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VOL Xli
TAFT BECOMES PRESIDENT ;
IN A BLAZE OF GLORY
The Pageantry thpt Attended the Inauguration was
Stupenduous. . 50.000 People ; in the Parade, Ex
President Roosevelt Gone to Africa. '-:v '
-WtM&ston, D. C vMarch 4. A Tats
. army oI :people. txainped .the streeta
of the .:TJaticmal"0:tol!na0-.4ora-pour
nt rain all day Weflnesday in
earger expectancyof fhe x Nation's
greatest"! 'ail paseaTits, the presiden-
tial inangnratliJii,-; whicli took place
today. The -spirit if . celehration hasf
been supreme and everyth'ng was in
complete 'readtoeas for . the great
quadrenniaL: events long--;. before the
hour arrived. r
Congress "practically cleared its
j desks, 'both Houses working under
ifcigh. pressure, President Roosevelt
:-and President-elect Taft "Wednesday
slepr under the same Toof, after a
-strenuous jday sient "fax receiving cal-
f ers, all the. aeaiibers of the cabinet
resigned fin accordance with custom,
: ana" the" labors of the inaugural com
mittee were completed.
Numberless hosts had fathered jere
from all parts at the country await
ing the coming of Thursday's spec
f tad a when Mr. 'Taft will be inducted
into she highest office in the gift of J
- the people. In spite of thfeatenins
- clouds which: hung overhead. during
the day, and afternoon-- an:rlatef!
. turned into a drenehig downpour of
' rain (mixed with snow, the visiting
.thousands did not allow their ardor
to be dampened or their Interest in
-the spirit of the festive occasion to
' be lessened by -the
weather.
disagreeable
- v , -
The finishing touches In the decora
tive scheme of the magnificent court
f honor were finished Wednesday,
arid the final rehearsal of the orch
estra for the inaugural ball at the
pension oSee building, were lield,
Pennsylvania avenue "was cleared of
Vehicles, street ears .and pedestrains
at 9 o'clock by an order issued by
"the superintendent of poiiee Thurs-
6-
day. . :
The rush of visitors from all parts
4 of the country continued unabated
"Thursday morning and the city was
in the tifeual prenaugural state of
congesfkm. It. was estimated that
"fully two "hundred Hhousan-l people
were here.. TPrainfit from all points
were run at Intervals of a teW min
utes in order 'to accommodate" tic
crowds and railroad officia1 estimate
that upward of v6uy0Od iersnn5 arr.v--d
here "Wednesday by rail Tip to
midnight. The hotels and boardingfW. O. Sannders, W. L. Cohoon TVs.
houses have been taxed "to their-ut
most to .accommodate the visitors.
The time honored inaugural parade,
which a greater number "were unable
to witness, clakned snore . Interest
"than the inaugural ceremony -3tseH.
- The latest estimate of the num
ber of men who marched in the
parade is placed at 50,000 not tfie
least of which were the governors' of
fourteen states, -eaai -accompanied
by his staff: "r ; .
Having encircle the globe "with
the battleship fleet, 3,000. blue , jack-
ftts took in the paradie. . '. ;
Marching cltfbs -were Tiere 'from
every direction" and they formed :a
' very conspicuous feature oT " the
parade. One of the 'largest of these
delegations was composed'- xf the
" J.000 members of -the New York
"County Republican Club, which :had
be distinction of escorting the re
tiring President to the station ;hef ore
falling injline'in the inaugural 'parade
Mr. Roosevelt was walked to the
istatio in true democratio-style; ana
a modest drawing roam 'during the
trip to New York. ' ' V' - :-J
The program for the day. provided
that the President and President
elect and the vice-President and the
Vice-President-elect, accompanied by
the joint-committee of Congress pro-
ceed from- the White House' to thej
aptol in carriages at 10 a. n They
ere followed Tin carriaeew hv mem.
