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I : VOL XI ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CARqL1N , I9Q8 NO52 1 ,T'U 2 m e PlREV J 'N 'COLE'S NOW FOR - v-- r Strong Effort to Beautiful Building $tO;0O0iSNEEDED PERKINS, AN EXPERIENCED S m!; A: MAN" WlLi:AjyE y V- YEAR TO PUSH TMt wumw I COMPUETION. ALL ARE URGED TO HELP IN THE WORK. "- -.With a strong pull and a pull alH - .together, the Y. M. C. A. which - now stands-partially. completed, can -" t, completed" Those who have the 4irejct management : of ,the "bunding fcave decided to begin an actlve"carf v; pa3gn the first of. fhe year for its - oompletian, . ' . - J V.'d' January. lst Mr. W.' T . Per-. ; islps all" experienced T. M. C. A, .' inan ! will i arrive here and. give his atire attention to this . matter $10,- : qo is .needed to complete this"build v Ving Ifr;- Perkins will Temaln Her SO days' it necessary to get -the matter ' shape-. . . - : , .rr"""'. 4utot, the people of t;. . 11 TiTt PCrvir,s fl T ihce IrHflA themmfiloyers who nave the active management of . the building in charge, their fullest - financial aid in order that this city . shall have a Y. M. C. A., which will be a credit to the city and which will be a great blessing to the young men of the city. The need of a Y. M. C. A. in a city . of this size must be patent to ' any thinking man. It is a ' place where !the young man- of i the city att go at night, where tlfey will be . surrounded by the proper influences. " It is a project which should appeal strongly to the business men of the tt la a place where their help can S5o and enjoy "the proper recreation. It will make . them stronger and better itfzenS- . . - Every ' business man should give Ids best thought to the completion of the Y. M. C. A.. ,-i ;We hope that Mr. Perkins will .be accessful in his jmtssion and we be- -'lieve that he will be. All it needs is Hor ' xss to get "fully, aroused to the necessity of this institution and you cnay be. eure that it will come. Let ? 418 all begin to talk and work. .'. Our public spirit should not let us callow the handsome building -we have Started remain . .longer encompleted. 'Go to' the committee and pledge them your support. - The. M. C. A. O Today. Below is an. article by ' Herbert ? N. .. - - & i ?asspn aa to what the Y If. C &. y -of today, is: ' '"A". generation ago the Youhg Vv Eton's Christian Association . .was Commonly regarded- as a society iwiiose cnlef purposes were preachy ins andv prayer Today almost every ' ; ona knows it letter knows it as a l ' bowerfiil iwganizatJon that wbrktf. for . - - the good of society. Jn a .hundred-dif-. Cerent ways, all of them -highly prac- t ; -tlcal. So multiform is the Association GREETINGS AND THAN KS. t - We wish to extend " Christmas .. greetings and ; a -happy New Year to - -all of our friends and the public, in - general, and thank them for , the -generous s patronage whiclL they - have - bestowed upon us during the past e -year -and Bolecit'a continuance of' the t 'Same. . . - ' j EAGLE" GROCERY, John H. Banks Proprietor. )v ' " -: M C. A. be Made to GomT of today, iaso" many fields " are its vast energies - at work, that it is not easy, :to ; define : or ; describe it in ,!' a sentence; An intelligent ' foreigner rmaght- well intre?. !'What species of organization is tftis? Is ii a ; real esf&to; .cprratlon,-Xa gymnasium, a univeJsity a church a hotel or. a recreation club?" " '-r v : 'You anay call it any one of these and give good reasons. For instance, in JJorth America alone it . owns thirty-one million dollars' worth ; of land and . buildings. Its yearly,, income is more than four million dollars. It has more than five3; hundred-, ; club houses, enough to house . the wholjP populatin of a city -m i like . Pittsburg. Every tweek, ,pa. an average, it ; puts tip a new; building., . ; . -40(3!k at lit from another point .of view, "ahd jou will find that it has more ; than' thirty-three" .thousand stu dents as many fas r eight biggest imi veTsities. in - An erica ; can - show.j Jta dIpJ5mas are 'accpted ; by x a": hundred liege.PlainJy lt should