's stables Mathews Street Elzabeth City. .N.' C. ' 'VV,- y'..: Thess goods are made: up in rubber and steel ; tires iThis is a great 'opportunity to the iarmers as will as p tnV'City: people ; to obtain thier summer vehicles at prices that not be ji iF; Weeks. Auctioneer . produced any where else "i- V uiirneti.. . .ine - uames - exienueiu . - across " Martin s St f and; invaded ' - the handsome residence : of - Mr.' ' -T.c P. Nash. ' This building was i badly burned, ' but ' ; was , finally i ooxm. i-1 o . J-S J.' Iav.- ' can be,, repaired:, - Mr.r Wiley c . J Gregory's dwelling on1 Martin St;. ' : was completely destroyed by -fire. and. several -other buildings near; , " y , ? - V 1 - 4 . In the rear of the" stables, -the flames attacked the Kramer Bros. :- V planning' mills and it'.was onlv by ' the. most heroic efforts that, this plant was saved.-after tie .sash,.' dool;. and. blindfacto had been V ! burned down.: The losses sustain- -;, ecL by the-fire are . estimatedcaiy J . $40,000 witli about .twenty. thOus-' -V and insurance. ' 1 r'' : Immediately after Ahe fire " the' Board of Aldermen met in sued- alk. fsiop and extend'ed; the., fire r," limits o as to include the burned dtrietThe owners .of ihe burn-1 ed buildings are now preparing to" C y have,' thenr repaced- witV brick structures. , , : - - - . ; ;ReyrE. F. Sawyer,-of this city, -on the right of j;he fire had.a .nar raw escape. from the flames;- He - Was rooming in his place of busi-" ness,r which was -distroyed, and escaped, in the jiick of time losing " alljus eliects., - - 1 . . TSutA 1 - --W it K. i .. s,,.. - , ft -;-, SucGcsslil fcrm ' j ' 1 Hbn;v Robert D. Gelmer, Attor neyGeneral Hon. James E. Shepueard. ex-chief Justice of Xortli Carolina; Hon. T. A'.. Woodward and Hon. Walter E. Daniels, have been employed bv: the North Carolina railroad commission too fight the injunc tion recently secured by the Southern Railway, to prevent the new rate law going into .effect. Exercises of a High Order, A Gppo '. Year's Work , The Albemarle High School is ' . ' .H... ; -5 , ,; , These goods; can be seeif before the sale all crated O vermari" stables at An El gin Watch A Hamilton W atph ; A Howard Watch V None Better j We Sell All Vhe D e. : petidable.Ki nd.; KIGHT &BRIGHT The Reliabiel Jewelers ' Mrs: E; R Wise : and MrsP. F. Meekins,. of Stumpy, Point;, were in the cits; yr&SiMS'm. now in the midst ' of its Com mencement Exercises.- They are easily among the most brilliant ever held; in the city,' They be gan on Sunday, 19th nst. The Baccalureate sermon was preach ed by the Rev. Xr E. Thompson, in the M. E. Church, It was a forceful discourse. . ,"Purpose" was his theme, and many beauti ful and ; wholesome troths i did he 'flash into rth plastic xnihds and throbbing hearts before him. . At, 10;45 o'clock; , the . teach ers and scholars met at the A. H.f S. building,, which is an architi: cural gem-formed . into line,; and faces marched to the church. Th" procession : was an imposing'and inspiring sight filling : the hearts of all who behelfi.it with pride and joy.' , - On the night .of the - 21st, ; the Primary and Intermediate grades held the boards. Tlie rendition off choice musical; and' litr'ary se lections was '. perect, reflflecting great, credit upon pupils and teachers. The ;vast audience evincedits deligntj by . round af ter ound;ol applause. - v ;The nightpf the 22nd was,' if possible, still more brilliant; Stu years old and yet the scholastic ' year- now closing witnessed . the enrollment of two .hundred and thirty-seven ' (237). pupils. ? The ff pressionoatwop ? bldeielu infwypw " first year it was under the super-. vision; of -Prof.'W; A: Biveris,--- Since that time JProf J. J . Scar- 0 borough' has been . the presiding , genuis. J j - - ' -' ; 5 - , - Last eveningProf.. J. M. Hin-le tonkin ;his ;. splendid and elo-. quent address, gave "a :. brief;. statement of what the1 school , had accomplished. These are a few . -ofthe items: I , -: : ' LIt has v relieved v the con gested- condition of. the- public school., There . are ' about 1300 children eligible, to school priyi 4 j legesand;abotit00'or400 pro- vided for' .1;; - ' - -r .-.-. ; - 2.: It-has given, additional ed- , " ucational advantages.. : ; - ; , 3:-rIt has broadened andTen, riched, the curriculum of the city. - - ' ' ; 4. It has - reduced tuition 18 1 :' -f per cent., which .means, a- saving; , -r to the patrons ; of ; the private -schools of over $5,000 in the; past two and ,a. half years.; . 5.rlt"has attracted patronage from th; surroundinff "counties, f S dents ,JDf more mature years par- say in - the past two years that ' iX ' Vv - f icipated and more difficult se lections ;were on the programme. As on the previous night ithe ex ecution of y every selection was faultless "The very ; "ftir seemed surcharged with' ennthusiasm and the nost ; extravagant praises were on all lips. ' Sr -5 y The 'graduating exercises 'take place to-nmght. The programme is prited in; another part of -this paper. Judge J. B. Leigh . de livers tKe literary Address; .There srs-nto gra'dtiafes. : ' . t" ,heowtg.jDf this school has enomenL . it is only lour beeivffl easilv amounts to $5,000. There' " 7 . fore., throwing, away all the time s: . of its .existence 'except two and a half years and the A., H. S. Has put $10,000 in "our midst f 7.... 6It has' been' Ithe impelling , ;-V A and compelling power thatjhas fix , r giverr us" the graded school. Had i , - r -j not the AH. S. been brought in.fi to , existence Elizabeth City would ; , ; ; have ' been - without 'a publid ; . ' . graded school for the, next t8: V;:"-. years. n . i i XT v jr1. u V1 jlorcefiiX'-eloquent. Purpose"on business! IJ.Xerry, BeJioTeie, .-" ' ffiT."D'.waa w te cityTEte'da-yj " ; - 1 r 1 t - J ' J . , t"" . J n, .V. .. 1 ' S ' 1 - ' v V V'-
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