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1 '-t , 4 -J - i r .v. -; J . : r ' V i; V -t 1 Largest Circulation In EastemoiiK -Garblinai : ' J 1 ' . ? . The "Only Paper Prints the' District-News VOL XI' ELIZABETH CITY, NdRTH CAROLINA, F&bAY, JUNE 18, 1909 NO 20 THE NORTH CAROLINA MERCHANTS IN THEIR SEVENTH; ANNUAL SESSION - rrrr-ou i-s 1 , -o - j . NANTICORE IS BOTTLED UP GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO LEAVE EH E8E WATERS UNTIL IT IS SATISFIED THAT THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT HER TRIP. WRONG "Deputy Collector D. 0. Newberry received instructions from the -Department last Monday night .4o i taki charge of. the steamer Nanticoke and detain her from departing on a "re ported trip to Venzuela. jVIr. Newberry went to Edenton Tuesday to investigate as to the movement of the steamer that is : al- Trinity Park -School at TDurham leged to be engaged in a nnbust?riln2sM expedition to Venzeuela. A . Mr. Newberry learned that the sterner was lying at hex,- dock at Franklin, Va., that there was a gov ernment officer aboard of her watch ing the loading of the freight and the revenue cutter Pamlico was at the mouth of the Chowan - river -ready to intprrent thfi steamer. should she make an attempt to leave these -waters without the permission of the United States -Governmeht.- After she has loaded her freight if there is nothing suspiciouls about her to confirm the report of the , fil ibustering idea, she willlikely permitted to depart but-an TJ. S. Of ficer will - accompany her on the trip until she is beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. The steamer has been owned and operated by the Albemarle Steam Navigation Company for many years and Las been operated ontthe Chowan river. She was recently sotd to a Venzullian, through the agency of a New York Steam ship company. The steamer was sent here to be repaired for herv ocean voyage. It was while on the ways here that certain " remarks of the members of the crdw created the suspicion that she was about to en gage in taking arms and ammuni tions of war to the rebel forces in that country. The report has created a great deal of excitement and; has caused the United States Govern ment a great deal of trouble. NANTICOKE NOT A FILIBUSTER D- O. Newberry "Collector of Cus toms at this port received instructions Wednesday to release the - steamer Nanticokewif she was in his pos session and to permit her to sail' for Venzuela. ' ! ' ' Instructions from the. Venzuelian sovernment to the U. S. Diepartment of Commerce and' Labor stated that the Nanticoke was not a fllebuster and was not bought by any, of' Castro's sympathizers. This puts an end to all the interest and excitement created during - the Past two weeks in regard to the. fil- 1 oimering idea of that steamer. " Lr7 our Muresco or Kur-Fresco :for your walls: makes the room look like new SHARBER AND WTTTTR TTnrfl- 8re Co- EbCity;4 MUCH IMPORTANT BUSINESS 010 MAP flOTES Old Trap, June 15, The farmers of this section are being delayed very much' in their work by the heavy rains. If fair weather opens up this week most or, them: will have their corn "laid by." ' 1 Mr. Walter' Burgess ,of , Philadel phia is the guest of his parents in this place. Miss Isabel Burgess has returned home from Harbinger. N. C. for a permanent stay. She has held a po sition there for several months. Clifton Hughes has returned from Master? Everett Harrison of Eliz- abeth ity is spending this week . at theVhome of Mr . . M . , L. Burf ooi , s Thefe" were many; who, went to Elizabeth City from here Saturday, The Old Trappers say that the steam ers get more passengers from here than from any other point on this line . , SUTIOtllS GREEK NOTES Sutton Creek, June 15. Owing to the badjweather of the past week the farmers of our vicinity are very much discouraged with the crops. Mr. and Mrs. G.j W. Jackson made a business trip to Elizabeth City Friday. Mr. R. T.. Layden made a business trip to Elizabeth City Prday . " Miss MJollie White and mother were the guests ' of G. W. Jackson Saturday. Mr, W. O. Hunter and wife were the -guests' of his parents Saturday. Children's Day will be observed on the fourth Sunday morning June 27th at the Hall. f EXPERT ELECTRICIAN. ..We have secured an expert elec trician and we are now prepared to install all kinds of ELECTRICAL ap paratus, do wiring and repair motors and fans. Contract taken and prompt attention given to your work. CITY HAY AND GRAIN CO. Water5 St., Elizabeth City, N. C. Make Your Limeades at Home. We carry the Monserrat Lime Fruit Juice, guaranteed pure and full strength, imported direct from the Olveston Plantations on the island of Montserrat It makes a most whole- some and refreshing beverage: Cost half as much;, made In your nome as it does at the fountains. We also have the orange fruit juice for desserts; Ice Cream and water ices. SCOTT & TWIDDY. Phone 72. POTATO MARKET4 1 IrishDOtatoes were anoted as sell- ing on the Northern market yesterday (Thursday) at $2.50 and 43.00 . per barrel. .1? ; . ' . Splendid stock of Smoked -, meats, consisting of F F V .Hams ;k Shaf er's MCuredlHams;Breakto Bacon etcr"-Get .our prices.