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VOL XI' ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 21; 1909 7 NO 16 D. M. JONES. CO. IS BURNED OUT $30,000 Stock of - Hpdware (.Completely Destroyed ;i Last Saturday . . WILL REStJME BUSf INESS MR. OVERMAN WILL V REBUILD THE Building at once. The store building on., the corner oi poindexter and" Mathews streets occupied by the D. M. Jones Harl vare Company was totally destroyed by fire last Saturday morning.. The flames were aisoovered at 2.00 o'clock A. M., and - the1 -alarm turned in. Whenth fire department arrived on the scene the flames liad "gained such headway that the - build ing and its entire contents was doomed to the flames. By the most neroic efforts on the iart 61 the fire- jnen the flames lor the most iart -were confined to' this : building al though at times it looked as if the Poindexter street section .was doomed to be other ' conflagation like the one of two years ago. There was stored in the D. M. Jones Company's, store- a large quan tity of - loaded f shelb- and : Other - "ex plosives, and when-the fiTe reached these, the sound of the exploding W. GRIFFIf GOES TOIliERtl Ti OCCUPY THE POSITION OF AS- ;STANTi THE WAS A GREAT RALLY FOR THE Y M " - ' i i A MAMOUTH MEETING' AT THE QA8HIER riN NATIONAL 'BANK, OF NEWBERN. VrtHMft U AM 1U ITU A DDII liant future, ; " . COURT HOUSE LAST MONDAY NIGHT. GREAT SPEECHES BY . TH E CITY'S GREATEST O R ATO RS THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE Mr. William W. Griffin will . leave this city on the 26th, inst, to 'fill the pbsiUohAfJjiiS?istant -cashier of the .National "Bank "of Newbera, N.' C. 'Hls;'careepasivajiker haa so far been . greatly successful , PI 3 entered the First: National Bank in this -city eight years ago as a runer, and by superior -business ability, prompt at tentionn to business" anl pleasing manners . and courteous attention toi all clients, jie steadily rose in bank ing circles until he became assistant cashier of the First' National Bank, a position : that he has filled with great ability ' afid with perfect acceptability to" the . officials- of the bank- and their clients,, a; the following resolution re cently, passed at a meeting of the Board of Directors will showv-TBe It resolved, - that In accepting Mr . Griffin's resignation, we desire Jo express our-appreciation of his ser vices hili Vtol?: the employ of this LBank, to testify to his faithful, ef- Icient and paihstaken care of all mat terv entrte'. to ,his V care ; . and Its' antassdciation and 6u'slhess rela tions with him." Mr. Griffin is" n6t quite 26 years old. STIRRED. shells resembled a charge of infan- He was eaucated. at the Atlantic try. The explosive matter made fire fightingvery dangerous. A bullet from an exploding catridge v passed within six inched of Chief Roper's head- ' - Flames invaded the front of the Eagle Grocery Company just across the street and wrecked the front of the store. .. . . . . ; .'. ., ' - . The flames were finally brought un der subjection after a fight, of. about three hours.-. ':. v "- :- ' The entire stock of "Hardware of the D. M. Jones Co., "was destroyed. The stock was : valued, at about $30, 000, and the company carried insur ance Of $17,000 V- The Eagle ? Grocery was tadly idam- aged by fire and water,, and Xaven. stien's Department store' was . also damaged.- .-V. 'l' V rt -k The D. M. Joes Co.; has announced that the company , wilL resume, bus. iness at once on Poindexter street. Mr. Overman who :owned the build ing carried insurance on it to the amount of $5,500. He. announces that he will rebuild the store at once, and will make it three stories high. RAILROAD JRALLY MEETING; MONDAY NIGHT, ' MAY 24TH., AT THE COURT HOUSE,. ELIZABETH CITY. ' , Collegiate Institution of this city, and has, resided in this city all his life. . His correct and decorous young life. as kept and nutured the 'price: less heir loom of a noble character in herited from a noble parentage. His father was Wl J. Griffin one of the most brilliant attorneys that this city has ever had and whose tragic and untimely death was universally lamented. His mother was (Nee Cam illa C. Vaughanr, a. woman especially noted for her brilliant intellect Mr. Griffin Is a nephew - of Mr. , M. K. Griffin, cashier of the"CitizenB; Bank of this city. . Young Mr. Griffin career in the Banking wprld sa far has beei so successful that tils great host of friends are proud of him and his record and, they predict