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VOL XII ELIZABETH City, NORTH jCARqUNA. FKIDY; FEBRUARY 26 i 1909 ------ Held a . Most Enthusiastic and Har monious Meeting in this Gity THE VATCH MAN, THE STATE 0 RGAN ENDORSED. REYNOLDS OF WIN8TON, ELECTED COUNCI LOR AND- W.. BEN GOODWIN, OF THIS CIY VICE COUNCILOR. GREENSBORO THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. VISITORS DELIGHTED WITH THEIR STAY IN OLD . ' , - . -. - . . - ; " - - - . . t - .. y - ''BETSY." COUNCIL ADJOURN ED THURSDAY AFTERNOON; The 17th . annual session of thef Councilor J. F. -Reynolds, of Wins. State Council of the J. O. U. A. M. 4n-Salem , ot Norttx C-s, convened. to thto - city on Wednesday . morning . with the -largest delegation "in its history presH jenfc Sessio.ww and night : adjournment -tookf .place : The sessions were presided over by State CouncttarCh Wafe Forest Secretary- Vance and assistant .r Fulgtareja vere x-". at ' their posts r v 1- - W. BEN GOODWIN The sessions throughouut . were harmonious and" much enthusiasm pervaded the body. ' The most important matter which came before the body was the ques tion of whether or not the council would establish a State orphanage for the order or; not. . - The question aroused deep interest and upon vote jit was decided ' that the Orphaage would be , established at some point in the State. , The following directors will Jiave. charge of the matter: T B :, Cobb, of Morgariton;E. BvIiewls,.of Kinston; W. c. Pennell, of Asheviller W; E. Yopp, of Wilmington;: J. - W; Seen-, rest, ofHigh Point;.,TJI. B. McRary of Asheboro,- State Councilor Rey nolds, of Winston-Salem is ex-officlo chairman' o! he board. ?- These gentlemen will .dvert-ae for sites and inducements and the or phanage will be located in the city offering tfie most flattering: terms. : -4 A per capita tax of 25c.eachthree months was levied for the-orphanage fund. . . o ? c-T The Watchman, the Statepaper. of the order edited anii managed by" Col Z. P. Smith, a , past State Couunoilor was endorsed and $1,200 appropriated for its . maintenance.. - Greensboro was selected ' ag the next meeting'' place. ; ' . r Y' The following officers were " elect ed: . f:- r 7 ffllACfSESMGf ORPHANGE Secretaryr-6. F.- Vance pxv wins- ton-Salem. A. ,. - t Assistant rjSeCTetary---B.t -'HFiilg hum, : of i-Wilson - ; : UTeasurer yeo v . thp, oi jver RepresentatiYea to National Coun- cl--CB. riJSti pfGreensborO ot Trby, Chapti The appointed : onlcers are as fol lows: ' . "' ' v Warden J. R. Baggett of Buie's Creek Conduuctor D. H. Harris, of Tar boro. Inside Sentinel R . H. Plyler, of Gastonia c Outside Sentinel Adolphus Cheek, of Burlington The officers were instated by "Dep uty National Councilor W. W. Will son, of Raleigh. . The Council gave a ris'ng vote of thanks to the people of Elizabeth City and fraternal societies for courtesies expended. - --. Notes. - The people of Elizabeth City deep ly appreciate the courtesy and honor the State Counci? confered on - Its popular citizen, Mr. W. Ben Good win, in the exaltation of him to the office of vice-Councilor. Mr. Goodwin Is an enthusiastic order man and his select on was a wise one. A handsome chest of silver was pre" J:F: REYNOLDS sented to retiring Councilor . Chas.: E. Brewer, ' by the State Couhcil . as a mark of their appreciation for his valuable services-during his term.. He has made one of the:. best' in !he his. toTylof the prder: The' gain tn mem bership under his administration was was 2441, and a 'net gain of 39 conn cils.V . - . ' . -. - ' A iboajt ride ' down the Jpasquotank: was given to" number of, the -visitrfrs Tuesday afternoon; j - tisitor exprepsel ihemselvfes " highly pleased With the eourtesy. and! hospitality showhVrthem durifigthe'r stay , here. - - , . - ,r'.J j1 The sessions were honored by ' the presence' "of j- National Councilor Schulzer of Saw Francfsco" and Nation ai , .yice-jjouncnor- xayior or Tennes see. - - - ) " - - r. -- Past : National Councilor Faison, of Raleigh was a coasppicfc.