-rEagle" Grocery, SESSION Officers Elected While on tank, Salisbury the Next Meeting Place. Visting Merchants Delighted With Our Beautiful City. The Seventh Annual sessiori of chants Association . convened inthis city last Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock in the Elks Hall with a large number of delegates "The Association was callecf to order by the president, Archibold Nichols . i N The following addresses of welcome were delivered Mayor Zenas Fearing spoke in behalf pf the city extending to the delegates and visitors a hearty welcome to the city. Hon. J.B. Leigh delivered the address for the Chamber of Commerce and J. Wl Kight president of the local retail mer. chants association spoke for the local association. Mr. A. B. Justine made the response to the ' addresses. The remain der of the first session of the association was consumed in appointing committees on credential and question box. The president then made his re port which, was of considerable volume. He spoke at length on the con ditions of the retail trade. H is appeal to the merchants was "Get together" . ThefoiJowJftgcomendAtl6hs were made at this pdlnV that the mer chants take tip the fight against the freight discrimination InortJieaK oltna; tha a tax of $500 be placed on itererant merchants and peddlers in this State and that the law forbidding garnishee by sending bills out of the State be repealed. s Norman H. Johnson, attorney of the North Carolina Retail Mer chants Association delivered address at the Tuesday night session. The subject of his address was "SsuernMerchants Opportunity." The sessions of Wednesday were, devoted principally to the hearing of reports of local associations. These reports indicated that the Retail Mer chants Association is in a prosperous condition. These jreports also indi cated that the merchants propose to take up the fight on unjust freight dis criminations and wage an active campaign to secure better rates. A lengthy report was submitted to the association dealing with this prop osition in which the injustice of the present conditions in freight rates was set forth. The report set forth the fact that the cities and towns in North Carolina are discriminated against by the foreign shipper to the ex tent that the North Carolina Merchants have to pay about twice as much freight as the Virginia cities do. - Numerous complaints have already been filed with the North Caro lina Corporation Commission in regard to this injustice. . Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock a game of base ball was played on the New park, complimentary to the Association. The game was played between Hertford and Elizabeth to i in favor of Elizabeth City. ojflMiiiwiwih Wednesday night the local retail merchants, association gave "a banquet td the visitors and delegates at the Southern Hotel- The banquet was an elaborate one and was largely attended. J.W. Kight was the tost master. The toasts were as fol lows: The Relations of the Whole sale and the retailer; Collection of Debts by law upon motion of attor-. ney J. K. Wilson of this city. The following toast was delivered: "How the Retail Merchants Gets There" by Rev. C. F. Smith. Thursday morning an excursion was tendered to the visitors and delegates, down the Pasquotank river. A large number of people went on this excursion. v While on this trip down the Pasquotank river the Association held its )final session for the purpose of erecting officers for the ensuing year. The following officers we re elected. E. E. Broughton ofRaleigh, presi dent; J. F. Morris of Winston-Salem. Vice president; E. S. Harris of Raleigh, Secretary; J. R. Hoffman of Burington. treasurer and A. B. Jus tice of Charlotte attorney. Attorney Norman H. Johnson -had previously been elected counsel to the National Association of Retail Merchants. Mr. J. W. Kight, president of the Elizabeath City Retail Merchants' Associa tion was elected Vice-President for the first district. Salisburg. N. C, was selected as the place for the meeting of the Association next year. , ; With the election of officers the Seventh Annual Session adjourned and the delegates "began to. leave the city .for their homes In the various parts of the State upon their return , The visiting merchants were her people and their hospitality. BIG CROWD AT LAVENSTINE'S One of the biggest rushes ever wit nessed in this city occured at Lav enstein's Departnent store on Poin- j Btaat To of Hatiirrtav nffpmoon ut5f -r is 3n,;iaTr n Wht This storA ..has aT7J 0 ' been visited by great, crowds of shop- pers every day, since ijayeusuiuis great fire sale started, 'but last Sat urday was a record breaker. Thous ands of ? dollars worth of seasonable Imerchan'dise lias : been . sold ( at this efsiro TrfTTfi the sale began at great Wgainrprlces.These prices towtatj? streetlqft today for home In has carriedlthe Crowds thersmd1 is) Franklin .County,-; WAS TRANSACTED IN THIS OF THE ASSOCIATION a Trip Down the Pasquo- of the North Carolina Retail Mer City and resulted in a score of 4 , from the excursion. greatly pleased with Elizabeth City, what keeps the--crowd going there, and will keep the crowd going until the last bargain is gene. In spite of the enormous sales that has already been made at this store there still remains a larse quantity pf merchandise which goes at these bargain prices. Miss Annie Dean who has spent some time in the city visitine her sister Mrs. ' Spencer Chaplin-in Hun x MFOlll LlfflEI June 15, , . COTTON - ,1909 1908 Good middling ....11 3-16 "ll; 3-16 Middling . , .loT 7r8;lU7-8 Strict low middling 10 5-8 11 3-4 GRAIN, HAY. ETC. Corn White 9092; cracked 85c; mixed 8&90c. Hay-Ohio, Michigan and. Indiana. 