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.::: : ' i ? iOZVOTCL TO CDUCATIONAL AN D Jit D U GTHI AlT INTEREST JD UOJtTH !' CAROLINA: - , VOL UIII : . .. EtlZADlf H CITY, UORTH CAROLKIA ' FftifDAYn6vECIBEIhl5,' 1907 f. V-"-'1-- 0-3-:" i" 3T- ff.--,'?'.-.;5r-; , r - ; p. iinOTIIER VCOHFLAGRATIOO LASTimSHT Roliinsons Wholesale G rbcery Com pletely Destroyed. FLAHES HARD TO, CONTROL - 1 " ti'" ' "-- - ' r'-x,1'"'-''4 " - uij. , ., , . v fv.rt . ' Another Business Establishment Dadly Dam aged By Water.. ; , Y , Fire broke out in Mr. S. M. S. Rol. : Jinson's wholesale grocery store ; on Water ; street this morning ' abpnt v 1 ' O'clock. - 1 The fire originated ? in ; Jhe 1 second story from some unknown, source, very probably from a ' defective : wir- jDg, and before the flames were 'is : - covered, they .had gained considera 'Z bte headway. : Not until Rpllin. , son's store was practically gutted, i and much damage done to the ware rooms of "Messrs. Seely and Sons, " adjoining, were the flames brougnt -under control. y : The fire engines, were brought out r in the mean time, and huge streams Dl water were turned on the burning buildings and the buHdingsa djacent. -i'i" The flames were finally extingvish tut not until the seebnd story -spC Mr. RollinsoVs store . was burned v-t- -rfflWrt'ty.o. 4mt "flnnr ii Tnas of ruins.. v,' ment ot xd.esrs. ,u. vv . ojevens vjviu- T r - . . A JL pany,- adjoining was sayea xrcun ps f-;flame3,.:; but - the r stock wag greatly damaged by the streams -of water - turned on the building. y- The C. W. Stevens Company w J ried a stock of about $15,000; y noth ing ywas burned; b,ut .large part xtthe tock was spaked with water. k --p: Messrs. Seely and. Sons ;: ware. ooims on tliei; other ; side: of tlie ; EoL ilfittsbn'8 :Storaconiaae. a large . : .auanmy of flour and other groqerjes. 2 ;S931-ese I were;. ire-amage4 the The C. Comply ' and essr;? Seel : and : Sons ". carried fln durance, that Vill cover the' damages . sustained by - last night's fire Western Conference Meets 4 In 18tb Session JVoreyThafv Thre ; Hundred Preach : I r era - Present at The Open- -" ' ' C - - ing Tpday- IN SESSION SEVERAL PAYS MEETS THIS JEEK fc ! Salisbury,. C, ..Nov. 13.EJver7 - thing is in readiness 9f the opening oi the eighteenth sessiog of the 'ViJil'. conference ; '', v whichccinveneir in the First Metho. ;' 41st church in Salisbury Wednesday el this week at 9 a. 'm, Bishop H. MlMi- JCl MoniODo jMrmtagJ whp . will s presld1fthconerenc Salisbury " tonight ; and is , the guest :. i of Senator Lee S. Overmanva: many . : . Mher minister are arriving pn every f By Wednesday morning more:thari ".-'ioo preachers and" lay delegates will ': ' " lie in the city, alj of t whom will be royally entertained tnis wees. ., , . ,T3e ppnflti ence ;W1I1 devote the -K-:flrenof V " ' .;of-questions, hearing reports and the . )'; transaction jnf of -ii;v.'3; ; iiold ? its anniversary : Wednesday . ' night, Dr H.? M. DeBose, of Nash. .',:-4uviile is'I expected to speak. ; v On - Thursday nights the Board of ' ' iliucaUon will : ; meet : whei Bishop 1 .' " James Atkin ' will - address - the con- . .' f erencel . .-Friday :l ' morning : thev. -Laymen b : will be discussed in open conference. : : . 1 'f The object of ' the t movement iisV tne - v promulgation or tte mission work ' of the'-church' inr foreign" fields. S' Friday night in coara ;oi m,aiuuo Will meet and addresses wI be made the : board, and Bishop Morrison! Saturday . jiight : the Church Exten sion Board. ; will - hold ' its anniversary and ; Pr. "Wi P. McMurry, s of Louis ville, will speak. .! . Next Sunday. a love - feast: will be held in the forenoon and a memorial tc the deceased members of the con. ference - in , the : afternoon.