' bers of the iDabinfit; ihe "secretary to
the President, and . the President 1
aWes Arriving, at thef ' capitol at
10:30, the President and - President
elect were escorted to the President's
provate room i the Senate, and the
Vice President and Vice ' President-
to &e Vice President's rom,
also in the Senate side, to await the
inaugural ceremonies. Promptly at
noo Vice Presidet-elecf Sherman
took oathof office in the Senate
chamber, ad then addressed that
body, whereupon the Senate was or,
ganized. The oath of office was ad
ministered to Mr. Taft by Chief Jus
tice Fuller of the Supreme Court of
the United States at 1ft 40 m. on the
stand in front of the Capitol resi
det Taft then delivered his inaugural
address. . '
Following this ceremony President
Taftheadics theiaufural parade,
left the Capitol at l:ls"p. ni. tor tho
White House, r Mr,
Roosevelt was
iWedHately escorted i the tJHon
station,? where be boarded a train, for
New 'York
-feBetweenZr3D ad jou President
xai reviewea the parade rrom a
stand ih' front of the White House,
The great fireworks display occusred
on Washington monumet lot from
7:30 to 9 a. in. The culmlatlg feature,
the inaugural ball opened at the pen
sio office building at 9 o'clock p. m.
CASE
DISPOSED OF
DEFENDANTS IN ALL CASES
WERE FOUND GUILTY. JUDGE.
MENT SUSPENDED AND lALL
DEFENDANTS PUT UNDER A
$500 BOND TO KEEP THE
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PEACE AND REFRAIN FROM
SLANDER AND LIBEL.
The libels suits of T. B. Wilson vs
W. O. Saunders and W. O Saundinrs
vs F. F. Cohoon and E. A. Womble
were taken up and disposed' of at
Camden Court last. Tuesday. Judge
R. B. Peebles presiding. ' ; !
: All of the case's w-i-Jd the juries
Mf'Li! ut argument by. eor.Mt.
The defendants were found gvilty
in each case. - -'
; The Judge suspended 'jajigenWat in
all cases .and placed each, of the de
fendants under & $500 bond to kep
the peace and refrain from the use
of .libelous : matter hereafter for two
years. ' 1 '
' Fresh Country Eggs 18c dozen
for .FRIDAY and SATURDAY.
EAGLE GROCERY. Phone 145.
I REBEKAS GIVE BANQUET -
The . Rebekah Branch of the tOdd
Fellows served a delightful banquet
to the Pasquotank Canton . last Tues
day night in the Armory Hall.
Short addresses were delivered on
the occasion by , Y;: H. WJUliams, t!.
D. Gallop,' W. H. Zoeller aiidW." H.
Weatherly - - t r . -.I
. This .social event was greatly en
joyed iby those' who partici pated in
- Our" trade is constantly increasing;
i on Gardner's mbuaV'Uno-. breadl al
bo hl3 pound and:fruitr caiesl. EAOLB
LIBEL
tSaOCERT, Agency, Phone-14,-
EtZABETJUl C1TY?;N0TW
VINDICATES
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MR. MEEKIKS
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REPORT OF THE SELECT COM,
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MITTEE: GIVES THE STATE .A
CLEAN BILL OF. CONDUCT. THE
REPORT ON
SIGNER. v';"
FISH COMMIS-'
t The iselect committee appointed
by the Legislature to . examine into
the crJUcisimof the auditing com
mittee made jhelr report last Fri
day. -Their report gave the State, a
clean bill of health. The report was
signed by the. entire committee which
consisted of both republickn - and
Democratic 'members. The report 4s
so voluminous that we ; cannot re
port it in its entirety. We print be
low their -report on the Fish Com
mlssionei; which of course will be of
special interest to this section.
This completely vindicates Com
missioner Meekins which win -tie
highly gratifying to 'In m.tny
friends.
This is the report:
"In respect to that part of the re
port of the
Aiiditing ComniUtedstteet to Tber Creek bridge He
which states-that Mr. Meekins, the
Fish Commissioner Of Nortn Carolina
bought fall his food jsupplles from the
firm of whlch'Tae was a - member;
rentedChJsfeowni)bat tortlheState,
--.;.-.. vtni.
find -the following facts: - "
, The Fish Commission was . created
by Public Laws of 1907, Chapter 977,
to-be supported by license fees, tax
es, fines or other impsts upon the
fisheries or fines imposed for !n.
faction of the fishing laws, which
act did not go into effect until the
first day of June 190 '
This act provided for the appoint
ment of a State Fish Commissioner
to execute the law under supervision
and control of . the . Geological and
Economic Survey Board, to purchase
or rent such boats, nets and other
equipment as may, be - necessary to
enable him to carry out tfie duties
of his office.