- loua figure at; the' council. MASONS ARE 1 GiVENI BANQUEf LADIES OF BRANCH. EASTERN STAR FEAST THEIfl BREATHREN. GOOD SPEECHES AND MUSIC ENLIVEN THE OC. CASION.. " - r White Rose Chapter of the Eas tern - Star tendered: the Masons, ot the city a veryllaboraie; banquet In wjasontQ nau;iast luesaay nignt. ve lightful :inusic i and speech making were features of the evening. -Mr. Houtz presided as toastmaster with. taaffced ahUity, also delivering ; a splendid iad4res&, -zji-iSZi: w---- - : - m Ancestory of Masonry; Dr. Griggs read a momst splendid address on woman and- the order. , Mr. W, W.f ' Willson, assistant Grand Secretary, spoke on the Eastern, Star branvn. making a de cided hit. ! Delightful songs were rendered by Mrs. Mae Guirkins, Mtss Mary Gilbert and Miss Sadie Fearing. 'Clover Hill Butter' 33c lb. Good butter 30c lb. EAGLE GROCERY. Phone 145 Don't fail to read the big an. nouncement of The Hub in this is ue. Gardner's . Pound and Fruit Cake fresh at EAGLE GHOCETi Y. Phone 145. 1 1 - MODEL TAILORING CO A New Enterprise Just Started This City. in - The latest enterprise for Elizabeth City is The Modl Tailoring Co., un-jbe der the management of Mr. D. Walter Harris. Their place of business is located in Room 14 of the Robinson building on Poindexter street. Stock is arriving daily. They have on dis play one of the sweHest lines of fabrics ever shown in this c;ty. They are prepared' to give prompt and satisactory serviceIf yOu want a made to ordersutt or a pair of trousers they aslCthat you give them a call. i iMr. Harris, who has been repre senting a New" York tailoring house has severed his connection with them and will give his whole time to the management of v the establishment here- His past experience in this line assures the most satisfactory service to paeons. - The public is invited to call and inspect their handsome line of pat. terns. - .- t The best bread ; on earth is Gard ner's" "Uno at EAGLE -. GROCERY; Phone . 145. i. , . :r: . - - J?ine - Granulated - Sugar 5c. per .lb. for; FRIDAY AND -SATURDAY. . -: Eagle Grocery. iPhone 145. A man" who thaaarlbt- of money to invest in jb rsare lthing is -generally too "smart' tffdo ...';' -f . 7 - T TO ' - t - i THE JUNIORS Cbqil . Qouncil Gives Wann Greeting to Visitors FINE ADDRESSES THE SPEAKERS ON BEHALF OF ;C!TY; AND LOCAL ClUNCIL WERE JUDGE J. B. LEIGH AND MR. I. M. MEEKINS. g1-y E , COUNCILOR BREWER RESPOND ED. BANQUET FOLLOWED AT THE ARMORY. This city was honored this yek by the " presence of the State Coun cil J. O. U . A, M . . of North Caro llnia. It was n. great gathering of representatives of the Urorisv.gt order numerically in the State, r A . number: of members arrived in the c!ty Monday, but' -ha gi'eatbtdy came in oh the Yarioua trains Tnes day. By 'niht their wero over S00 visiting Juniors in town, arid they were a jolly, and clever set; "and a'l tin all a, handsome body of men. ren- Elks HalT." where ' the" sessions council were held. :a welcome was 1 given tb the member of Jhe State council. The big hall was crowded to its capacity. The services were opened with prayer by Rev. W. V. Rae, pastor of Road . Street Methodist church. This was followed by an anthem, beautifully renddered by the member of Blackwell Memorial choir. In behaif of the Cit , Judge J. B. Leigh, delivered the address of welcome, which was most cordial and sincere He told the visitors how pleased- we were to have them and how the town felt honored by such a delegation, coming from every part of the "State. The day before being the anniversary of - Washington's Birthday, he spoke of the appropriate ness of the time of the meeting the order standing as it does for the principles for which Washington con tended -and stood for. He was pleased to welcome them because they stood for true liberty; because they stood for true patrotism, because ithey stood fo true virtue. And then, jtoo he said the meeting here would a great stimutous to