- j Eishop Morrison will preach and- ordain- a class, of deacona- at 11 a. m. "and a class ef eiders' wlll be ordained Sun. day night ; --Monday the -conference will' r hear special, reports and it is expected that the annual appointments will be read by Bishop Morrison late . in the U day. -There will be many changes this year. 1 - The conference embraces 217 pas toral . charges with" 82,202 members. Seven churches in North Carolina are- each supporting a missionary - in fo'refgn " fields, these Me:ng at Spen cer, Winston; High Point, Monroe, Gastonia, Cornelius and Morganton. There will ;be many prominent vis itors In attendance upon the confer, ence. - - : - BRYAN DEMOCRATIC NOM !NEf TILLMAN SAYS, Declares fresIdentWntNotAccep f'a- Third iTeXfi - Banville C IE " NoW; 14. Senator Tlllmanof soutmcarpuna, yflecarea yi that -Pr,esideni Roovelt;wiu.y AoWiscoepJ thif: term Tandthat Speaker i.Cannpni of thJ House of Representatives, will be the pre3iden- tf al l nominee. : "Bryan Mr. . Tillman , said, will i . the . Democratic candidate ; nom. inee without a . doubt. He j - is the greatest : living-Democrat . and " the proper' man to entrust with the' af fairs of our government."' , HEAVY SNOW FALLJNG. Big New Hotel at the Quarries Mt. . Ary Manufacturers Going Ahead in Spite of wPanic." i ; ; . Mt. Airy, N. CV, ,Nov. 14. A heavy show is falling at this place this morning. Another big hotel is being erected at the quarries. This building . is handsome and . will - accommodate ; a large number of ' guests. ' The preachers and delegates are off to conference at Salisbury, which begins its session tomorrow. Every body wants to hear who the preach; ers ? for next. year will be. ; W. E. Annfield has returned . from l?est Virginia. Hte ; says' when lie was laid off j sixteen hundred others lost' their Jobs. Asked what caused all this, Mr. Armneld - said .tlghtoesa of money . matters was given . but , as the reason; The manufacturers are !: holding put well. They continue to pay cash' for? h material- and ' labor. This is worthy" of note when" ydufigwe but the number of men employed in all these works. There are how on the different payrolls about 800, several hundred less tnan twelve s mouius ieaXTh6 falling oft is inahfcimmber of men employed at the granite uar. irilAllSthe full ! forces .of men, which ; does ; not include ther cotton, mills, which stil Tim with their reeular - , prota - of hands. X;- 'i The postof fice ; receipts for October w ere- greater thari any previous Mnbnth. ;i .If vthe r sales keep - upj with the Mt month r two '.Mount Ai;y 11 ijbe entitle 1908 ; This Increase is rematlcnbie considering theVtolngency In money ' . 1 T -t ' -" '.'! . . .Manneheim. is 5 . center 01 ciistripu tionl in a'-' large trade - in -American grain; oils tobacco and other staples, which goods : , easily ;Thjold their own Hi JXcJ m, iOC'; I II I. ;-,.. a I MOW 1J THE T7rt 70 I CIYtiOUC CHLCK AD WC BACK w h e n : r we scm pt mon ey' idea get i to working. IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION HAS A PRESIDENT (Virginia-Pilot.) i John R. Walker, : president of the North Carolina Pine Association yes terday, resigned . as temporary presi dent of the Southern Immigration As; sedation at the called meeting of the latter . organization,- and in his place Charles M. Barnett was elecL 'ed