The act required that all funds of
the commission be paid into the
State Treasury and that they could
only . be drawn-out upon the .order
of the Geological and Survey Board.
Saiid act provided for a survey, and
marking in a prominent manner
those areas of the -waters of. the
State in which the ulse of all or any
f'.shingj appliances are prohibited by
law, and provided for many things,
the accomplishment of which would
require the expenditure of a consid
erable sum of money. It was neces
sary" for this suvey to be made be
fore January, 1908 in order that the
law anight be : enforced during the
fishing season which runs from Jan
uary to May, But there was no
fund in the State Treasury available
for this purpose, the total receipts for
the office "for the first six months be
ing only $93,00. It was therefore Im
possible to do this preliminary work
so necessary 'to a proper enforcement
of the act.- unless some-one would
advance funds for the purpose.
' His Excellency, Robt B. Glenn, ap
pointed Theo. S. Weklns Fish Com.
mlssioner, who entered upon the
discharge of his duties with zeal and
enthusiasm and rented a boat equip
ped for the purpose of the Commis
sion at $100.00 ; per month When it
became necessary to purchase sup
plies for,, said" boat . and 4ts men, safti
Meekins did so at Avon, Edenton,
Hatteras and "other places, and the
commission having no - fufnds to pay
for. the same , had them charged to
Evans and Meekina a -f irm of which
said Meekins .was a imember atlMan
teo, N. C.r who paid for them and
carried - the accounts " without chargr
ing the State any profit whatever
until -the Commission s- hnd 1 collected
funds to pay; them. The Fish Comsnis"
sioner. -also - purchased ' supplies ' from
said firm of EtansahdMeeTdns, but
much of dtwas bfeforethe receipt of
the Commission ofV$93.00 and but. for
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STHLY BUDGET
f
GAS, COMPANY -HAS NOT "COME
i ACROSS WITH r gaNO - YET.
HEALTH OFFICER TO CON-
TlNUE TO V ACCI NATE SCH OOLi
CHILDREN.. sVREET . COMMIS
SIONER WEEKS - ASKS INVES-
C TIG ATI ON.
The ; Board of 'Aldermen met last
Monday night in regular session in
fie City Hall:
Aldermen Grice,
Parker, Nash,
layman and Anderson were
pres-
t V -:" : . "
xarS to. order, and Instructed the
clerk to 'read the members of prev
Jous dneetihgs. Then mayor Thomp
son retired .and Alderman Grice was
called to preside.
.- iir. W.N H. Jennette appeared be
fore the; "Board and petitioned that
Water Street be , curbed from Fearing
fttated tiiat Jennette -Bros, will with:
ia jthe next -sixty -days rbegin , the
Erection of their brick ; tore ; and
warehouse- on the-Water -front Water
iArj;ya..ii.H?,i, 'nfl 'wflTsb
before the construction work be
gan. ..'
After some discussion the motion
to curb that part of the street and
construct a sidewalk was carried,
and the clerk was instructed to or
der the curbing.
Dr. X M. McMullan appeared be
fore the Board! petitioned that the
tax on the Graded School bonds be
remitted. Dr. McMullan stated that
when he purchased the School
bonds he paid a good price with the;
unaerstandmg that tney were ex-
JUUJi.C;U. XI W LLX CMACO Uifii VU DVUWi j.
bonds exempted from taxes were a
profitable investment but - school
bond taxed were very unprofitable
investments. He stated that a num
ber of the bonds had been bougat
and had not been listed for taxatioD
in the city. He thought ij - was a
hardship to force him to pay taxes
on his bonds. .-... . . -
City Attorney Spence wag yros
ent and stated the law coiapeled the;
city clerk to enter these bonds for
taxes and that there was no means
of releaving DrMcMullair of 'the tax-
Dr. McMullan exptatned- how- the
school bonds were srhool- property
and therefore exempted by the Con.
