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-St i.t-,--r s. i- j i - 4 i 4- - - - JUST 'R 0 i. Send in your orders j at once and tve can guarantee prompt shipments. Full line garden arid field seeds. All prices guaranteed. , JENNETTE!BROTHERS"C0MPANY A BUILDING OF GREAT BEAUTY The New Graded School "Building is Now Completed COST $3,500 - WILL ACCOMODATE 100 PUPILS, AUDITORIUM WILL 8 EAT 1,200. $2,500 TO FURNI8H THE BUILD ING. MR. FRANK HOPKINS, THE . CONSTRUCTION 8UPT. DOES FINE WORKl Contxactor d. G. PWpps will turn orer the new Graded school building to the bull(llng committee the latter part of this week. tae ouuaing as it staaas is a magnloeient structure, equalled by few and surpassed by n school building in Eastern North Carolina, for beauty of Structure, of comfort nd commodity in arrangement. The building contains sixteen class rooma that will fieat 72 pupils each, making a t! accommoJatlon cajracity of L150 pupils. Every class room has been arranged and con- Htrucxea wiin ajj eye to the cou- vnienee and. comfort of the pupils. Besides the class rooms, there Is an auditorium on the second floor with a seating capacity of .1,200 to uu. laa auditorium supplies a fongllelt nee4. ijf this city, ln baring a hall that will seat any . .large gathering, The surln4endent's of- 0ces and th$ waiting ropms are aL o convenienuy; arranged . to ezpedi- ate the worX of . tha ttperiadendent and those ' who Jvisit the school. With die completion ,,p .the, buildl "'aS,. ?s . tn . happy, realteation of a nftgnlfnaent system pt Grade! achools in this . city. Jfor which Super intendent sheep bag worked with un tfring energy The building, as it now 3tands has cost about 35,0000. An expenditure of $2500 more will be necessary t eqtilp prbperfy; the-building for school trposes. ' D. G.l'hlpps of N---port News Is the (Contractor and has shown in the creation 'of 1 the building , a mas ter of the inticate at of fine tnsehanlcs. ' Mr. -Frank Hopkins of this city baa snperhiteped the work, and has done tt ?n manner to prove that he is a master' at his trade. , ' He took the Job much doubting his ability to ccqje with a job so large, to save the work of constructing; the imilding to home workmen. By the aasterful manner in which he has han.dled. the work, he has demon stated that he is capable of supein ftending any building: Tbi3 is 'dem vonstrated by th fart f hat Mt! -ilpps takeshim with him to Mor- canton t construct a large building mere. t WHAR IS DE NIGGER? ' Last woek. a gentleman' of Tth-i city was It. Weeksville - section; "-"vvhU-s ; thM he had-a. con i Intelligent negro who gav lxis views o-tho "negro situation." - Ha ra a reat philosopher, as the fol- Wwfttg will show. V ECEIEB Speaking about "we negroes" he said : "From de way, I see things now it shorely is gwine to be tough tlmes for de common nigser. Did you see the sheriff just pass with three nig gers for the chain gang He in quired? "Now sir, why am all dis? so many more criminal niSers now than a few years ago? And too, see dey am tall young niggers most of dem have been to school too, long enough t read and write and have been taught to do right Now, sir, look; over dare at dat Murden farm and 'cross yander on de Creecy farm. See dem big fams about 2500 acres. Not many years ago dem farms were cultivated by nSSer tea ants. Now look at dem. Every foot of dat land is worked by white folks all of dem were tenants 15 years ago, but nt so now. Dey own every acre dey cultivate. And don't you see how much better de country looks?