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vv - -,.; " -.'- - u . r m 9 7 " R I EOPLli 1 ovBirieks" lOlO.W: FOR BOAT DUE GOES TO ll'J BEliO . of . - - r "1 f - VOUX : ,VV : 1: : ELIZABETH, fclTY, nORTIl; C AROLfr A,"1 Fill b AY J Afl U ARY I7"; 1908 , : ;7V,,;- 1; nor:V fiHARRFn 1!!IITII nRlfllHIHR;? : : Ik , v j. , ; , HFlCTAfJllRFB : M JimMm YtM-, r CHARGED 11ITII OBL'ilClilG POilEY 00 BDGUS fJOTES 1 t - 1 s - Highly Sensational Accusation Against Post- master I.:T1. Tleekins. PROniHENT LIEN C i AS WITHESSES YOUNG LADY EMPLOYE OF POST OFFICE, HERE CLAIMS THAT . HE APPROPRIATED PART OF HER J SALARY CHARGES F1L- ' EO BEFORE THE. UNITED , x STATES . SEN ATE POSTOFFICE : )COMMiTTEE-r' BANKS . AND J ' ORPHANAGE FIGURE IN THE J iTRANSACTIONsA MINISTERS SEND PETITIONS' IN BEHALF 1 : OF MR; MEEK1NS ,JHE ELO-4r QUE NT POSTMASTER WAS "OF v'FERED THE COLUMNS OF THE - A TAR HEEL FOR ;-ANY T. STATE- "' MENT WHICH HE MIGHT :DE - SIRE TO MAKE. BUT DECLINED For sometime the . fight, over the conarmation of : postmaster.; l!yjM Meekins of this city has been wag- (Q sam upon examination find Hwr 4 f'hnrp'Po of . forsrerv have been . .... : . -.; , : , - . " , ' i mg me saia murigage recoraea con- preferred against hUn by Hon, veyjng tbe Said lands in " the county Aydlett, and last Tuesday the charges ;f Halifa ad' s helieying. the aid became, public, matter,'. In that Dtes , offered as, coliateW security Senate committee on post offices ?were unpaid" notes .secured by cpened the 'records f or . a hearing, paId trust, .was - induced and be These charges are very grave and a 1 c&uses ofthem' dld mae "a loan' of tweping denial has been made by f7.000.00,1 when fn fact-the-said notea , r L HON. ISAAC Against Whom Sensational " , Mr. Meekins, and many petitions have been forwarded to the commit . tee." ' A ' petition -signed by . seven min: "jrs, .in behalf 4 of Mr.- Meekins has . ' been . received, also s one :i from the Woman's christian Temperance h Un - iou referring to Mr. Meekins as an i edvocate and ; supporter ; of the ' tem porance cause. The friends' on f both : ii vides are putting up a strong fight ever the " confirmation.-. I 'important t : vitne3ses ' .will , likely be called ; by r . - the"' senate committee at the heiring. - ' A representative bf the Tar; Heel, : t called at : Mr.- Meekins office1 and 'ask- - ed r nim, ' . 1 r . "Mr. ' Meekins haveV you anything ,to say', concerning the , charges made . e gainst "you. The columns of the pa ferare open to 'you, .if you, care -to roake - any statement." r Mr. Meekins 'A said J he did : not care' to , say anything. V j- The representative also saw Mr. . Aydlett r and asked for a statement. - "The papen speaks for itself and ' 1, have'nothing further to E9j.';jtVr , The. charges , against yMr. ' Meekini - &re as follows: j f ' y , - r 5 - :-.,' -j -ji - - t MRk AYDLETT'Sl CHARGES, f '.'E. - P. Aydlett,: upon , information 1 and m belief, - prefers' charges v against - X Mr -Meekins. in opposition to his v confirmation as - Post Master in, Eliz- 'abeth' City N.'.'C.as' -foiolws: i.-;", - - 1 i "FirsU His conduct , in i business transactions with the Citizens Bank of ; Elizabeth; City, and others, ; is dis bonorable j In .-s that during February, 1903, he applied to the Citizens Bank of Elizabeth City for a loan and rep-, resented to the said Bank' tthat -; he held notes : or .bonds executed by J. I C. Meekins',- Jr, - who Is - his brother . amounting' : to sxt(eeni bo 7 eighteen thousand dollars, -which !, were ? sscur td by mortgage on a certain farm in the county of Hajlf ax; State of North Carolina, ; being for the purchase of money of. the said - farm, and that all of the notes or bonds secured in ; tbe said mortgage,- except those owned and held by ;,him vhad ; been1 paid and desired", to deposit ' as collateral the ssjld notes ,-i'eld - by him and secured as aforesaid for a loan .of seven thousand dofiars. 