RtJlution.
City Attorney Spence could not
see it in that light r and saidS that he
could not advise the--AleWen trf
remit the taxes as it would render
ihe City clerk liable; ;
The entire Board; seemed to be 3n
sympathy with Dr. McMullan ind
expressed a desire to relieve him of
the objectionable taxi if: possibler-
Chairmatt Grice finally,- conceived
the plan to pass a motion that;r the
tax on the bond ..be remitted as it
was intendedf in . -.legiste-tive act
hich created .the bond' issue and
exempted the bonds;, from taxation.
This motion was carried. - -
Street Commissioner Weeks ; ap
peared . before the Board ; and stated
that certain statements . had been
published - concerning hirn and that
these v statements were untrue. He
paid his respects to, these reports in
no uncertain tones, and -demanded
that the Board make an investigotlon
of hisr officlaj conduct
. The statement" that, he denounced
as false waa" "That he had been
greased! to- haul dirt In the. lots of
leave "te matter of ' JnveBtlgation
"Mr. Weeks saidl that he had on his
own hQPk started ; aif tnrestjgation.
. The Aldermen on. motion, - decided
thatithe Board fake an Investigation
over until the next regular meeting;
6 the board. "A
; Attorney T. J- MarKnam .01 ine
JG
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new; car line to WeeKsvlue, N.; u., a;
peared before the Board with; a pe
tition asklng-that the Board permit
the line to enter the" city , 'through
Green sreeL The petition - was lengthy
settings forth the- manner - fiow-i the
1 . After some' descussion the petition
I waa referred to the : City Attorney
for his opinion as to : the authority ot
the Board ia the; anatter. -r'.-i
Every member of - the Board, free,
ly expressed himself -1 as : to- his
friendly .. attitude . in jregard to f the
building of the Toad, a;d eyeryTmeb
ber declared that the 'promoters ; of
the ' roairOui&t;.:tb7 recelytiry'
sible encouragement to build the
bar
line. The most liberal support was
promised by every member of " the
Aldermen Board. The matter will be
brought" up again at the .next meet
ing of the Board, -when theCity At
torney will report as to the grant
ing powers of the Board. ;
The attention -of the Board- -' was
called to the fact that Fritchnian;
Lemerdin and Pied had failed; to
file their bond with the Board of
Aldermen in regard to the Gas fran
chise. The matter was discussed at
some length, and it was learned that
the company had already accepted
the franchiseauj to" begin work "be
tween how and which - time they
would, have to" file their .bond.'""
Dr. C. B. Williams, the health of
ficer asked the' Board for , instructions
and authority in regard 1: completing
the accination, - orde?e ' y the
Graded school Board He'-atated that
he had vadnated quite a number up.
oa the instiuctiottaof ;the 'mayor, but
desired 'the Board IV tak officiaj a.
tub y rioarit autnorizfti
The v Board autfiorize'd mm.-coa
tinue to vaccinate the schol .children
recommended to him by the mayor.
After the various officers had made
their report, and a number of bills
had been allowed, the Board adjourd
ne to meet on March 22nd.
"Hello, Central. Give me EAGLE
GROCERY 145
"Is that EAGLE GROCERY?"
r"Yes, Madam."
i "P.leas s?ftnd me one nniin of vour
Hm Butter
heard that you have such nice but-
'THANKS."
Mercantile Bank, No. 4 N. Poindex
ter Street, now . open for business,
will be conducted upon coservative
principles, along progressive lines,
with people, or banks or corporations
having business with1 this city "or sec
tionRobt S.Fearing, Cashier. G. M.
,Scott, President.
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY SALE
On next Thursday Rucker and
Sheeley will start their Sixth Great
Anniversary Sale, which will last
t&r days. . '
Read their large announcement on.
the last page.
The sales force will bo dojibled to
take care of the great crowds which
always attend these noted sales..
EXTRA SEPBtlAL SALE.