- Now I wants to ax you why dis change. Whar is de nig ger? , "Now sir, here is de way you white folks are figuring and this is what you is talking o you self. Tou begia in this way. I have been rent ing my land to the nigger for.dese, many years and I see my condition am getting worse arid you begin to figure deA amount you farm .pays by ngro tenants and you den look around and see the condition of your farm. Your ditches are filled up, reacts are takln3 the land, and somehow your fences gets in bad condition. It seems de fence (special ly near the house gets lower durin the winter) Now when you get done figuring about de nigger you. begin figuring another way. Now you say, I am wasting too much time watching after this nigger. Dis time is worth something. Der land Is selling high and I can get a good price for It, and the Interest will pay better than nig ger rent, so you begin to look around for the fellow with a little' money, eifitogh--1 secure des bargain and you sell your land to the white ten ant. Now sir, I am getting, whar I wants to ax you. ""tVSiar la de nteser? He's got to git up and git. He goes to town thinking he can 'oaf around dere like he does out here in the country and you see , de Sheriff coming along with him heading for the chain gang. All this has ben brought about by the nigger's cussed lazziness." RIDDLES. What crosses the water making a. shadow? A sound. without Whw doth a sailor know there's a man in the moon? Because he's been to sea (see.) - What is most like a cat looking out Of ifi thirty story, window? A cat look ing in xne; - What is that which- is neither flesh nor bone and yet has four, fingers and a thumb? A glove. - . When a manxfalls out of the win. dow what does he faU aginst? Against his will! When may a chair be said to hate you. When it can't bear you. - . - I What is that which grows in win ter but neTer in summer and. lives with: its roots .upward? An icicle. FARM FUNNIGRAPHS. . .Kf Pat stole a watch, Mike a cow, arid I bh were jarrestedWhat timfe isCitti C says -Mike. Faith- answered, : -Pat, jusf muking time,'", . v : V rt. Br'ALBERTSON FOR DIS- ; f DISTRICT -""JUDGE. ; , ; Inasmuch- as' a . new United . States district judge will -be; selected for Washlngton.'i in accordance 5 wltb!ja re- centct oi ijpngresa. r j-aj i t a?o wishes f t xnejition: tit : contiectl0n the name of Hon-.R.-B.vAlbertson, one of the superior - Judges of , Kink Coun ty. That he is qualified for the place, as a worthy associate of Judge- COrH neliua H. Hanford.and that his-ap- iolntntif0e faction is entirely clear. ., This is" most emphatically irn In stance where the office should seek the man; and It would appear that Judge Albertson, without any collci tation on his ow part, ' Is the Djue jurist whom the people of this part of the State would preier to see olfwAter? to the district bench. A move to present his name r aD pointment has taken definite shape, and has been strenghtened by In dorsements of tne highest character, Fuily a score, of superior judges throughout the State, his associates on the bench, have written setng forh his aualifications: he has been : c . - . ? . given the voluntary and unanimous indorsement of the King County leg islative delegation at Olympia, com prising eight state senators and six teen representatives; also from out side of King County the indorse ment, of wentv-one state senators v u and ttwenty-fchree fcepresentatives, including Speaker L. O. Meigs, In dorsements have been offered by lead ing members of the bar; the chair man of the Republican state central committee; the officers of the Young Men's Republican Club of Seattle; the preseident of the Seattle Taft Club, and political organizations such as the King County, Republican Club and the King County Republican cen tral committee. While the office now filled so ac ceptably by Judge Albertson is non- political, as is ' the newly-created judgeship, it is entirely proper that th nolitcal oreanzattons referred to should support hm. Throughout his career he ha3 been "in politics" in the very best sense of the trm. As a private citizen he has been active in affairs, and as public servant he has been able and faithful for Judge Al bertson has advanced by short stages from a struggling clerk, to city at torney, member of the Legislature