4 No. 1 timothy, in ton lot3 from store. $19.bo$20.00; heavy mixed hay. per ton U8.00$19.00V :, COUNTRY PRODUCE Spring (aachens-Small. 25 50c. Poultry Old T&&f.iW'c. Lives turkevs IRSanei-if -Tib-? Butter--Cotrhtry butter 15c . groceries "! -;;'"- ; f. Flour--Fancy patent spring" wheat flour 57.50 per barrel; fancy patent winter wheat. $7.50 per barref; one half patent $7.35; choiee straight ?7.00. month ago. MRS. STEPHEN MASON DEAD Miss Ruth Stranghn left last Mon day for Snow Hill, Md., to attend the funeral and ihterment of her cousin Miss Stephen Mason who died Sun day at her home in that town. Mrs . Mason was Miss Maimie Straughn and she was marrie dto Mr. Stephen Mason in this city .abouta Plymouth Rock Spring chickens". weighing much as 2 1-2 pounds 45 cents. Eagle Grocery. Phone 145. AN INCREASE WAS NEVER CON- TEMPLATED BY ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND THE MAT- j TER HAS NEVER BEEN DIS-' CUSSED Ouir reporter having heard consid erable talk about the salary that Supt. Sheep was getting, called-upon him as the man most lfkely to know What he was getting or; to get for the coming- school year and the fol lowing interview was given. Mr. Sheep. What salary are you to get for the coming' school year- 'Tarn to get the same as last year $1800. Did you ask the Board for an inH crease this year? 'I did not, either publicily or pri vately; and so far as I am informed no member of the Board ever men tioned giving me more as pleasant as it would have been to have had a voluntary increase from the Board.' The chairman of the Board of . trus tees was also seen and asked whether the subject of Increasing the salary of "Supt. Sheep had ever been men tioned at. a meeting of the Board and his answer was that' the matter had never been talked of or suggested- at any meeting -.-"of the Board during the school ryear. i " r v . ' :. PROF. SHEEP GETS l THE SAME SALARY fJECRO DUD AT BARrJETT'S CREEK WENT AFTER A LANTERN. STEP- PED OVERBOARD , FROM WHARF AND SANK Tot A WATERY GRAVE. ' A negro named Robert Raison fell from the wharf at Barnett's Creek j last Monday night and drowned, while engaged in loading freight on the steamer Virginia. V "Hhe negro had been Bent for a lan tern and he and the lieht. disan simnlta31eouslr Another ne- " grp ran to the spot." where - the light disappeared fn time to see the TSa gro's hands sticking up out of tho water. " The. negro ran'' to the steam boat to sive the Alarm of a "maa overboard" if l ' ' ' Captain Barrett; ;; James White hurst if thisicity : and Mate Hayman , were in the saloon when the "negro rushed on the board. . They hurried to the scene of the- drowning but could see no' trace of th& negro. They got the life boat and dragged for the body an finally recovered it. - ' The body was placed on the. Vir ginia and was brought to thi3 city Tuesdays . The negro came frOm Windsor and had been .atswork for the LeRoy Steam boat Company only a fiv,- days.. BUSTER CHARMS THE CHILDREN ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST ENTHUIASTIC GATHERINGS OF, CHILDREN EVER HELD IN THS CITY ATTENDED BUSTER BROWN', RECEPTIONS LAST WEDNESDAY ' Birster' Brown held two receptions at Rucker and Sheeleyfs store in this ;city last Wednesday. V '""The first! reception was held in the morning at 10 o'clock. ' Ery available inch of flour j space in this large store was prepar jed for standing room and every inch of it was needed too. For more than ' a jialf an hour before the appear ance of Buster; Brown this space was packed and jamed in with children. Buster held his reception to the in tense delight of the children who lis tened with breathless attention and. followed his every movement. The afternoon reception was held at four o'clock, and an hour before that time Mr- Rucker knew that. his store. large as It was. could not ac commodate the crowd bo he provided a stage at one of the entrance doors and had. Buster to hold an open air reception . The street in front of the store was a solids mass of children, with their nurses and attendants; Every Kid In town must have been ; -'-'if.'; there and a large number who have passed beyemd the "Kid" stage. The afternoon reception was a great Nsuccess. Buster's performance was especial ly fine and he charmed and delighted his audience. - Jt . ; -: -i At ' the close . of the afternoon eh tertalnment, JBuster . called for three cheers for Buster- Brown Shoes'' and he sol 'lt too. , y y 1 't! v 1 1 r i 1 t ) - s. :i '- I. f f 1 V . . p.-'' .... i vf . , v. 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