unanimously. Mr. Walker stated that the Niarth Carolina" Pine Association has agreed to take membership in the new asso ciation I in1, addition " to the membv . ship of many " of its membersr ,who represent Jarge lumber concerns "in Virginia I and North f Carblfea: ' The charter was drawn up and af- r several "minor .amendments had beenadded it was accepted and agreed-upon. ; S A letter was read from C- A. Wood. ward," declining to serve as treasurer because of many conflicting engage- ments, and in his ; steady the associa tion elected S. L. : Slover. . Several letters . were received ' from persons -who had been elected on the execu tive committee, declining to serve. .To, fill these places J. J. Wolfender, of New , Bern, N. C; Joseph -H. -Pratt, of Chapel Hill, N. C. ; M. C. Friary, of Norfolk and John R. Walker,- of New Bern, N. CH Nov.J 13.- During the past week Mr. C. C. Moore held meetings in the Interest of the ware. house plan at Burgaw, Wallace, Mag nolia, Warsaw, Paisbn, ?Mt Olive, Maypsvf.le, . PolJocksviUe j. and Tren ton.' . Mr; Moore say a he finds the1 people much'' interested in , the warehouse movement and he is iuite confident that at five of. the : above places there will be warehouses ! built . -very soon. ; Subscription to the cjapltal ; stock amounted to i neaif" $1,000 at f three of the places.: - ' ' - - r- , : ;M.i-: "r)U:, ". : ;, -V. New; York, Nov. -13 The i move ment of gold frpm the vaults of Euro! pean banks. to Vxe United States, which has -been in progress . for ' s. y. eral weeks, in which the ?unprecedep ed ".total ; of nearly" "$60,000,000 has been engaged abroad for Import, still continues. -. ; - -rKSSC J The tbtai, hic& ;aasedi; thejSSS 000,000 . mark yesterdayyi was 'increas ed today when the iilinois rust and Sayfngs Bank of t Chicago ' completed negotiations- f pr r'tiip limportaiitlon of j $1,000,000. ; Tlhis "engagement makes FIVE PORE STORAGE WARE- ANOTHER MYftSKS.DaS?5 " ; CHECK woo Norfolk, were elected to serve. Mr. Walker will leave for New York in about a month, but-he has consented to serve In an advisory capacity if necessary. Mr. Walker was also made a director of the association. , .?' Secretary to Be Named. The position of secretary and man ager!' was left to the executive com. mitte'e to fi;i. - Realizing that , this position means much . to the. new as. sociatlon np.L applicants were consid ered! yesterday.? It was the general concensus of opinion that the ' matter will eceive getter attention in the Lhands of the committee, than in a blic-metfnThemittee will have an opportunity to lookt over ap plications and accept the m0s& fitted for the position. Several names Were mentioned yesterday,, but it is ;not thought proper to make ; their, appli cations a " public discussion' The position of manager and secre. tary is the only renumerative"' posL tipn that exists in the. gift of the as sociation. The plan of remuneration was to allow this officer fifty; per cent of aH the receipts of the asso ciation 'up to $300 per month, making the salary about . $1,800 per annum. A" meeting , of the executive - commit tee will be called in a week or two. At all places there'was Selected 4 committee of five of the most influ ential men of the community to push the local warehouse to, completions : Mr. Moore ) will meet- the people at three ' places ' it . Craven and . on Thursday will go into Beaufort coun. ty; - . . ; . ; Mr. Moore was aisked if the farm, ers Fare selling : cotton. .He ; said . no, that", only such ; as . were r absolutely compelled- to sell were doing so. : l He ; oaid ; the absence of bopidea warehouses is how keenly felt.