North Carolina Newspapers

J V v , -. . , , - r '.. " ' 'ii tV:-V;- " , .1- -fc' . . v. -V 1 - :' 'MV' r-W r - i i w I v I I r ' I II I l V I I a 1 ELIZABETH CITY: NORTH CAROLIX; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1908 : tv? iDLR.B.CREECV PASSED AWAY AT 9 O'CLOCK THURS tlORIKie The Oldest Man in Eastern North Carolina, Nearly ninety Five Years.uld. OLDEST NEWSPAPER HAN INJ THE WORLD ,1 Col, "JRichanJ- Benbufy Creocy ;)s- t Mead.', The' end canie iTliredayorn- - of a number ?of bis, children and other ' ' - members -Of tjief family at the home - " ' Sn ' Church Street . the spirit , of the, ' 'grand old ' man gave up its ".earthly o" ,toilg "and ascended 1 unto , its Mater. ' ' It had been-known" for Beyerafdays '' .that Col Creecy could - not survive ' r'xnany' days," yet -when thJneWs'Was V innounced' that he no longer-" lived j shaddows of sorrows sptead oyer the T-city; a -te . news was pread. from v one to another. Col. XJreecy, "wasthe t oldest - jnan:inEasteTn North: Caro ; is T-lina having almost - reached his ninety f 'fifth birthday, arid-vhe, was very prob , - ably ' te "oldest newspeper editor in . the world-' "! '-j. r 1 - s , , ,".Heis survived by three sons and . ' ---five daughters, -,Mr. 'Joshua Creecy, of St Jjouis Mo., Captain - Edmund i P. Creecy, .chief of police, St - Louis, '- '-3Io.. Richard. Creecy. of 'this'city, - J - ivirs.W. M., LaVton of New .York . -". city; . Mrs E. PXAmb,, of - El Paso, - ' Texas and MrsDC. - "Winston," pt - : - t morexi promising city, 'appealed to. him ftnd in ' 1843 he. made ElizabetE . City his home. ' ' , - It was;-then .that the "first ro 'mance.;"ot. serious iconsequeric enter ed the life ofsR. B. Creecy, He fell a-victim to; Cupid's well aimed darts and 4n Nov.); of the flowing ';i year (1844 he lead to the altar Miss Mary Perkins, the daughter of Edmond H. Perkins then - one of .the wealthiest planters in j. Pasquotank County ' 4 It ! would seem1 that, this ; embark ation' upon matrimonial life,' .- under such, conditions, - would work advan itageously to 'attoirney Qreecy's po sition: but not so: Miss Perkins was the only daughter of a lonely and affectionate father and. though he sanctioned, te wedlock ha woul'd npt agree to her leaving' the parental roof . until his' death. As Edmund ' Per kins lived a distance of eight or more miles 'from this cty young ' ' Creecy Was forced, to pratice law': under dif ficulties. Shortly : after: taking "up his aboSe-at the "house, of the father-In-lawl-Rtchard ' Creecy ' abandoned the practioe 't of v law ; an- settled down to the HfeT of a typical Southern gen tleman. .Much of t his time-was spent In the - library and keeping- abreast of, current, events; He ; became known throughout this sectiorr" as "the most well read of. men and his counsel and knowledge 'were often 4 employed by neighbors in tthe ' settlement of dis putes Occasionally Mr: .Creecy; would contribute ; to- locai-and:. state papers. He was "a brilliant writer.' and when he; engaged in a printed controversy his vocabulary employed the most scathing denitadcaiions , ; and wither ing' sarcasm. His; antagonist .was in variably compelled to beat T a retreat. And thus we see that early in life Col Creecy gained fame ,as a writer. . v But" the, life', of h Col. Cfeecy was not destined to bean uneventful one. The North and South became Invol ved in war, the horrors .of which re main vividly stamped upon' the mem ories of all , survivors.. Plundering armies swept ; through this prosper ous section, leaving death and star vation an their path.-; Houses : were plundered ; unmercifully and often was the ; torch : ? applied; ; Richard Creecy suffered as did others. When the ! black, war cloudy ' were "N rolled away and peace again remained to the country the' subject of our sketch found himself ' penniless and a wid ower. His osirtf e had L passed to her re ward cleaving, him nine y small chll- dren to support and . only the ;bare land of his, plantation remained' the means of this, accomplishment But to hasten the -conclusion of our story. After the close of the T war the mainedT and crippled remants of our - i . .