the people of jthis section. j The speaker entertained the hope that the" visitors would carry away only pleasant recollections of their stay here. . He referred to flag and Bible poli cy of the order and tha was another reason he assigned for being .pleased to have them as visitors. He wished them God-speed in their mission. The speaker , then complemented the members of the order in their com- s ing here a section rich in history and which has the honor of being the birth-place of the first child born otj English parentage on this continent. The J. O. U. A. M., being strict ly an American 6rder .it was partic. ularly fiting that it should come to such an historic spot. In their work for Americanism and American in-. stitutions. Judge Leigh called at tention to the! fact that the order was taking, up the .battle cry and contending for the principles for which our -fore-fathers; fought. . He wished that the order mit con tinue to grow; He gave all a warm welcome. Miss Rosa, Goodwin rendered a soprano solo, in; . a: very sweet and charming manner,: Mr. IJTMeekliiB, oabehal of., Worth Bag3eyr Council J ; Ofc U . A. it., of " this jcity,- extended . a most WEL60ME T7 cordial i welcome 1 to the 1 "Yisitors. 'He indulged In miany pleasantries which put the large audience- in a t highly good . humor and then serine down to business fully presen order. The he . elequently 'and fore. :ed Hbe principles of; the order today ; is : standing or he ' principles "fo which : - those who; came- over; in ' the :- Mayflower stood fpr the principals for - which Washington stood or , atf Valley Forge and. Yorktown: Te order7the speaker said, was fullfilling the great dream of W&shingtotfr-If ' was what he: father of our Country -hoped for arid for which he strove."-. He paid the memmbersVof theor der a great compliment ' when he stated ; that ex-Gorernor C . B .' Ay cock told him that during fiis- great campaign for ediieaonlj'carrylng out - me great worn ne naa leanea upon the strong armof the J, QUl A. M. The speaker gave some rea sons why the great council ought to visit this city every year. When the speaker concluded . the entire Rele gation felt that they were indeed welcome. - . : Mrs .( Mae Guerkin rendered 7 in' a most delightful manner a beautiful solo and. then Mr. Chas. E. Brewer, State Councillor replied to the , ad dresses .of welcome.. He was ' fully eual to the occasion. He ejs pressed the delight of the members at the cordial welcome and oyatio which had been fi'lilfs- '-'Sta Couuci). S im-) he ul Uhavt kno Elizabeth Cit7 f-r jtnrs an I K nv that Ithd wjr.53 W'j'Cv'Ja.'-.-anVi'i1 eere. U the ereat hospitality of this sec. tion in general and Elizabeth City in particular. He said he felt very much at home as he had .visited here many times. Had a list of friends here. Just across the county line Ee had received the best gift of hig rife. - The height and breadth of Eliza beth City's hospitality has never been measured he said. He was glad to be here. Hoped that the meet, ing would be nutually beneficial to the visitors and the residents. He referred to the name of the order as a misnomer, but he showed how that applied to all fraternal orders.- He discussed at length the princi ples of ; the order and all present thoroughly enjoyed the address. The closing speaker was Mr. - Z. P. - Smith, editor of y the " Carolina Watchman, the State paper, of the J. O. U. A. M, Mr. Smith: was put down on. the program to speak on the priniiples of the order. Each speaker who had preceded Mr. Smith had discussed nearly every phase of the order and had left v-ery little for him to say. . However, he found a few things that, had . escaped tfieir attention and he . spoke to these ko eloquently that instead of being a frazzled out affair it was a fitting climax to the speaking of the evening. . . ' . The exercises were closed with the benediction pronounced by Rev. E. F. Sawyer. - ' Immediately after the' closing of the .welcome exercises the "' visitors and invited guests repaired to the Armory on Water street v and par ticipated in the banquet given by the local council to the visiting mem. bersA It wag a most' enjoyable affair and , a - fitting" elbse to the evening's entertainment. '' v ' ' 5 Mr. W,' Ben Oood win, acted on both, ossasions as. master- of' cere monies and performed; the : . duties with great ability. Fine Granulated Sugar: 5c per lb. for FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ; : - Eagle Grocery. Phone H5.