speaker of the House of Representa tives, and judge o$ the superior court It Is twenty-six years since young Albertson, at the age of 24, located In Seattle. He came from Hertford, N C. of Quaker stock his family having lived in his native county snce 1670 Hs father was a soldier, lawyer, judge of the superior court, and United States district attorney under ap pointment by President Hayes. In 1881 young-Albertson was graduated from the University of North Caro lina; he taught echool and read law and in the spring f !883 he was ad mitted to the bar by the supreme court of that state. August, 1883 found his in tQis cIty. a thriving en ergetic communty of 6,000 people, with whch he cast his fortunes, and which he has witnessed develop in to the present metropolis. The, future jurist's ntive resource fulness is Bhown by the fact that his first jub in this city was; that of carrying lumber in the sawmill of the w a. seattie Lumber & Commercial Com pany at the foot of Columbia street; and his. public spirit is attested by his membership in the volunteer fire department, in which he was active until after the great fire of June 6, 1889. when the paid department was organized. He was on duty as a mem ber of the Home Guard during. the anti-Chinese riots and for five years was a member of Company B. He be came a newspaper reporter, tnen a law clerk and stenographer, and In 1886 opened a law office of his own. He became chairman of the RepublL can county central committee, and held that position at the time John B. Allen was elected delegate to Con gress. As city" attorney, after the great fire, Albertson drew the first contract for the water system origi nated by Benezette Williams; andhe Initiated and pressed to successful conclusion tne comiejEmatlon " pro ceedings for widening and straighten ing the down town streets a most difficult and perplexing task,! In 1895 he was elected a member of the Legislature ficm ; the Sixth Ward, and supported John B. Allen for the Unite-i States Senate. ? While piV a.irlp to -Nomein .Aug ust 1900, he was nominated without his: knowledge- for : the ' Legislature from the Sixth and -Eighth. Wards; was duly' elected, and became speak er of 'the House both at the regular and special, sessions, f ff--:x In 1903, .the Legislature haying pro. m ius,ne Legislature haying?ro, vlded a fifth superior judge for King j ed Albertsbn, althoagalie'was noti candidate.' At-.the expiration : of I-his rVi-vC, Irjfr -r GARD51 ; ; J f DR. 8. W." GREGORY. ' ' picNTIST. ." " v Office rln - Flora's new building - Cor." Main and -Water Sts j- ' DR. H 8. WILLEV, I DENTIST. " ' " ' Office second floorcorner J Main and Poindexter 'street DR. M. M. HARRIS, Dentist," Office in Robinson BuCdlng, Honrs '8 to 12 and 2 to 6. J. H WHrTE. D. D. 8. Twenty five years in . DENTISTRY In all its branches. Office orer "McCabe & Grice's Store Cor. Main and Poktdexter streets. our New NosE-pieea. GIVE TO YOUR EYES THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE. SEE U8 FOR GLASSES Tucker, Hall & Company The Expert Optician. S3 Oranby street, Norfolk, Va., Catalogue on application. Important Notice "We wish to announce for the ten eflt of our patron in and near Ell. abeth City, that we have establlBhed a branch brick yard, 'right In " the business center of Elisabeth City, Hon. Q. w. Coppersmith being our -representative. Our superior, grade of brick can be seen at his wood and sand yard on Water street, where we Invite an in spection of all parties desiring a firat class brick. RIGHT BRICKRIGHT PRICES. Our new process and superior grade of clay enables us to make the best brick in Eastern, N. C. Aak your cahitect to test these bricks for you. ow ir. u. Wi coppersmith, or write The Shiloh Brick and Lummber Company for prices. THE SHILOH BRICK & LUMBER COMPANY New Pier between Shiloh and Old Trap Wharfs, SHILOH, - N. C. Plant located at Shiloh, 'Branch yard In