- . . OL p B. CREECY. army returned to repair tneir homes '-'tIoo that.Col.' Creecy pent his boy-1 and , gather their "scattered, families Edehton, Missessc Nannie and 'Hen-. ,rietta Creecy of this city and by -more than twenty grandchildren, and useveral great-grand children. ' - The funeral S services .will be ; con ducted , over "his -remains from Christ's church,,: Saturday; afternoon at , four o'clockby- Rev: C. -P. Smith, rector .f Christ's church assisted by tr, Vl?rane of Edenton , - , - : - :"Vhk-ynterbent'.will:- foTdow immed' . lately - airerwarus a .nunjrw wu ttery. L- - ' V A Sketch of Col. , Creecy, , Col Richard :' Benpury Creecy was ,born at- Greenfield, . a ' magnificent - plantation on 'the banks 'Ofthe Al 1 bemarle Soundiri" Chowan ' County, n December the.lith., 1813;' v s It was .there;, on his' fathers planta- a, x M " v V t .'fry 44 1 v - r i - t. 1 J liood days. His "early training was at ' ' the old'Edenton Academy. -Complet-' tug'' the course' afforded there he en : tered' the state University; graduat - 1ns in thr class of 1855 f;tfius at the - . ; youthful age of twenty-two fie launch- ed upon life s eventiui sea, a course "graduate. ' . 7'" The death" of his father' shortly - afterwards, occurred and ; he , was left - ' " 4he ananagemeclf .of " te estate ;ln connection with the farm he, estab V.' "'lished the, Greenfield', fisheryi "A fish- . t ery' that'is yet in operation and now ' -known far and near as the largest in the stafei-1" , ! " ; ' - ' ; 1 -Bufto" he a wealthy planter was 'not the lone '. ambition, of , young , ' .".- Creecy-To become a lawyer" as'.his f ' " highest " hope' and . by the uncertain ' light lof lightwopd y knot fires ; he .-vv- Repent! te hours, of many, nights in . pondering overmassive volumes, per 1 taining -to la'wahd its 'practice. 1 An '- , . "at. student he wa? soon able-. to' sei cure license arid" command . recogni 1 1 - tiori.. He entered upon the practice of bis -chosen profession" in -Edenton;; OPPOtlTOOITV . FOR FARflilS I ' .ft . The A. & M. CoUege WiU Give Its Regular .Spec- " ial Winter. Courses :yj NO FEES OR TUITION THE COLLEGE UNABLE TO" SUP PLY THE DEMAND FOR 1 FARM MANAGERS. GREAT OPPORTUN ITY FOR YOU NO FARMERS I TO ?EQU I P TH EM SELVES FOR FAR M - -' - . - j vj -v - . . WORK. . -t ' " Shorts courses' in agriculture; have been inaugurated at - the . A. and' M. College. One - week's courses"lin cot ton planting arid cultivation begins Janukry, 5th antf ends on the - llth next - year; and a' seven week's ger eral course - begins January 12th end ing February 23rd.y No tuition ! or fees -will be charged in these, cours es, and board in the' -mess. hall may be had rat $2.50 "'per week. -Tnere. will be ,'no examination ; for ' entrance. IT RIDERS HflH. J. BBYi GRHS : V:' , HAKES A Pfll'JERFIIL SPEECH 1 t f , w ST " t 7 . l. J ' L T i i . f tf t J a i yjiileThey Disputed as to Wtii:Bes Way to KiU ' 0 ; I (OUIIS r IN WOODS s 1 4UDGe"tAYLOR Fl N ALLY ; R EACH ,;EDr HABITATION AND RECEIVED -HELP. THE GOVERNOR MAKING ;STRNUOUS EFFORTS -TO ' AP - PREHEWD -THE NIGHT RIDERS The These ' courses are - offered the farm ers and their sonsf ree: of -Ttuition in order that the farmers of North ? Car olina tage have the 1 benefit of the college.;'--v; The Instruction Is such as will enable the1 student - to f learn by' at tual contact . and experience.v He "not l 1 . .'i.i- a -.-. --I....-.' t. 1 ThVre..will;Ioifr the identification of farm cropaf rtllt and . seeds J : propagation of- plants; mixing and applying material for cpm bating ; the t ravages of : Insects, -( t , arid bacteria;; the study iOf fertilizers, their mixing and. appropriate appli cation ' to different crops"; the ' study of v farm animals; stock- judging; tne care of ; milk;" the "making of butter; poultry raising; .the growing of evg etables.etc. - , ." Many problems in 'farm -management and farm practices; beyond ' his experience, of of which he Is in doubt are" presented-; to the "young . farmer. These ' winter courses are especially destined to aid in the solution v of these problems. . v 1 -The , College has been unable i to supply ; the demand for farm mana gers, and these jcourses partially fit young ; men ,f or such work. There are many opportunities Xor hright arid en- ergetic young men who