- .Much cotton would; go into storage, if fadl it ies were made . '.. for. ' it. . ; TO DELIVER ADDRESS --'r-'-'i . ;"Hon. Roscoe W Turner iwill 1 deliv er the f membria.1 address : in the me morials exercises of r the " Washington (N. C.) lodge of Elks on Sunday, De;i cemoer ' ist. -. ; , Mr. Turner 'Is an orator of .recg. nized ability? and "tiiefr Wshingt;ba Eiks wili , be ; cbArmedwith the'magM V r-r-. ninceni aooress inax. xur.. RALLY OF CITIZENS AT THE COURT HOUSE TUESDAY WIGHT MORE GOLD FOR BANKS. More Than Sixty Millions Engaged Abroad For Import and $8,000,000 Arrived Today, . New York,- Nov. ;13.-r-Mbre, than sixty millions in gold -has been em gaged abroad tor import to the Unit, ed States since the present movement began. ' ' . -j : Announcements tpday r of engage-, ments-of -$800,Q00 by tlje ; First ' Na: tional Bank of Chicago, $500,000 by the Illinois Trust and Savings "'Bank and . $1,000,000. by banks' in New Or leans 'brought the grand i total to $GO,330,000. J "..... : Gold to the amount, of 8,000,000 ar rived -here- oday : on ' the" ' steamer Ocaenlc from Liverpool. CLUB ENTERTAINED By Mrs. Voodley at Her Home on Main St. 1 Mrs. W. J. Woodley entertained the Indies' ' club at her . home on Main street yesterday afternoon, from 3.30 to 6 o'clock. ' - ' .' The following ladies- were present: Mesdames Frank Cooke, Louis Selig, G. W. Ward, J. H. White, I. M. Mekr ins, Lvi L. -Winder, C. W. Grice,iH. D. Walker," D. R. Morgan, jj. T. McCabe, S, W. Gregory and Mrs. Green.- A program for future social . enter, tainment of this club-, -was,, outlined at yesterday afternoon's i session. 11 F. C. GLEE The 4Wake Pdrest College . Glee Club and Orchestra is recognized as being the best organization of- its kind in the. State. . The Glee Club is composed of twenty members, five - , . - . - 7-.- - - i- - i.. - men to each part, first tenor,' second tenor, first . bass and . second . bass, respectively.. Many of the menv are musicians of recognized ability, some of them having been with the Club continuously for three and four years. By '. consistent training : these twenty men have learned to" sing together, accurately and .harmoniously. One of the leading features of the Glee Club program is the singing of the Quartet composed "tft Earnshaw, Ppteat, Highsmith, L. L. and J. H. ? The program rendered by the Glee Club . is sufficiently varied to relieve it of .all monotony whatever; There are . splos, duets, trios, quartets,- and choruses. There is variety enough lo render the program . I interesting and enjoyable throughout. - v -1 The Orchestra is ' composed of ele ven members! The majority of them are . men of considerable ; experience in orchestral work. ; One of , the at. tractive ; numbers r of the; program is a cornet solo by thie first cornetist Another pleasing and delightful num ber is the violin solo by the. leader of the orchestra, Mr. H. M. PoteaC : Elizabeth City1 Wednesday-, nighti -November 20th. A CHECK FOR $25 A Present From Llri Rucker ita aTne Fira Co. -1 yi . .As a token of his high' appreciation of the efficient wort did by the fire, men last night, Mr J. &. Rucker of the firm ; of . Rucker and Sheely i pre si j ted the firemen this morning with a check,: forv.$25;ft The last night's fire was in close proximity to Messrs. Rucker; and' Sheely's . store,; and had it not : been for the efficiency" of the paa5me3it I this--. stjare gwduld have suffered great losses too. :.'', ,The. check for $25 came at. an op. CLUB 0r,1IN6 s -f .