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. 1 Urgest;Circulli0ii inE brth r C arolina . er That Prints thfe District News 1 , VOL XI KtlABETH CITY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY; JUNE 4'f 1909 ' - i'l iii" ' - f ' . - ' ' ' NO 18 Only Pap HYDE COUNTY RAILROAD WAS H I N GTOT 1 PUTT I NQ FORTH EFFORT TO GET THIS. CONNECTION. DIGGING MANY ; IRISH POTATOES "Washington, 1 N. C., A large and representative gathering ot members of tbe Chamber of Commerce, mer chants and business men Jf the city was beld in tbe rooms of the Cham-j ber of fcommerce for the purpose of devising ways and means to induce the Hyde County and Mattamuskett Railroad now in process j6f ' conruc tion and extending from Fairfield,, Hyde County, to Beihaven, Beaufort county, to continue its road on to this city. Captain G. J. Studdert having just returned from Hyde County ad dresaed the meeting in regard to Jhe matter of extending the road on to this citv. He also stated that the citizens bf Beihaven and Bath N. C had. made offers to the railroad to pay for the grading and rights of way, but the railroad company did not think it advisable to take the road to Bath unless it could be extended on to this city, also Captain " Studdext stated thai the road was already completed to within three miles of Beihaven and this work would be finished in six weeks. He also stated that this was. our chance to get this I road, and unless we gave the State 1 officials in Raleigh an answer by next Tuesday mornings the convicts TiwM be taken back to the Penin- tentiary, and the road terminated at Mhaven. Cantain Studdert then stated that it would only 1 SHIPPED ABOUT 5,000 BARRELS THIS WEEK. BIGGER " SHIP- ME NTS NEXT WEEK; LOTS OF UNION MEE1NGS IN TYRELL LAST SUNDAY. ( Staff Correspondence.) A hurried trip into Tyrrell county the later' part of lasi week and the first of this gave our correspondent FOR ME MEM A meeting was held in the Court. the National .Box Co., appeared be- House In. this city las Monday af fore Major -Kuhn opposing the- build ing of the bridge. They spoke at length, and gave elaborate statistics as to the disadvantages that will arise from the building of tne bridge. They cited the fact that their clients expended large -sums of money in pay rolls. in this city and tat their wishes ought to be granted. ternoon by Major Kuhnof the War Department to give the citizens of Elizabeth City an opportunity to exr press themselves in regard to the granting of a permit to the Camden Ferry Company to build a bTidge across the Pasauotank river. some-Information as to crops in thisr" , tt"u xu J Ferry Company who desire to bulla , , ' I the bridge . iCU&c 00 l" TCiUC4i He spoke at length on the prop- people. - : The truck farmers of the Sound side section this week- have done a Mr. H. T.. Greenleaf Sr., appeared! Mr. i$eo. w. P. Overman secretary of the Rasters, Water and Pilots As- n a vi cation TTp was silDDortAd in this gmg. un last monqay tne Meilt of the LeRoy Steamboat Com! vi me upper ouuua siue bbviwu omr . fh m(1Blhwil nf nm- , , . . - i j pea over tne etoy x.ine apout nyC t . th , brf& hundred barrels and; this shipping has lm M lnterfei.e Vith the navigation been kept up during the entire week almost to that number of barrels. sociatioh spoke in opposition to the building of the bridge. Dr. Blades spoke for the Foreman Blades Lum- isition and urged that the building bfr Company and he too opposed the of the bridge be no obstruction to . buildina of the brfdee - Mr. C, H. Robinson addressed, the meeting in the interest of 'the Ferry Company. Then the .meeting ad journed -and Major Kuhn took the matter under advisement. He will report his decision from Norfolk some time in" the near future. The bridge is to be built to take of their boats and that th'ey had no objection to the bridge being built. Attornp.v "P! F , Avdlett. renrfiSAnt i tho i-.1a The potato crop in this section is Tvis-mai Swatnn r. nom-' . j . lol v1oa fair- " ,J J mya.u.y, uc- CnSrLT.7j:r , W the On, lota Company tween.this city ana Camden County. tjr u w anfl atnrnpv W A Worth TPnrPsent- The hV4rt.ro i In T,el1Q A nf J r. ov 10 "-V ""Ql tl,"UU vioys o wv,.- . fhp Riiffaln T.nmhPr nnmnanv and whan lmnTat ,1. .-.