Jake rank as a universi'tyV and ' a most practical bne,forr it trains its students in use- when ? they - gijtduatei Last - y.ear "-''It gave awayto .soldiers and sailors seventy-five tons of ; books and mag azines. . .. r-vto',. ' -' Cvehis many-sided institution another twist, and it - becomes the greatest : school - of j phfsical7 cuttuTe in the world, operating fiv&hundred. ana -se veiity ; &y juuuusiiluls -: -v iui. . a hundred'-and ' thirty-four--"thousand pupils. It is : tbe foremost promoter of clean sport. When it takes hold, of a ypupig ;!jnan,", it" hajdenshis''' :; back boii; and 'tightens up , his ' muscles physically as . well a morally.' . For scientific body -building; its v instruc tors are generally admitted to be the. best. "They are the finest body of specialists in physical training in the world," says no less an authority than Dr. Anderson of Yale. belong to its Bible classes, and 'the annual attendance at religious meet ings is over five millions. If t the men will . not come to - it, it goes to the men. It holds short dinner hour meetings- for. workmen in the &uar- ries of Vermont, in the lunmber amps and cotton mill of the South, and sn the mines and steel plants ot Pennsylvania. -."Examine this Pooh Bah - of insti tution still further, and you will dis cover that the railroad departments alone furnish over, a million lodg- ings, a like number of baths,: and nearly three million meals in the or dinary run of a year's work. It owns farms, islands house-boats, tents" and gipsy .wagons. Some nine thousand men t and , boys summered last' year In Its- country camps.. In If act, the ' Association is a., youngf man's world, with" almost everything in itthat a young, man needs, froia the day lt he earns his first dollar until , he marries . and makes a hom ;iTe American 6pirit of democracy has- full Bwingc in the - Association. Every . branch is Independent .-' and self-governing: There 'is :. no imperial ism. There is no cut-and-dried; set. of mles .The only, , universal order - Is . : Yf!nnt.lniie1 on Paw Pivo -' :-?-T o.v- - " "J,. . ":'. . . You can have your : orders filled promptly for fresh country -eggs at L market price.; Best renovated abutter 30c lb. .Clover HUI 35c lb. in tub, Clover: Hill 36c lb for prints! EAGLE GROCERY, " Phone 145., , - -".j'.f Hm- k - ii4::-- 11 am :f & w ii5,rx Ifu .. . i: :mm ' pill - wwp. iMWiP!fe p r - ; : .;ftlt st' "SIM BAND MAKES GOOD MUSIC THEIR INITIAL "? PERFORMANCES ' HIGHLY CREDITABLEWITH T: LESS THAN A MONTH'S PRAC TICE THEY PLAY WELL TO GET HER. CITIZENS SHOULD GIVE SUPPORT T The; Elizabeth City brass band is making vlne - progress. Though they have. Jaeen r practicing less than a montlrrithey-f make good music. t The lanviiras engaged, by the Southern andand:5ft.ttction Co., to give con certs Monmain street . and. to play at thSsa3ei?the Laurel park proper- SSatistfiay, ? and; the Baxter proper tyyjjSoaaday These ; were r their y first pliaetformances and those who tfcesffiICTi- were jastonished at the jrapldKligres fthey had made ? in . so nhort retime. - "J" . : --. - U!Thalband has splendid i musical tal- t;a;ith ; the line'lprogress they Are making , we . will soon have a band that every, citizen will: be proud of . . .-What ..the . public, wants to :do nQW is to encourage the band.tOne: of Ihe first things, the f citizens should ' do is to present the-oration; with nice imiforma.The ; public, will "get ;. the benefit xf - th .organization and - is .nothing -IIUL 11LUL - Uld.L 1.1JV nillJII If 1 i-.