1 j " ( fTphat . the said ' representations, h were relIed wpon, by; thesaid hank were false' and fraudulent. "That the said I.X'M. 'Meekins-and J. C'' Meekins, Xt at: the time were insolvent. " , ' ;. I - ' : "That -the said bank, believing the ! i said, representations' and relying : up- n - . n M. MEEKINS. r Charges Have Been Made. which were f represented by "the said Meekins o be the ' notes secured as aforesaid-were not : secured; but were notes -which, were executed either by j J. C,. Meekins, Jr., ; or somebody, else with the" name of the said . J.CMeek ins, Jr., signed to -.them, .and were uttered' by t the said I. Mr Meekins, being : of the same - date and -same amount as those j described in the said mortgage .upon the said ; lands in" the said county , of; Halifax. "Second. That, at "the time the said Meekins made : the false i. and : fraudulent ! . representations to the said Citizens - Ban3c regarding" the said r notes,-; he had sold or transfer ed ftbtthe ' Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville s a large ; portion of, the notes to-witt' "some : $12,000.00, being for the purchase money i and? secur ed by mortgage i as i aforesaid, by 'J. C. j Meekins, . Jr., ,, as'' aforesaid, anc had obtained from the? said Orphan age the full "value: of the said notes zg'I tfanaferedv That: he had' also transfered -and assigned the re mainder of r the said I notes s secured by ! the said mortgage; ' or notejs sim iJar in description,1 amount and date to' those 1 described in the said mort pjtf tr th National -RariV - raerce of Norfolk I Third, 1 That. In Diecember, s1904; J. C. . -Mejklus, - Jrt, -' sold - then said? Halifax farm ' to ,L:,T. ,Baker,V The TO Aw 4 ,- ' That sounds like a-iunn juestionaddressed to' every cit--izen of this towhmd coDyagrtvljut it's -?ealka serious one & , sk ; fasten: xnere xs now jusu jmiexea a magnmcenx Duiia- . -"ing. of red "brick exfepioT concrete- interior right 'in' the V: , business heart of one of 1 the iffgest of American cities. It ? Occupies a' whole block anO calls itself in a large lettered sin"v ''The Largest Monolithic Building In the, World."' It" has ' many floors, with ab'out ja'himdrpd; acres of ' floor space.tf-"The t entrances are' of solid toarblei,Ii.e:Soors"are: beautifully tiled. ;:stands. ; Oh; ' it's ' a ; Jim-1 ' ! ' No how; many bricks , have ;yoii sent to 'the city.y to go into" this big build-1 . ingr Honest, now manyr-.i - Of 1 the nundrerd3;of . thousands of bricks ut' " into the walls J of this- -"t " bnUdrng the" city "where it - stands has contributed not; & : a single red brick Coun-l , y: try -peopie,! uxe peopxe ua.- ' small towns and cities ar . , away from' the "big qne , 1 tropolis have . sent in,, the- u " bricks v for v the , construe-; ' tion of tins Splendid edi- flee:--- v.'; - y' A I .You may. have sent in : I " & iewnoos oi diicks yonr-;v ; t :-x-" rnu:- w-.-'Ju:4'vir n : xab ieu . x xua . xuagxixu- cent structure, which of' . naments a city you prober - ably never will see your-r: self, is vbuilt of ? bricks k v bouffht with the dollars of -people living, in 'towns II -irjust like Oiiwhtownewthatfii, would like to'1 haVe'ome new 1 brick buildincs themselves I contributed to the city building fund means a nice, hefty r- Jliod ; of bricks for this big, beautiful t skyscraper largest inj v.. Lite wunu . ul im aaiiu.. . xius uuxxuixi vtas, puv up, imvugu the kind donations of :their unknown .country cousins, by a . firm that ran a small, store in that city a f ew years ago. - But this firm conceived the cute "idea of having thou- i sands of strangers contribute bricks to ; build its .fine, large, - new store. - 1 ' "I, -':-'And thnilding.is:aMail.Order Sto See?;.: said I. M. Meekins represented .' to Kitehin, Smith & Kitchin, attorneys for ; the said : Baker, - that all of the A notes secured , by - the' mortgage on the .farm were ;pald, except -:thbse held' by the -Baptist ' Orphanage v at Thomasville. - : Vbat, A. Paul Kitehin, of. the flrmi oi Kltcnin. smith Jvltchin,t requir- u.