- .Jj ? I O 1 ' " w-t-.vvcu this week of 20 to 25 barrels to the THE1II BEATS J It makes no difference to what point of perfection you may arrive, more than likely somebody, else Is just a little ahead. Mr. Jennings An formed us last week that he had 'a goose that had "laid,, forty eggs in about two months. Of course we put it down as forty dozen and it caused considerable Jnterest, " vNo Mr. J. W. Johnson, a resi dent, of this city has trotted but his old hen In the race for the banner for: gjgss - ' H says that his. hen Jgan?TtayV ingeglhe first of t1ar,nd has "hot1 missed a day in afrm':'s time. He ' further states that some time ago she. gave evidence of a dispo sition to set and that he put her in a coop to break it up. But Mr, Johnson was mistaken about , the setting bujsiness an5 the old lien proved it by laying '"an egg before breakfast. Mr. Johnson wants to know If his hen doesn't take. the cake. She does, if somebody does not trot out another of greater egg laying abilityt Brethern, let's hear from yru while we are h the subject. TOOK THE OATH: LAST TUESDAY JUDGE CONNOR WILL OPEN FED ERAL COURT AT TEN O'CLOCK. Raleigh N. C, June f,1 Judge H G. Connor the newly, appointed United States Judge for , the Eastern District of North Carolina, will thtt morning take the oath of office and will immediately open, court. The oath of office will be admlnls tered at ten oclock yirjatted Statet Commlssipner- John Nichols in , the Federal court room. Immediately af . ter this Jugde Connor will ascend, the behch and court being 4 convened, will deliver his "charge to the grand jury and theu proceed with. th9 bus iness of the term.. 1 ' ' NEXT SUNDAY EXCURSION PRO. GRAME." barrel of planting, but the greater number of , farmers made a yield averag of ten to. fifteen barrels. The OLD TRAP NOTES potatoes are goddy stock, the . short 1 agebeing-causeii by the broken crops The Columbia and Creek sections Old Trap, June 1 09 Th!.? we-k is will begin to dig, in earnest next week a ausy one in old Trap for the if the prices hold up anything like farmers are eager t0 get theiv PO- require faij. $3,000 and the securing Of rights of way to grade this road on to this city from Bath, and that it , meant a great deal to the commercial and business interests of Washington as it would put this pity In close touch with one of the richest and most fer tile counties in the State. A delega tion of business men from Bath were also present at this meeting and a number of short talks were made by J. F. Tayloe, J. W. Oden, E. H. Jef ferson and T. M. Tayloe then made motion that the Chamber of Com merce accept the proposition to raise the required amount an 1 bring the railroad on to this city. This motion was seconded and unanimously car- tied by the meeting. The chaiif then appointed Messrs. George A. Phil lips, George T. Leah and J. F. Tay loe to solicit subscription for the re quired amount ol stock In the Toad aecessary to complete it to this city and about one-third of the required amount was subscribed be)ore the meeting fiisbanded. News and Ob server. to trro n marlrot Soma nsnnrt n At least 5000 barrels of potatoes . . . m n -1 I nron hnt. as 1 whole the nave been snipped rrom ly.reu iuuu- ty this week. The general conditions yield is only medium n Tyrrell County are good. Corn is doins well and the farmers next week Capt. J. W. Burfoot, of Mann s will ."hill" some corn. The farmers Harbor Light house was the guest have suffered much this year from Qf parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. he depredation of bugs and other in-1 Burfoot, Sunday and Monday. sect. I -0 The cotton crop is fairly good and Miss Mattie Bright has returned C0L1NGT0N NOTES SUTTON'S CREEK NOTES Colington, June 3, T; E. Midgett andi Miss Lucretia Green, both of this place were married a: Mariteo May 28th. . , The bride and groom are both well known here where they are held in the highest esteem. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Melson who were marri4d in Elizabeth City on the 25th of May spent some time visiting Mr. P. C. Gilford in Edenton this week. 4 me acreage is ou au viw irom waueras, wnere sue nas uuu Mplsnn rfiturned to swerawe eany aweex ptavus visum g ior several aays. t this Dlace last Tues- ... M I - been planted tms year irom "'V"i . wprA warmlv reGeived by 11 . ! 