for him a brilliant future as a banker. The very best wishes of a large circle of friends,-and ar great host of former, patrons will go with him in his new field of labor. The friends of the Y. M. C. A. . . held a mamouth rally in the Court House last Monday night. - A large audience :bf representative citizens were present and participate i in the .discussion. The greatest en thusiasm was created, and much was accomplished toward the successful launching of a movement to complete the building. It was the consensus of opinion that the new building shall be completed at an early date; Addresses were delivered by sec retary McKee'of Baltimore and C. E. G. Huntington of Charlotte. These ad dresses were followed by Rev. W. R. Haight, Hon. J. B Leigh, Hon. R. W. Turner, Rev, Mr McKee, attorney J. Kenyon- Wilson and . others. The ad dresses were strong and greatly stir red the audience to a determination to renew their eff prts to complete the building. :r: - ., : ' After the addresses an executive cpm?nittee;ofilof; Sheep, ', t E. M. .mevens: Kighl, J. Woodlev, JT Br' Legfr and:R.W; Turned was appointed to take charge of the mat. ter of perfecting plans, for the launch, ing of the movement. These gentlemen are now fashioning out the plans and as soon as they are perfected actve operation will begin. .' a -Social at the home of Mr. C. H, White last Wednesday evening. There were lots of games played, after which refreshments were served on the lawn and "enjoyed by all. The dec orations were beautiul and showed good tasts on the "part of the boys.; 7 GRADED SCHOOL - ED NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ANNUAL ADDRESS ON THE 26. GRADUATING EXER CISES 27TH- INST. Belvidere, Academy School closed Friday the 21st. In the afternoon the exercises will begin at 2.30 close at! Commencement exercises of the 4:30. In the evening 7 30 to 10:30 re. iCity Graded Schools will take plaice freshmen ts ;wjll be served on the Ia"n. AH are cordially invited. We are glad to say this school has done good work this year. - ' n ; HER TFORDIW Hertford May 20. S. A. Chancel, lor the baseball pitcher who did the "twirling stunt" 1 f or the local's last season arrived Monday from Lees- burg, Va., Mr Chancellor is in excel lant shape and .will be on the firing line again vthis season. A play entitled . "'Sunset and Sur prises' was presented Friday evening at the Graded school auditorium by the young ladies of the St. Kather- ines Guild. The play was well recelv- on'next Wednesday and Thursday in the new school building, . - ... " - A public xhibit pf the , . students' work will be open to the public from three to six o'clock on Wednesday, and from nine to twelve and -from three to six on Thursday. This exhibit will be made up of the class work and examination papers of the strident' and will give the vis itors an idea of the nature of the work that the school is doing. All parents and friends of. the school are cordially invited to come out and to spend time in making a careful examination of the papers. It will encourage your children for you to manifest at least this much inter est in their studies and it will help to stimulate the teachers" todo 'their best in the coming years. Criticise the work; give praise to teachers and students when ...you see that is worthy TYRRELL COUNTY IS INTERESTED ' --it 1 Ti. 2 1 th Efiucabeffi lftyand: 1 Albemarle Railway ' SUBSCRIBE STOCK WILL M EET WITH RAILROAD PEO PLE IN THIS, CITY NEXT MON DAY NIGHT FOR THE. PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE PLANS OF THE ROAD. - " ed and all present enjoyed a most ' of commendation and maker suggestion pleasant ' evening.. : ' ' I where you see improvements could be made, that will be a help to the 1 aOitpf v Lewis cf Pbrtsaaouth- teacTrers in the future Sound Side, Tyrrell Co, May 20. Avmeeting of the citizens of this sec tion was held at. this place on the evelng of the - 17th instant for the purpose of having Mr. D. G. Wil' son of Pasquotank County place the proposition of the Elizabeth City and Albemarle Railway before the, people1 A large crowd of representativesf citL zens was in attendance upon the meet ing. Mr. J, G. Brickhouse was elected Chairman and Mr. Jerry Brickhouse was- elected 'secretary. Va., spent Sunday , in this city Miss Little who has been visiting Miss Bessie McMullan on Church street has returned tb her home at Bethel, N. C, - BELVIDERE NOTES ) Belvidere, May 19. Misses Emma White and Sybil Nicholson will leave