- uii noiea neia Dy me wu fed the -said I. M, Meekins to pro-jzen's Bank of v Elizabeths. City vere duce . all of the notes secured by the said mortgage before he ' would allow their client to pay for the farm so as to get the title, clear. , "That , on the- 23rd day of December,-1904 the: said I. M. Meekins pro duced the notes; as described :.. in th mortgage ; wlth' dates s and amounts as thereln,; set out, and represented them to be all of the notes seenred by- the said , mortgage and ( maiked eRCh Of them satisfied, and had the mortgage cancelled of recordon tia 23rd day of December,' 1904.-; - ii 1 "That at the' time the' said. I. M. Mieekins represente"d? to the saidl Kit chin that the .said J notes . were the lame as . were secured " by the said mortgage, . pie . knew that the, Citi zv.ns -Bank . 6t: lElizabeth City held notes with the same description:, as those ' setr out In the -mortgage, - with the name of his Jarother, J. ;C.: Meelc ins,- Jr., thereto, f which he had "de positjqd , 'as collateral - sacuiity " for, the seven rthousand ; - dollars, and knew,:' that the r.bank held the same upon .his false ; and 'fraudulent repre- scntatians that they , were notes ' sen cured by - said mortgage. "He also .'knew', at the, same time that : the National Bank, of Commei ce of Norfolk, Va.,' held " notes ' purport? ing to be secured by said mortgage,; aepusuea mere oy, nim.v --. . . ' Fourth. That , the said""!. M." Meek ins , made ,'no report sto the Citizens - i Bank- ot Elizabeth City of ; the (clt cellation of h the . said mortgage, anJ - 1 did nothing . regarding chli -Indebted- " I nesa to said bank.' f- y "That 1 in 5fovember,Vl905". the 1 said . bank, having -learned through ther sources ? feaid " mortgage ;of ;the cancellation of ; the I f n- temcersror;Ta3 i.iu- Ms iTec0Tery; he De ,out again in ioute to hlsold home in Tyrrell 'to J . " ' - made'ai'demandonl;.' ;(Continued on, fourth page.) '). ti& course of a week.- W " ' ' I visit Jriends and relatives ' ' 1 - i - V i$ rjJ. ; . ' now and then. Every dollar said Meekins .for. sttlement of said loan and required him to settle at once, t i - v -v ' - ; TFifth- - That after the- settlement, one of . the -. directors of theTCitlzens Bank approached, the s said Mtekins and asked who - heQd the original notes, and the said Meekins admit I bogus t notes. "Sixth. That there was only one mortgage executed by J.C Meekins, Jr. to secure L M. Meekins on the said Halifax farm, which was to se cure notes - amounting to , $20,000.00 and ; copy of ' whichwill be produced at the1 hearings r .' "Seventh. . That when . the said , M. Meekins -assumed the duties of Post Master at Elizabeth ' City . ic 1903," there ' was fa - lady ; employee in the said - office.'. , : v " "That when her check came for her ; pay,': it . was handed" to her by the. said; 'Meekins - and she was re- guested :' by him tot endorse same.Af ter she" had done so, vthvs check was returned . and she received her inon y at; the post office. : That the p said Meekins , told .her , he . could not pay her thefull amount for which. she receipted, and ; he ide-lucled thre--from part of hers salary and j 1 the check r or " receipt which " was sent irt to the 'government ; signed t by her, represented more than she received as her salaray. 