2. J .n-mtnM 1 r mi. X Oltn.n. Nr J " Jl As to the movements or e Dw g., is the guest or ner orotner, .wr. pie over in Tyrrell, last, Sunday was M. H, Hubbard especially "Union Meeting. Day". There were then in progress In a I Miss Nellie Leary has returned from radious of five miles three union Elizabeth City. meetings. - Tha Scnnnernnnir Ptantist . TJnion I Twn of our school boys have Sutton Creek, June 1 1909. Mr. G. W- Jackson made a business trip to Elizabeth City Tuesday. Mr. B. B. Barcliff returned home from Norfolk, Va, Monday after a visit of about four days. Mr. and Mrs. W. C Hunter were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. R Keaton at Woodville Sunday. Mr. W. D. Weeks and daughter were the guests of Mr. and Mrs W. O. Hunter Monday and Tuesday, .Messrs. Charlie. Weeks andr G.'W LButler are engaged in the Ioggin g business this week at Harvey's Neckj Mrs. Highflyer will chaprone a se lect partyi;who will visit all the prin cipal places of amusement in and around Norfolk. .The Misses High flyers will go along to assist their mother, to do the entertaining. This will be the swellest entertaining ex- cursion of the season. Mrs. Hish nyer says she has made all arrange ments amd that the select party will send In their names . not later than Saturday Amorning at 10 o'clock. Mrs Highflyer ctiiTiage vnll call at the homes' of all those that will go un der her leadership. 1- It is not to be understood that other classes will not be allowed oh . this Sunday excursion. As usual the cattle coaches will be ample v to ac-' commodate all that wish to go. The pleasure and comfort of the ex-chain gang nigger will be looked after, with as much consideration as the df the highfelutin Mrs. Highflyer. Get ready and join the procession that will be seen next Sunday morn ing on our principal streets. ' Do all you can, to swell the crowd, And let it be a day of great re joicing with the devil. A CORRECTION. In our last issue we made a very serious error is stating that the medal recently won by Miss . Amy Pinner fr writing the best -'essay on North Carolina History, was awarded, by the. Daughters of the Conf ederaoy. The medal was presented by the , State, sciety of the Daughter of the Rev- OIQtion. The local chapter in this. cwn is called the Sir Walter Raleigh Chapter. The State Society of the Daughters of the Revolution gave a melai to the schools in every town, where one of the Chapters is lo- ' cated. J ' ' -' 'A. : ANNOUNCEMENT. " We have recovered from the Are. Cent fire and are now located on WATER STREET, next to Fowlerfi -f where we are giving a sweeping "eduction on high grade household. floods, saving the purchaser from 20 10 50 ner cent on Plre Sal. Cnria W ----- vBa - " ,w w ape daily receiving larae envoicea of standard and fancy groceries at rea dable prices. EAGLE GROCER?, phone 145. - , , .. meeting convened wjth the Baptist come home to spend their vacation church at Sound Side last Saturday Mr. S. G. Burgess of Wfiitsett Insti- morning and was in session satur- tute returned yveanesaay ana sax. day, and Sunday. Rev. Mr. Dailey pf Kt Burgess of the tate University South Mills preacbed the Introductory 1 arrived Thursday sermon to a large congregation. The Rnlendid onl and was The friends of Mrs. Bervil Mercer greatly enjoyed. Mr. Dailey has teJ will regret to hear that sbe is ill cently accepted the pastorate of tne Sound Side Baptist , church and will Mr and Mrs. Chas. Leary and Mrs immediately enter upon the duties Boima Quidly, of Hatteras, are the of his pastorate. , guests of Mrs. George Bright. The business of the Union was transacted during the sessions of A social was given by Miss Effie Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tolar were here last Friday visiting Mr. John W. Melson. , . - Captain Stephen Beasley of tbisf place is spending some time in Eden- 1 ton. i Mr. W. C. Scaff's little child is very ill. POTATO MARKET , Mr. J. W. Bay? returned home from Hertford Tuesday. At the Crista! Ice and Coal oCm pany's yards thl3 week business has been on a rush. Mr. Dunstaji has work ed" a double force receiving" his first supriy of this seasons coal The de mand for. Ice these hot days "i has taxed the plant to jts utmost. Mr. and Mrs. Aydlett, Miss Tsabel