Friday for Guilford College to attend the commencement exercises. " Miss Nancy Cox who is teaching in -one of the Norfolk public schools, spent Simday with, her mother on King street. Mr. S. R. Ward went to Murfreesboro last week to attend . the commence ment exercises at the Chowan Bap tist Female Institute. We are very sorry to report Mr. A. F. Riddick very s-'ck. Miss Gertude' Wooten left Sunday for a few weeks stay with her bro ther in Norolk. The young men of Belvidere gave Mrs. Carr of Kinston, N. C, is visiting her brother, H. G. Miller on King Street, Rev. J. N. Cole Supt. of the Meth odist Orphanage at Raleigh was in our town Sunday in the Interest of the Orphanage. He preached two ex cellant sermons in the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith spent Sunday Jn Edenton. Mr. W. H. Jenkins Supt. of the Eastern Cotton Oil Mills is in Ven ezeula South America, superintending the construction of an oil mill. Mr. W. B. Hudson who was recently called to the bedside of his mother at Belford; N. J., returned homeTues- "Very few of our people visit the schools and it is as little as ypu can do .to encourage your boy or girl by, going out to this exhibit, 'to inspect the work and compare1 what your child is doing with that of his class mates; it will help you to decide whether your child is keeping up in the race with his fellow students. You should inquire into the cause; possi bly he has not been applying himself as he should or he may be spending too mulch of his time on the ' streets at night when he should be preparing Ms lessons. Investigate at least to the extent of inquiring of his teach er what in her estimation has been the cffttse. Prof. E. C. Brooks of Trinity Col lege wilL deliver the annual address on the night of the 26th and on the night of the 27th the graduating ex ercises will take place. The following class will graduate: Full 11th Grade graduate are Miss Annie Nelson, Miss Minnie Nash, J Bartlett Fearing, David Milton Love, Frank McMullan Grice.. Tenth Grade graduate, Miss Ira Mae Lawden. vAfte a;;e man stating the object of the meet ing, Mr. D. G. Wilson, the promoter of the railway addressed the assem' blage on the new railroad proposition. He set forth in a clear- and concise manner the practability of the plan to build the road, and the great adva tages to be derived from this road. The citizens were greatly interested in the proposition. The following committee was ap pointed to go to -Elizabeth City next Monday to meet with the citizens of that town next Monday night J E. Brickhouse, J. W. Wbrodard, H." F. Rhodes, J. G. Brickhouse, C. H. Brickhouse. ' When the meeting adjourned 9 meet again next n Wednesday " night; May 25th. V LEARNING AND ABILITY' DEVOTED TO LOYAL PUBLIC SERVICE PROMINENT COUPLE TO WED. The Tar Heel bee leave" to - ac knowledge the receipt of. the wed ding invitation. Mr and MrSw S- Winfield Woodley. v will give in marriage their daughter Mary -Pauline Mr. Gerhard Beroset Thursday morning, June the third one thousand nine hundrepl;. and ine at half-after eight, o'clock at their ' Home,; Cresswell, North' Carolina i ' . , . . ... . . , The honor of your presence is re-, quested. ;; .. r Miss Mabel Vinson after a visit to ber sister, Mrs. B. F. White in this city left Monday for her borne in Bai timore., ' ' . ; . Mrs Ernest Burton returned , to ber bome in Munders Point last Monday arter a visit to ner parents in this city. . -.. 3- F. M. Simmons, senior- senator from North Carolina, was born on the farm in Jones county where he now lives, January 20 1854, He was. graduated from Trinity College, this State, in 1873; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He located at New bern ; and . soon thereafter formed a J partnership with Clement Manly, un der the 'firm name of Simmons and Manly.; This 'firm soon acquired a lirge; andllucrative practice, .proln ably the 4 largest in that section of the State; ; Mr. Simmons being rec. ognlzed as one. of the ablest members of the bar in a state noted for the ability and learning of j its legal pro. tesslon. '' '-''-J- -:'y.