have Hot the money to -equip a farhi of their own to ' better their condition . by '"fitting themselves to manage the farm of other men." ' " v- ;AND., PUNISH THEM? v - . Si.:"... - - following- Associated .Press PispatcrrunderLthe Mate ' line', of ' Tip ton ville, Tenn ( tt gives an account of 'the s escape 6f Col-Taylof -from the night dersv.V -,y ; ; UnhaT-ned save r numerous ' scrat ches reeividln ; a '.thirty ' hour s ' trip thrcuglliJlfamUlar; woods- and the fatiguetiiddent to the .trip without food and jthe 'mental:1 strain,- Judge "R. Z., Tayon. reached here-today, after a miraculous escape . from ' night - riders att RelfootvXake," who Tmurdered his pWtner'aptainQuinten " Rankm, night, 'before' ;la,st.t; Judge Taylor's e cape 4s - de b a daring s dash" for lib erty;vi'rflilf'. ie- night riders were Vdis- t who are" unable to take adyan- Ptin ong-.'themselve .the best ' of-the four-years course .may wata, lm-' ' ' , a, xuiiEL(e i of. Duiiets followed -tne fugitive N hen' he made a dash for llb ertjv Yfa- irig- arid swimming the aged attorney ' pushed "forward. Bullets' and Isjnall pt vtell on every 5 side but around them for a possible enjoy ment of the ; peace that now seeming ly prevailed.'' But peace was -not yet. From 'the North' came another army,, An army ;of carpet .baggers or "scallawagsf'-r-petty t, pohticians who sought Only the furtherance ?of their greedy t alms regardless ; of the loss incurred 'to others., Another was was : to be fought :'" Thepen arid not the sword, was to, this time, figure as the weapon. Were the pen mighty as the sword : the fact was -to: be' estab- lishdd then an there. A committee' of partriotc-men solicited ' the .leader hip', of r Mr.' Creecy He, consented to weild . the . pen- and inimendately . as turned the editorship of a paper then established as - the Ecorioniist, -He forthwith 'Opened a-deadily fire np-on-' this " contemptible' armypf car-pet-baggers. It proved a warfare most deadly. They were' routed from their hlghseats and'driven .forever, from the sacred soil of Carolina-"v, B."C B. Creecy 1 was . one of the ; heroes of the dayHe was lauded and it, was then that In some manner the has clung to his name even after re construction had; came to an end and" this land; of, ours had resumed ".its normal ; conditions,' Col. Creecy still continued to wield hls pen for the Upbuilding of this section s in partic ular' and the whole country in, gen eral, and his paper the JJcpnoriilst, for nearly' fifty years was ever in the front ranks fighting f or ' godd govern ment, commercial and, industrial de velopments and - the moral uplift ! of the community. - . 'f ' ' ! He won great 'distinction In , the field of 'Journalism and i! for '.-many year's' has .been known tas the "Nestor of. North Carolina - Journal- Ism." .- '. - . . , , ' -i--f : About f ive -'years 1 ago,: ;he'rretlred'. f.om the active, management. of the newspaper but., In tti,e; quietness of his ; home Surrounded - by his faithful chTMreh' he continued Ho write, .de lightful reminiscences,.-valuable 1 his torlral sketches. rand stroner ' editori als : for 'his paper.' This he kepUup with ;wonderful regularity until, about s x o months - ago he contributed , his last 1 editorial to the columns of ine paper, being - forced by extreme - ,ln firm! ties - to lay down ' hid pen , and ers Judge Tayldr threw up his hands and pitched forward heavily o over a log - and Jay inert, r Hundreds 'of shots were fired IntQ the log' by; the night ridersj but"' not one penetrated far enough to injure Col. Taylor. Satis fied that their victim had met death, and r feang that the repeated sound of . shots -would arouse too many res idents in the neighborhood, the night riders left the scene after about ' 300 shots had ben fired. - . ' - At daylight Col. Taylor arose from the mud randwater and i plunged Into the underbrush. For honors he trav eled ih this manner,' the sun his only : i guide. When night came -Colonel. Tay lor made his iiouch ona bed of leaves and slept until early morning.,. " - -This- morning .he decided' that it would be safe to i make ' Inquiry at a farmhouse and followed a, path which I shortly led into a jough, road. Within a ;few minutes he came