The Hub will have an extra spec;
ial sale Saturday and-Monday. Prices
have been cut deep to close out Win
ter stock for Spring arrivals. Inter
ior Improvements are being anade.."--
The ModelTailoring Co, located in
room 14, Robinson building are now
ready for btfsiness They have a
splendid line of fabrics and are wait
ing for that Spring order.
FINE SEED POTATOE8
The Jennett Bros. Company o this
city have just received a . shipment
of finest seed Irish potatoes on . the-
inaJket Jf you want a jeaLgood ar.
tlcle, these which" will yield the l)est
returns "and a prompt shipment, send
them your orders." " " . r - "
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. - c' J ' -Florida
Russet jOranges, sweetest
What grc; also CaUfornia-Orangef
and'' large i Bananas. EAGLE GRO
CERY, Phone 1457'
FltlAL OMSOF :.
THE LEGISLATURE
No?; Bills Inttoduced
Senate After Last i
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iiis Wednesday j ? -
TO INCREASE PENSION
DISCRIMINATION
IN
FREGHT8
TO BE
REGULATED, i SOL1CI-
TOR'S SALARY BILL ' COMES
VP. ANTI AUDUBON SOCIETY,
STARTED IN THE SENATE.
The Senate Tuesday without a di3 ;
senting vote passed), the Pharr ' Joint -resolution,
providing; for cotrectionc jj.
wi wie isism race uiscrimniauons-;.
cities, an evil thatrisnot excused lui -C
any part ,olthe- State'ahd" that 'has "' .
been, denounced Sscthe greatest Cttrsd
to Korth; Ca'roirna commerce, . V "-.
- hepremble' of thls 'resolutionre.
cites- that there is ani has been-ueri-Y
ous . discrimination . against he' peo-l:
pIe5rrNorth:CarolhiabyJthe railroads
mTthe imatter oOrelght iates mp I
yiatecort-tffzdJust-Uiese raea
the eopll
have i -not resulted in correction of ,
this discrimination. The -Corporation'
Commision is instructed and .direct
ed by the resolution to put into effect .
by " June 1st such rates per ton .per
mile from the points oMhis State as
will not be in excess of such rates :
per ton ner mile charffed h4 flu
from businesfi tvQm .
and tnrough other points, or . to take ,
such other ssteps as may be . lawful .
in order to prevent that discrlmlna.
tion. The- resolution also authorizes
and instructs the Attorney General
to take such legal steps and insti
tute such acions and proceedings xsn
behalf of the State and againsof-
LfenSing corporations as he shall deem
proper and advisable to prevent such
discrimination. ;? . .
The Senate passed on itsi final read
ing by a large, majority, the Ormond.. .
bill fixing the salary; of solicitors fet.
i2,250 :!Per- annum, and; discontlnTOS
the fee system. It was 'stated v-J3jkt
with a very, few exceptions" the sotf '
citors .desire - the passage of thfcr
(Continued on' age , 5:- ; :
HIGH PRAISE.
Service .of the- Southern Hotel Re
Reives High Compliment. .
Mr. W. E. Faison past .-National
Councilor of the J. O. TJ. A. M. was
nere in attendance at tne atate Coun.-
cil last week. He wag a guest at the
Southern Hotel. Speaking of the i
hotel service he said that it .waa. the
best iignad ever seen at .any such s
large, gathering. Guests were waited v
on with more dispatch and more and j
better food .was provided; This is ,a
high compliment i to proprietor . Neil,
as Mr. Blsonr has attended ; many7
gatherings otthis kind n many towns
Xn this and other States. , -
Bach From Around the World.-
Clyd9 : Senate, of - the .Battleship .
4 fleet that has Just returned from -a -
cruise around the world,- spent Thurs
day in the .city -the 'guest ' of the ;fam:
ily of ; Captain Covert. ; -
AGED COUPLE WED.
Register' of,Deeda J. C." Spence,
Wednesday . married Mr. T. G.-Tattle,
age 58 years and Mrs. Mary BLowe
age 63 -years.
r'They were ,married lnT ihe rCglst;r f V j i .
of deed ofl5ce. - - - - V-
- The contracting partic.v are: both .
residents,of '6kicoV: They returned to
their;homein:Oklsco "aftov the Wr- ti
rlage. ceremony
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