- In 1886 Mr, Simmons" was nominat ed for congress by, the Democrats of thel; second district, and,, on account of a-split in "the republican partyj of the" distric tas - elected" to the fiftieth icongress. His district, had a large negro; - and consequently .repub lican; "majority; in i fact, the Demo cratic-legislators --conceded the Ate- trlct j to- tne jrepuoucans -ana put as mayneo;5Cti; into lKas possit iwlthfcconCTessiraa were aranged. .It wa9,.,. tne famous "Black District" of North Carolina. The Republicans united In the pres idential year of 1888 and Mr. Sim mons was defeated for " re-election. During his one term in the house he was very successful' in securing ap propriations for his --district, among them large appropriations for river and. harbor improvements and for the erection of a handsome -federal building in Newbern, which is occupied by the custom service, the federal courts and the postomce-' L ; After his retirement from congress Mr. Simmons resumed the practice of the iawi In 1892 he was elected chairman of the democratic state ex ecutive committee, and, notwithstan'4 Ing a populist detection of 45,000 votes from the democracy) led; his party to victory by j a plukrityjof oyer 30,000. President ICJlevelan appointed him collector of internal revenue for the district comprising the eastern half of North' Carolina, j and he. served -as such f during the last democratic ad-. ministration, tjpon his appointment as collector he resigned "asf chairman of the deniocttatiec 5 TbeVreubW ef fected a" fusion" in" the' state and con gressional election of 1894 and tho coalition carried the state, electing all state officers voted for, all the congressmen f rom the state, ave one and three.fourths of each b tunc s of the legislature. This victory was re peated and accentuated in 1896 when the republicans ancL. populist elected all of the state officers by majorities of over 40,000. It seemed that fusion control of the state was to be per manent, and evil days fell upon her. Hordes of negroes were either elect ed or appointed to office; -property rights were' disregarded; , capital be came frightened and industrial devel opment ceased; murder and., worse crimes and lawlessness became ram pant throughout the state.- Conditions were Intolerable and the white men of North Carolina, although the way look RAILROAD RALLY MEETING, MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 24TH, AT THE COURT HOUSE, ELIZABETH CITY. x iions, was brought into hVrmony with fan policy of the committee, an J after a in 08 1 brilliant campaign, the dem ocratic ; candidates were elected by nearly . 20,000 majority and the legis lature was almost three-fourth " dem ocratic in each house. Immediately after the . election, Mr, Simmons began the agitation for an amendment jto xhe constitution of the state by which most 0 tne ig norant negroes could be disfranch's ed arid negro race rule forever there, after made impossible in any. of the counties of his state. Under his leader ship .the legislature jsubmitte, such and amendment to the people for rati, fication, and it was ratified in August 1900, by over 50,000 majority. J In . the campaign for its ratification and -it the campaigns of 1900, 1902, . 1904 and TO CELEBRATE DECORATION DAY ed dark and almost hopeless when the ;1906 Mr. Simmons continued at the 40,000 fusion majority of IS95 was jhlead of the democratic ' state , com-considered,-resolved they must' cease., jmittee, resigning the position, 'in The Hollywood and the Episcopal Cemetery Associations will celebrate Decoration Day tomorrow afternoon, beginning at three o'clock., A large, icrowd of citizens" will gather at the Court House, where, ap propriate exercises will be "held. At the court house a parade will be form ed. This parade will consist of citi zens on horse back, Zeiglersf Band, Naval Reservers school . children. Ministers in carriages arid citizens in carriages. Dr. J. HL, White ; will be chief Marshall of the parade y - This ' parade will Start . from the Court House and . will visit the . Epis copal., and the Hollywood Cemetery; where a .short service will be held. In this dark" hour . the democralic 11907. He is North Carolina's - ablest 1 The owners of lots on the cemeter state committee met to prepare for ; political general; ; Witty -- him ; in com- the campaign of 1898. Mr. Simmons jmand, the North Carolina democracy was elected chairman and ' his : plan has ; never known defeat. of . campaign was 5 adopted.1 The 'White 5 Senator Simirions - wilt always be . re- mannuya OX ..tue . state, aimuav uit? - apectlve;- of former political afillia- r (Continued on Page 80 ies have .been asked to decorate the graves : .in flowers for this occasion. New Yrlc ity ;passcdC:throti'-3--dt yes terday. 4 : . - 5? V 6 4 V 4, '-" 1 1- 1 ' . -1 v 7 1 If
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