1 ' ; ' ? : "That ther said deductions .by said Meekins twere made-, on several .; oc casions.' , , : J J.1 - "That the said.; Meekins ; proinis-ed the said ' lady eifiployee1' to"; raise, her salary . .the. first of - July following and before Athat time she-'was dis charged upon the' excuse' - that " he wanted .to 1 employ ; some t. one else whom 'he had - promised a' place ' 1 o the post offlce.7" V , -I - s NAMESOF; j WITNESSES - GIVEN. s v'In". order . to r sustain t.h vihnv w PArtV II t wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm- ii I - i . v , . , uacK oiv fneumonia. '7'' chargesit is necearyto have tnej $ happens to rinfer with fir Pendelton Succeeds Mr J H LeRoy EFFICIENT SERVICES THE CHANGE OF .MANAGEMENT I , WILL s NOT EFf ECT THE SYS- TEM AS. IT'S NOW ; OPERATED. At , a recent ' meeting , of, the stock holders of Jthe, LeRoy; Steamboat Co., lield . inNorf'oik, Mr,? H D. Pendleton of Elizabeth' City was elected ,ta suc ceed,. Mr. J. "H. t LeRoy as general manager. - ',., , Mr. LeRoy' wha has held ; the con trolling stock ' In thecompan- ylately sold bis interest ' to" a .Virginia Vcor- ;p?ration and has retired from1 the steamboat business. ' " ,; Mr; Pendleton has been the', agent for this ' line. In 'Elizabeth City Jor several years : and is thoroughly ; con versant with ,the affairs . of ; the com pany which will insure the continu-' ed' successful management of - this transportation company. - iThe Tar Heel reporter has been : informed that the w change in - the management . will in ; no way effect ..the' operations of the steamer of this .company further; than to make all the injprovement" . r in, " passenger and freight - transpor tation services that "is Iua the., powr of the company to make for-the ben efit of its , patrons. . - v , . Under the management r of ilr. J fL' LeRyii thi? f popula; steamboat line established -itself 'in v, the v water sections . otc North Kastern' im orar Lsar olina; and has for the pas .several years, carried a considerably patt ine ireignt as wen as a good , part oi the pasengers of this section., With improved , facilities for... serv-, Ing the pubiic, which :th!s company will probably make, it will continue a prominent industrial factor, of this CARRIED OVERBOARD BVZ BOOM. Mr. Gray Loses His Life- in . Tues-. ) days Storm. ' In the storm1 of. Tuesday 1 January' the ' 7th, Av tB.: Gray, a young man of 'Avon, was , washed overboard from f the schooner EJR.Danlels' arid - drown The schooner'was off .point id Pamlico souhd", W11 In' the gale the young mah wasiTieirQVBrboardteby me giomg oi a;uooin.f 'y In the gale of wind and the seas, it wag Impossible ' to effect his .rescue.. Before -the- schooner could be mrougnt. to'-;-ne. naa sunK. in ine r waves and was lost from view; The 'f young man was. about eighteen years j nesting family' as Tesidente, of '. Ihe , , ! old, had a most excellent reputation t city. . ' - , " V? -.'" and was held in hlghlesteir , , I, Mr. P.' L. Garret, has .bendesjg who knew. him. - , -fi . A nated byr the company ' to fill ' .Mr. . ' ; 1 1 ; Crawford's place. "'' ';, ' MR. ED OWENS DEAD. ' Mr., Bid. Owens a f armer residing - in Pasquotank county - about two miles from Elizabeth City - died Jast Monday after an illness . of Several days of Pneumonia. t t The . un,eal : &vfl- interment' took: place Tuesday "afternoon. - . . - Mr.' Owens was about sixty years old .;and is survived' by a wife and seyeral children,, besides a "host of , .'.. " x f friends and relatives who -laments their -loss. ' - v - - ' He :was one; of the1 most-prominent citizens of Pasquotank county. For several' years he has' been a" justice of the peace". x He was prominent in the . political 1 and social affairs of ': his comunity.',1 He Was' held' Inhigh es teem and his; loss' "will be keenly-felt In'vhisvcounty.