- The Hub will start another big sale tomorrow, which will - continue' until the 'presenl winter stock is 'disposed of. - -k Fine Granulated , Sugar ,e-pec lb. for FRIDAY AND SATURDAY." Eagle Grocery--Phone v.145; is, JOIN IN WORK OF CHAMBER s Mr.N. R'. Parker Urgisi j - Cooperation of Citizens ? ' T V NEWTEAL NEEDED ELIZABETH CITY -HAS ALL THfiV, NATURAL ' ADVANTAGES KEC E3SARY. IT WILL" TAKE THE -WORK OF HER" CITIZENS TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. Slowly but sureiy the 'business ot - : the country is expanding and r giving? evidence of. renewed life and vigor!. The s farmers are realizing good prices'for their varied products' that -are growhin abundance in thia and . adjacent counties,, evidenced by their building of new and commodious rosi' ' dencee," large, barns and buying Jm- proved farming implements' and " car rying good" bank - accounts as Well. , AU bi; this is-an - impetus to ? the growth of Elizabeth City. ; Combined : with, this is the,' feeling ' of- confl- - ( every noble,tgenlal- ad-agressiv "town. - - trally located from a commercial standpoint for" the commercial "business -: of "all "these eastern' couaties. - Her transportation facilies "yfeter and by' rail - are unequalled by afty town in -the' Statd Elizabeth City's industries - are var-' ed. Jt has one cotton' mill, one hos iery mill; two buggy factories, - two , grist -mills, one: roller - mill; one " box: mjll, two shingle mills1 "one : barrel and tray factory, two - brick- plants, two railways, one foundry,- two ma ; chine shops and several - repair shops all running on' full time. -An oil : mill j is already assured. Therer is -also, on foot a plan to build a fur niture .factory. The effort to; build the commodious Y., M.- CA.rbuttdv ing. has: taken ,-on new iife and- will soon be CQmpleted. Some- funds- have already been .raised, for,, a . . hospital . which I we expect to build, soon. All of our. enterprises are capitalized and run largely by .citizens of our. torn. This bespeaks "for our citizens a ; feeling of confidence and co-operation which with a continued and con cerned effort will push Elizabeth City in the front rank with the fore most and progressive cities of Our country. This co-operation must ex- -! ist in the Merchants' Association and -in the Chamber of -Commerce as well. ' Now, we-need more members i-to thls latter named organization: We want - " a little more membership fees BO that we can hire a better secretary who will devote his time to the ' work, and we will see Elizabeth City s grow as it has never grown before. Does it pay to belong to" the Cham ': ber of Commerce. Does it pay to set . up with a sick., friend1 at night" to as. sist in bringing, him baek to health? - Does it pay to aid a friend who has - called to - ask your help at; a time When yyou are busy with your own affairs? - . Youought" to be willing to -et;'up with such a beautiful town where - ? you have - so -many comforts; where youur own. business interests y, are "' centered.-You. ought to assist - her in recovering fjpth. the many ills that are prevalent inall towns lr Now, again; letg, all ; Tjoin the . ' Chamber- of Commerce and with ' one object in view.' it, we do so we caa, accomplish, more than has ever been ' done w before, for ' Elizabeth City aHd ; mrseives. " " " " " . X EI PABKERV '.Read1- the large advertjsement 2 of The Hub inthis 'issue. 1 - , . wT& -1 - 4", J
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