- ,- ...... . i . - , .' . I . . . UWU, . UUJ U.' . I . . . r , ..! , r : .. ' - - ' . ; . . " a X d . xV- mmzm ,?i:ri ELECTRIC LINE '.I. AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING IN ITS INTEREST WAS- HELD AT WEEKSVI LLE LAST: SATURDAY SPEECH BY MR. THOS J. MARKHAM. M ' . . ' . " . Mr. J. T. Coppersmith was in the city yesterday audi stated that an enthusiastic meetmg in, the interest of the proposed-electric . line - from this citv via. Weekaville . to: the Sound; wasV$l.iniiWeeksyilIe last i The pwpief alt ato anxious to sTU'liiax iutt-; It will develop : a fme ..sconfuntand will greatly ' incra&ihnrosperity city -madeira, sptseeltion.' ttaa project, tothe peoe-v.: r' r-t - ;TMs project-mnMi enlist. the ao tive: interest : r6fbasitteBB:''me&.ol hedp;'the boyscout, Itrshould; not be iefto$hemtofmak-a Their smitialperformance cieariy that they ; are worthy of ; our Iky A I I I UlLfU VIGILANT OFFICER. (Mr. George Twiddy. of the , night police-foroe is making a' most vigilant offlcial. life . is j, making frequent ar- rests r at night of .disorderly ciarac- ters and offenders of the law. Last Sunday night, he 1 arrested John Gray, colored, a crap shooter. who paid in tiie city treasury $9.20 Monday Imornbag. He: also arrested on Sunday night Lewis Smith and Lafayette "spruill, for fighting; with deadly weapons These, were, fined $10 and cost , He arrested Mack -Fetcher Sunday for drunkenness iho was taxed for $4.55. j Officer Weeiks ; arrested . Skat Haskett for the same offense whb had, to - contibute the v same amount. Mr. .Twiddy's active ; service is to be. commended. Your attention, is specially called to our apples, ;Baldwin, Kings . r and pubbersons, prices ' correct. Florida Oranges, sweet and juicyt ranging in pricesfrom "20c -to , 50c per r dozen. Malaga Grapes the, kind that please, bananas, fancy, lemons 4nd - dont lorget ,,to. include cranberries 5 with your order ;as;:: tieyi ar, getting scarce; See bur Jumbo -7- 'CcNCoanuttt. EAGLE ; GROCERY. Phone- 145. V CHRISTMAS NdVELTIES; The Millinery - establishment ?of Walker and Co., on indexter 'street ne; a; spienaid assortment ; Of -dress dplls-jand other? Christmas noveltie: They1are: Very - pretty; Indeed.'.' ' r; - Srgter rived ; in H the ;city last Thursday to FINE SERMONS Preached at Both Methodist Churches. Sunday THE ORPHANGE HE SPOKE ABOUT 'THE ORPHAN AGE OF WHICH HE IS SUPER " INTENDENT, ITS WORK AND . ITS N EEDS;-INSTITUJION; HAS ACQUIRED MORE LAND. NEED FUN DS I N M ATE$ NOW THERE. Rev. John N. Cole;, superintendent . A -ix ai m " s s i. -v i i - t - ' -j . filled the pulpit at : the First Method ist church here Sunday morning. J ? p" r He preached a strong sermon, to A . x large congregation.. J " . ' r:V '.: r'o His subject was ; -"Pr pspnf.fi .Ton . j - y f ' Bodies a! Living Sacrifice . UporiTtne :r' - ical 'sermon'; arid " clearly1 showed . j L man's duty to'. God. - As man; claima : wen uoa nas- ax ciear ownersnip x ' rman and it -Js - man's dutv to fulfil " - ed. Itr'wa's'fun of "greatthCHights a -Mr: uiuot uitb- ewcucu mill uiiUB- ttS iro spoke of the noble work which is be- . : 1TC dnna : thai. . fnatlfnHnn v ' rflff ".' which he is the head. The Orphan- ' age has just acquired 50 acres more land adjohiing- the original 40 acre tract. Money is heeded to pay for this purchase as well as some in- debtedneess prevbuly $ting. Mr., vie is appealing to tne Methodist to make contibutions to the- Orphanage. ' He is meeting with good - success. Mr. Cole is one of the ablest min isters da the 'conference and in hi capacity as superintendent of ; the Orphange, he is par ' excellent. At present there are- 13C clOldrea at the Orphange who are well cared for. : His appeal Sunday ' struck - a ten der chord; in . the hearts of all. 'After his talk, all -felt a f new interest; and a "stronger affection for the institu tion. His visit ; will result rin great good to tlie ' Orphange. V,' - K. " Sunday night he ; preached another strong:, sermon at v City Road Meth odist church- and told them: about: ther Orphange and its" work.- :;i DR. WlLLfAMS TO BE :': ''" ": ' MARRIED. Will Marry M;iss jRennle u Buxton, at ; ; Noon : Today. The following invitation- have beea issued:.:: II ;'. .i-ri desirea : the "honof bt yoitg presene: at the. marriage -ottbfr-daiigntej? ; K '.:"-'' ".to-"'-,. :-, :s::' - i' . on thi tweAtv-thin ef, TWATnhej V '' one thousand nin hundred and eight ff.: - r 1 PUDICTUIO DCikinni w mis innMnct i irtlao. - - The'; ladies ( are c especially ' invited to our store to ,ihspect;xrar finox line ; to 40ciperro.5Apgniaranteevf puro. and fresh, jEAGLB . : GROCERY,.' Fhonel45. .i V: :'!', 7
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