--..r-.-. .-w-, Host Enthused Inter est Expressed. $ L Inspite o, the. very, -disagreeable,, " ' , ? 'i vreather of last evenine th ritizpns " meeting at the court house was a tveetin- , at -the ,-cfmrt"xhmisei ' wnc,-'-: o' :RS;sltl mammoth . one, indeed. Although there was a down pour' of ,rain, and ' W-: j theystjNeetaiwerfifiall.-lfnsVn.'i i-fra more than, three hundred .citizens .r': turned . out 1 to the meeting. These '-. citizens,:-; too; were .;;m ed ;in. thepurppses of the meeting C ' and came for. the purpose to elp ; and encourage : The purposes for which.; the meeting was, . held, ; by their r presence and interest. - And, tial ..; citizens of - the c; town composed i':. the meeting, which " . demonstrated " . the fact that it , was no rabble or mob, but a' meeting pf high and hply : , " purposes and aims; coming together to secure wholesome legistion " for the City's ' welfare, ' r. . ' " ' i, ' Judge J B. Leigh - was made chair man of the meetin", called the meet, ing to order, and made some highly appreciated remarks. . 3 -' Everybody in this city knows Judge Leigh and know 'what he stands-for whenever a question arises as to , ! , : ; ; , which policy ' is most : beneficial, s he " - v .; ' can always e found : on; the right side;- and he is-ai good leader for the doubtf ur and . uncertain ones to , follow.6 x f . He . is.s a valiant leader of the tern-, 2 2 perance movement," but at all times -plead3 for iinity, when this unity can ' ?' , be secured without- compromising ' -the town's . best . intereRts. ' . In his. Introductory speech he out lined many plans for civic improve ments. Just i one sentence from' his ieinMka-jribould- be'pasted.'inevery " 7.-J' man's hat:- can do-nothing ifa- i r -J?f? itiffe'-'Btopi was. introduced to the audience Mr7 i;eeklnsjibf ;this cityVi.t' . No Introduction is! -t netassary vias: Mr. :Meekins is ' well known to the people of this city., x His address . was apt for thd; oc casion and , as well received by: the enthusiastic audience. ) He -Spok with i his usual powers,, but his speech dealt with facts and, figures and was en. Urely free from abuse. , He ; among other things, gave; the water company, a tilt mentioned the gas ; franchise and. suggested ; a num- ber of remedies ; for the financial ai' faira7oi:4the cityi Then he addressed himself .to the dispensary proposition In a manner which left no doubt in .the minds of the people where he stood on the question, and i the hearty ., approvals evoked by the startling facts and fig ures of his speech demonstrated that the great crowd of. Elizabeth City's most prctoeofr " citizens - stood , for temperance v and squarely ' against whiskey in any .form. - rirvlohfiiiCraiiric "0f;-gi sons' E$tcem At a meeting of the Masohi lodge - t Id. this city -"last night a beautlfur ' y - oidpieiadedicahe;wa.s;prese thi lodge' to?MrvJohuSA:Kreri shbnseeS:bn1j ' .'J' lodge;iThe:Bpeeo one - 21160 with? chOIcexpfessiaMl bf;;.Vo;.V sjaij8BUis the 'r lodge's 1 ' Ugh'arBcttbn:o! Mr. Kramer. " i Mv ".' CMr;K ft? few : '; r . ; f - words of ':U;hoieb;:is?sbtimeht r ressea.W-( At the. close pt- the lodge'.meeting; a banquet' was tendered in Of. Mr,; Kramer' at which .a number jbf shbrt'. speeches , were made. Mr.: Kramer, and family ; wilj,:leave v .: : ? : within.1 the-c'next , few 1 days ,f or Kala mm r:.-s'J,K'L-u;''..':?T'. Vi-'C-i'f. Z"--'' "Rrtf; "1?i." Iw 4 ' ' ' . .. - :iiA;i.y:.l ... T -. i. -'r' "mm ... J . ; Rev. EdF&$g ; ;the Etotal (to' dat $56,080,000.;