upon f the home of . Luther Rankin, overseer for the extensive Harris 'interests,' and where .the fugitive; was given break fast; Mr. Rankin then rode to the near est. telephone and sent a message in: to Tiptonvllle with the' news ; that Colonel Taylor was safe.; Soon after Colv : Taylor , and '".Mr Rankin f arrived there-' being met a few miles : ' from town by a posse of citizens. J . The militia' ordered out v by Gov ernor Patterson has arrived and' un; der "the direction , of - the Governor is beinr. distributed 1 throughout ' the , dis turbed 'territory. ' 's" Compares the i-AdmiriiVtrationjof the ,Tvo:Par-r ties in State Affairs: r -1 . ii- . - . SCARES , THE, ;NATI0riAL;ADr.llNISTRATI0rJ V CITY -TO 1AVE : " - secret! ' - made a- s Secretary of State J." Bryan: Grimeg I J." SS BA D WILL BE COMPOSED OF EIGH- TEEN PIECES. MRV JOHNZEIGh LE R WILL BE TH E; INSTRUCTOR -, GETTING v THE BAND1 TOGEHER r -1 1 A ; ' NOW. WILL GO TO PRACTICING AT ONCE.' :': " A number of enterprising - music ians of this ; city have organized ' a brass band composed of eighteen in struments. ".' . - ' . Mr. John Zeigler has been .chosen by the band instructor. . ' - , The members of; the band are now engaged in collecting - the instruments' and in providing ' new instruments to replace the missing 4 one. -They' have secured 'a hall,xwhere 'the practicing which is to" begin rights away" will be helJL .:"" - - , '. ;' The promoters of - the . "band move merit propose to make the project successful -'this .time and they have gone atMt. in ernest.4 The .practicing will be . kept , "up -.until thg s members The -organizing Mjf'tnis' -bandBTrpv- plies" a long" felt-' want in - this city, which for a t long time v has . been musicless as far .- as bands are con- Ted hot address atthe court house tlast night' before 'the Bryan . and Kitchin .Clrib - and voters which was enthusiastically- received.', " 1 - ilri his address" M"r. Grimes' compar' edHheCrecDrds of the Democrats 'and'. the "Republicans, giving- much, statist 1 "tical . information.- In , thiscomparisoa ; ' the1 Republican ."party 'suffered great - U Grimes said that he was glacf to address-:the people" of this the first district asi. they -were his' home , peoples Hev has. been speaking in the ' western" part " of Jhe- State and -" he broughta -message' from the people. ' k Of that section A, The west he said ' ' ' realized the importancce of keeping . North I Carolina' "Democratic ; v : .' Mr Grimesdevoted ' the - first part of his speech"; to' national Issues. He r " spbk'e'of theframing' of the 'national constitutj-which Represented the wisdom , and experence of : 6000 yearg. , - He t referred to, the two school of . 4- ed by Hamilton, the belief in 1 f ; cern. TO ' TAKE , WRIGHT : HOME. V -M . but "Elibabeth .City, then 'as now tne 1 was', bestowed upon hima title thai : ': Donrt f ail to visit Lavenstein4 w An jaiversary Sale. Brices have ' been - re duced 'on everything. 'j' tf , - - CUBAN"OFFlCIAL ADMITS STEAL- INC. t Washington, , Oct 21, Orville Wright the injured aeronaut, : in the hospital at Fort My er is expected to be able to move about on crutches in a few days, and his lister, - Miss Catherine Wright, plans to take her ' brother; to their Dayton home -by the end of next week. It will probably be. a long time before he, is able to make any flights in his aeroplane. Wilbur Wright; it is expected,; will complete the tests "be fore the army 1 board kat Fort Myer next spring. i , -- The; army dirigible balloon No. 1 bought from1 Capt. Thomas S. Bald win last summer, is -being overhauled preparatory to a' series of test flights by the army officers at Fort Myer during - the next few weeks, i Experi ments with ;wireless - telegraph- fvlll be conducted. ' . v - it'' strongly : centralized Voveniment Ind - . "doubting the 'ability of people to rule N themselves; and the othep advocat ? ed by Thomas Jefers6ns who' had an " ability, of . the , -"people to W&' them- - , selves.- The-same'" two schools ot ,.-' thought exist today. ' The first ' rep ' I resented bythe Repyblican- party and , " - V 1 ' the latter by the Democratic party.