Elizabeth- City. J. M. RATLEDGE, Gen. Mang. term, he made qo canvass for re tention On" the bench, but was nom- inatd by the Republicans and was elected; and last summer .he was the choice of the bar primary and the popular primary for the position he continued to holdr . y Thus tne career of Judge Albertson has closely and intimately identified him with the community in which he lives; ahd.it has been fnll of honors 4n fact, it is a remarkable illustra tion of what tis Western country will do for a young man Who as his only capital for a strt in life c omes with a well-equipped brain and bound less willingness to work. The Times on its own motion prints the foregoing facts, In - the ex pectation .that; their iiraMicationt. this aaoment will have a bearing on the new Judgeship. We have.no hes-. itancy in saylns tat iin' the entire statethere is . no Jurist, better quali- uea man is judge Aioertspn, ,tnrqugn natural. United States district bencli. r ' ;; - 5 v ,.J3eattle'(Wash Times. ' "Cr W. T OLD, Pres - C. Vt. Q BICE; SAVINGS Bi!( S CULPEPPER, GRIFFIN- OLD &GR1CEC0.. - GENERAL INSURANCE; SURETY BONDS rD REAL ESTATE ELIZABETH CITY. N. C. phohe rro. 47 no. 12 poihdexter st. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 PER ANNUM, ACCORDING, INVALUABLE- BLES. CITIZENS BANK OF ELIZABETH CITY, C. C. COBB. J AS. COBB BROS. & CO So State Phone 438 So Bell Phone 448 BANKERS AND BROKERS. Members of New York and Norfolk Ckxtton Excchange. CorrespondencU of Chicago Board of Trade and New York fitor.k flnchange. - COTTON. 8TOCK3 BONE r GRAIN PROVI8ION8. Special attention given to Telegraphic and Phone orders. Execufion,. of all orders reported promptlyi Any information desired regaroiai markets will be gladly furnished at any time.. ARCADE BUILDING (Opposite P. O. Building.) NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. IS YOUR PROPERTY SAFE? x It Is not unless it is ampry protected with insui ance. No on ca n tell when, it wilS go. up in. smoke. If not fully insure d see us. Delays la dangerous. WE WRITE IT RIGHT. LITTLE & SwVMr 521 Main street. Before buying a watch look up the Howard -the one American watch that has real finish and adjustment the finest practical pocket timepiece in the world. Every Howard w adjusted in its cast. Price fixed by printed ticket. Let at show you tbii diitinctive watch- KIGHT & BRIGHT Jewelers FOR RENT. Two fine cottage residences; . six rooms each and other , ; necessary buildings, and bordering the city lim its,, on the South. With graded school; privileges Good :water, large gTOTe, -fine place tor poultry. Apply at TAB HEEIr office - -u - It's no wonder he.has .money,- said a", banker. He is 'the -most. suspicious fellow - Levet heard oL - He reminds me jot a. farmer I used to koWi This farmer, whenever he bought ;ar flock of Bheep, examined each sheep close ly to:make' sure; that itslecejwas all The business ' man's best ref- erence showing as it does by vthe?deposits: and -monthly bai- ance he condition of his busi- -riessVBe np-to-date open an ac- c6ut.-noV--even if it must necessarily, be , a small one it's good business o f have a good b'anke er -r. - - TRUST CO. Vice-Pres . L:'E. DXD, See. & Treaa? TO SIZE. FOR . VALUA B. McCAW. J. LEON WOOD. FEED AfJD SEED The New Yearl90?s has arrived. With it ; we must.be thlnkWof sowing th seed for- a new' crop. Our seeds are , now: In stock, for Truck Farm and Garden. Early Peas, Beans,-Corn, Po tatoes; Cabbage.' Beets, Melons and an small seeds for the Garden.- Seed -oats, Rust" Proof, Winter, Gray -Turf Burt or Ninety day OatB, -QoTerand.T Grass seed. Flower, seeds and buiba for spring and; summer. - Flowed ' Pota of all sizes. - : . - - Our feed "department iscwelL" sup plied with Hay Grain and Mill Feed: I We hare the1 Alfalfa, Clover Dairy feed,lthe7best feeddn' thYxnarket J - ?- -I Tmrs'V serve t" - v PnonalM.: J -127 Poindexter -, , Eiisabea .pity, w: c. - rsn Tirft il: - 4. - ' - v.