Burgess, Mr. Sawyer and Mr. John Gnard of Harbinger. N. C were with us Sunday. Saturday and early Sunday morning. Burgess Saturday night in honor ot r t w tjnoa nrMohart th "Mis- her piifist Miss Lucv Burgess. of ACT. Of T Juw y. I o sionary sermon Sunday at eleven Elizabeth ity o'clock and Rev. Dailey. prcacneo again Sunday night. The Christian Denomination hp-Id its regular Union meeting last Sat urday" and. Sunday with the Christian church in. Columbia. Large crowds were iq, attendance. Van Duzen carried a number of delegates and visitors from lxxy Hawk and Currituck. : The Free Will Baptist church, held Its union meeting with the cT:urch on lower Sound Side last; Saturday and Sunday. Riverside, June 2, The farmers of this community are getting bacK their right color. Last week wheh it was raining so much they looked pretty blue. It rained for about ten days. 611 NECK Miss M Bell Pugh visited Elizabeth City today. After an extended visit among her friends here, Miss Lucy Burgess has returned to her home in E . City. Some ofxthe farmers are digging Irish potatoes , this week. xMr. William Parker's horse ran away last Friday and threw Mr. Parker out oi the cart. His head struck against a -post and he was knocked senseless for a few hours. He recovered from the injury, and no further trouble is anticipated. f 1 r Mrs. M. L. Burfoot and he,r daugflt ter, Miss Hilda, j were in ) Elizabeth City shopping today. Mrff Spencer Chaplen Jr, and child ren are spending some time In Tyr-. rell County, visiting friends and rel atives ' Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jackson spent last Saturday visiting their daughter, Mrs. Gertie Jennings .; Miss Mattie Davenport Is spending some time visiting friends in Colum bia, . Gum; Neck, N. C, May 31 Oui crops are looking .good now. If thi3 fine feather continues we will prob ably be in, a better condition next year, we certainly have' had seme trying experiences' for the past few years. Mr. Davis Basnight went to Colum bia Friday on business Miss Delia Patrick and Miss Dora Sample spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Lena Combs. Mr, J. F. Everton is' preparing to move his. family, to Norfolk, Va., We are very sorry to see them leave our community. Mrs. Bessie Spencer of Frying Pan spent last week with her' par: ents at this- place. The young -people enjoyed a very delightful entertainment at the hom of Mr J. B.' Armstrong last Friday night. Quite a large1 crowd was . present. We Jvisb to announce to the peo pie that Mr. Armstrong will exhibit the same on Friday June 11. Will commence at five o'clock p. m., and continue until 12 m. seven hours of real, enjoyment Irish potatoes were quoted selling on the Philadelphia and New Turk markets, yesterday, (Thursday) at $3.50 to $4.50. About 6,000 barrels were shipped from Tyrrell county this week. The LeRoy Steamboat , company has transported about 330 barrels and the Norfolk and South.; em very probably has handled barels. The" LeRoy steamboat com pany has tTanported about 2000 bar rels from . points Vin Currituck this. week, and very likely the Merchants T and Farmers Line has handled a like j lauajttity. The local ; commission mer chants have handled at this point po- . iatoes shipped from this community about 600 barrels andi from other: points in the County a like nnmber of barrels. '.A' Large barred; . Plymouth Rock spring chickens. Eagle Grocery. Phone 145. Let us fill your order for early vegetables. Prices correct. Grocery. Phone 145. Messrs. B. L. Banks Jr, and Roy Banks have returned from - Chapel Hill where they have been attending the -University, of North- Carolina. Cfliovier Hill Butter Z2 cents per jpound, G)pod crewnery butter 25 cents per pound. Eagle Grocery. Phone 145. . Eagle RETURNED FROM SCHOOL. The following college students re turned this week from their schools to spend the summer vacation at home. Edwin Aydlett Jr. of the Bingham school; James Newbold of Wake Vorest; Misa Bessie Weatherly of the Salem Female College; Miss Mat-, tie and Venie Perry of the Baptist. Miss Eloise Robinson of Gunston Hall, Mr. Chas. o. Robinson of the' State Universftyiv ' V' mi -3 V ! m ?t . p : v ; r .'"fir"' 1 . - 1 Sis V J I h ... ft ( ;
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