- .'', , ; Kg Reviewed the Indusfcrial'; pro-, " ' : . gress j otv the, country "i from J the: begin-y ' Hfr,showed how" the 'tariff whlch !"' - tneeginmg had.been:,a beeflcen: , - .v- a-d jndpr:the Republican C, , party hadbecome K curseahd a? ter-. TS - rible;burdenhow under a high tariff ZA? ""U : wall,, the trusts are allowed to rob., the people and grind down - labor,'" Uner Republican rule ten per "cen. ' of the, people of this nation own- -r:- V . , -.. .. v.,.. ; 4, i ' a. ft . T sixty per centof its 'wealth., 4 He scores the , Roosevelt ' admin. istration for its ..extravagance . arid ita centralized policies ' -i-l . Turning the State affairs he held up the records of the' Democrat 'arid x Republican. parties 'Under Demo- . 5 , 4 ocracy the people haver had a clean, ! and- eSonomieai ' administration:''' He :.- ' showed how in Jhoth instances when " the' Republicans had cargein thfar -' State, , there was "mismanagement and v robbery and negro rule. ; !' ' . The speech c;was' frequently ap - pludeed and he" closed y saying ;that ; w- T he hopes the Democrats of posquotank County "would bury rthe' Repblican y sn . r, party on the third, of November next ' r so deep in the cess-pool of , their own 4 "." ; corrption that, a v bubble could .never z '. . reach the top.; ? " ' - ANTI DREYFUS AGITATOR RE BUKED. , , V . . ' Paris, October 21. By -:. a vote f of 438 to 47 , the Chamber ! of '? Deputies today condemned the anti-Dreyfus ag itation: -i Pierre Bletry; : member from Finistere, ; caused ; a ' .violent .scene and was .temporarily suspended. " Min ister" of usVlce Bdand said' the coun, try was sick-of this scandal and that those Vho were trying to reopen - it were makings themselves ridicul? ous. . . ' - "J, e Tomorrow is the .-last : day - of : La- vtnst'eins' Anniversary , Sale It .'.'"i . ' - ; saving , the peopie money-' ; N j , - - J "7 ' : A hairdresser, as he" gave the June ' .V bride's lock a"1 graceful . Marcel -wave ," v' - talked sop. 'v T; u .; )' - We can" . impart tohair a natural - curl noow;" herald.. What 1 mean ;is 4" -.".. '- J; that we' can' put " ina criTl that,' with ; ri " ' proper treatment won't come "out for 'sr A-,'-" - ' ' Ive yelrs. '- .v, ', - -A curl that last f ive ' years J' exi claimed the -bride. ' Wonderf uf! How ' s tt done? Havana .Oct.; 21.-1MIguei De La- torre', : Collector of Internal Revenue for the ; province of Havana, -who was arrested ' last night, charged '.with the emezzlement of .$195,000 has J ; con fessed'rthat he abstacted from-the cie partriient - safe money ; which" had been deposited - there as cash 'Abonds in cour. suits, 'but he refuses tp'tell ,Whathe did with 'it. ' ,- ' : , Layen'steins Anniversary ; Sale -ls" Saving the; people money .on .clothing; . JUST FOR FJJN. Easyman Lend you , my-,auto! f ( i What's i the -matter with, i your; own?. . Speedy Oh 1 " don't j understand running a car well enough yet -to use my own. Life.' , " Bystander Have anyv of i"he' objec tionable features of the 1 game been abolished t .-- " . Fullback Surt :The athletic as sociation discharged t the; faculty f this morning by a .unanimous, and - en thusiastic vote. Puck'. - Ir , .Underwear, dirt .cheap' at , 'Leven" St. t f Cookery does at. said the , barber. . ".- Tou Escoffier it so 'to speaki By the'1" - - apyiicauou oi a rencn cooicmg- ae 1 - . -,- vice you' transform rattails Into', hy- - " . - -( v , cinthine' teu'drnsThe1 process is long?' " v ! -, The "hairf is wrappeoTv Upon round -l - j . cstiuns'aua utnteu. a long, i-euious- - - , - . process, but in the endou have a nat- . - - Lr ural curl to within" six inchesof . the V ' ' ' " ' roots." or course, ypu mhst 'never wash, t '. !- .'-z it. Brushing i the substitute' in"aL :. i-''.; case of that kind ; ; . ; - , X ; - v ' r;v, Sale cand,save money. - , , v f s . ' p ni'fhTfno- iiia 'irtTio. flnrt. hrilllani-ionrnal-f shoes, hats, -dress goods. ladies' 1 stein s bpeciai saie- .closes., tomor-i 'i-mei , a " , u 7" " I Vj. , , n s - 4 , - - tf- t isticr career to a, close... c ioata ;suns ana.iiujmuiB.,.,- j " 't , ,l ,.-:. ."Join the crowdsr who" are buying "at" t - c4 Lavensteins Anniversary ! Sale ' - r. r1 -'-. r;1- ,.... ''.'-.-';-'""'-- ?'v" , " ' irtt r ,;;. v j " t- ;,,--- ' r? 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