- v" . " " 1 - ; RAPIDLYRECOVERNG.i : The . many friends ; of tb" f airily will be " delighted to learn ; that Sam McCIeese the yoiin son cjf a An son Langley of .Elizabeth CHy is reEh irlly,--recoverlng'i. from - sert jus ; at tack of t Pneumonia. Life Of Sevice In N; & S's. Employment i f. GARRET SUCCEEDS flY . LARGEST, QFFICE 4, IN THE v NORFOLK AND - SOUTHERN ' , - SYSTEM-l - SUBSTANTIAL IN- . i 1 CREASE IN. SALARY: f , r i i v Harvey;, Crawford, agent , for, ...the Norfolk i . hnd J Sdttthern railway at ' ; Elizabeth City, has been transferted4 to New. Bern, N. . C.,r where he ,11 r fill the position of agent for thelcom4 ; r pany in that city. ; x.rx f ' Mr.; Crawford and 'his- family will v ' leave Elizabeth, City, the. first of Feb- ' . ruary for. Newt Berh. , , ; ; 5 J Mr. Crawford, is 'one-xf thebest - v ' !known railroad .officiaJs in' NprJEh1 Eastern North Carolina. He is wll -known Jnvthis city where -he is im-' . " mensely popular ahd . is - held In Jth'd ' rt. highest esteem by .the' entire city. " .. His career' in the .-'service jof ,lhe ; 1 Norf olk , ahd Southern ' railway " has , -; been" one of ;'phenonima1 y success,a$d should 'be 'an inspiration to 7 every ( boy who begins life- under 'adverse - 5 1 circumstances. ' ' v , ' He was horned jin New York. State 1 and , came to this city,, twenty -three yeara : ago with his- parents, when - hevwas .vnina yearsrold; ftvHis father ' -died soon after their arrival in; Eltz-r abeth' City.-At 'theage1 of twelve, years', he) entered ' the office of Ihe Norfolk , and Souihern-jrailway nine-- Itpen and a half years ago -as "office" " b(j Ufesince. t Norfolk then has been and Southern's j. offidedn this? citv: Mr .Crawford has r aWoted MSV whole tinie and.e&em to the Interest .of the railway comJ .n v', nJ 1Q 1rtr pany." V j- - VC ' . ' i" y Steadily, year,,' byyear ,.hev has ad .' ; vanced tk in the ' service , of J'the com 'v pany from -one- j position to, - another -of otnre responsibility' and - trust , Three years ago;,- he was " made agent 1 for the company, ; the' most Important ;V arid- most responsible , position . that ,-; the' railroad has" in ;this tilty. -- ' In this position i Mr.Crawford has -shown, such- ability In. conducting.ihe . v affairs of the. company,, that .a .few daysv' ago .he was offered the possi-' tion of; agent rdZNeW; Bern-The ;Newk C erfrofae&" is the . largest office in.lhe - . .Norfolk., ife - Southern." system; . .conse . uently , the office or the greatest jre- .- -sptmsibilittf L. ith 'this ' - promotion " ' thes; is a substantial Increase in Mr. , Crawford's Y salary. ; Mr. Crawford's V , 7 many " friends will be delighted Jto -leam. of, the- promotion, butat jthe same nme, ..tney . regret exceaamgiy to. lose Mr. Crawford and .his inter- ' - ' Mr. Garret has beeij-iri the ' service, "t of the company for. a 'very, long tlmer and Mr. Garrett's 'promotion conies y . as a fitting recognition of his ability , , , 1 and, faithful services to-.the railway' JJ( company...- . 4t.-," SV T lS' ' ' v Mr. Garret is well known in'EUz--. '- fir ' r 1 ' abeth City, where he has resided the greater -part of his life. : He has'al - . , ways been identified with - the inters ests of the city. " - ' ' X vV - ' t" i ' - ! , ' . r t - 7 II ' in -this . section than .Mr. Garret. . - ' - . u f - ,T SCHUBERT SYMPHONY CLUB. The Schubert . Symphony Club will gif e; one i of ? their rdellghtfujconcerts Viere .in the -court house. Tnesaatf evening, February s 4th.' This,, center- - v Ltainment is given under the .auspices -.- and for the tenent .of . the local fire-" " 7 V 1 men. ' - - - The Schuberts have a finer reputa- r ' tion 'and all who attend 'eaa , expect ' some' splendid music "; . If-- "'' . v ''."' - -.The admission prie'e is fifty cents. -" - , i Tickets pji sale and can.be reserved ? at Selig's. Jewelry stored Main St- v' . ' vMr.:j;jJarvis of Norfolk, passed,. ; through the cityi last J Monday ;en I. I I- . Mr ... t (r t 1 1 - ' - -i k . . ' A, 1 f
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