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- ;. '' ; .X ir- . . 4 , - . " J" - : r- TTr1 " . r : i ; . .... ,. , ,.5 ,j VOL IX IMTS - i. v Aldermen Pctsed; Ordinance CompelUnc. Butchers and Merchants to Protect Their Goods Prom Dirt and Filth; , , ' ; . S At a recent meeting, ilte Board of Aldenaen amended the ordinance' in regard to" exposing f f esh: meats, fish Etc, by butchers; to malteli more effective an? to enable the of&cers to nfore It anore effectivly. -' -r " ' . Th ordinance provides that it;Bhall le a misdeamer for any person ? or ana v-tor. expose freshimeats, fishfbr fbwla on. the "out side of a building or on a rack : to the dust, or - any other means of contagion, and" any person guilty of: so, exposing meats, flrsh etc., shall upon conviction be fined - five dollars . Tt .has been the custom of butchers from time .rim- memorial .to hang beef, meet, fish fowls, etc., on the out side of' their buildings on;, racks or anywhere to expose it to view, regardless of the fact that - the meats so -exposed are soon- covered with flying dirt, and . oiner uncieanness. fgt , The aldermen headed by a pro gressive up-to-date physician, feel con . fident, that such a course of procee-V-iatire is , fertile ;sourcO plsi "diseases, 'k that the meats are unclean and such treatment '.makes them dangerous to the health of the consumer - They feel that the meats should be kept inside of -the , house away f rom the dtSst, they have enacftejl the ,ord- nance looking to that end, SAVINGS BANK AND J RUST CO. One of the most progressive bant - ing institutions in Eastern No'ri Car blina is the Savings Bank.aui Trust -Company of this city. This bank was- established six years . ago and duting' its history cf six years, it has. made rapid- progress The bank how has deposits- amount ing, to -nearly, a quarter of million of dollars; it's growth has been cintinu ous anC steady, bnt last year ; was the best :in its history. - ' The directors of the Bank are of the finest business men in Eastern North Carolina and its officers are prominent in banking knowledge. This bank commands the conftidence of the public. : , ( A large volume ofl business 'for this year is the aim of .the directors and officers: ;." SONG WRITER IN POOR HOUSE. Detroit, Mich -Hugh Cannon,? who wrote Goo "Goo Eyes; Ain't 'That a Shame, -Bill Bailey and other classics of rag time,;. was sent to Bloise poor house yesterday at- the age of 36 He told the story f of his life in a ahort, expressive sentences, .. - -'1 uit the coke easy, he said;; Fif. teen, days in ' the" Ilcre& nmev of that, 'r hit the pipe in New 'York for a year and t stopped that. I went up against ; the morphine hard and quit; lut booze, i thafs got me for keeps. I started when' I,. was 16: I'm 36 - ' now, and except for seven months on the water wagon-ill' ve. been" pickl d most of the- time. . It was twenty years, twenty black, nasty, sick years, with ' only a little brightness now and then when ' I made good with some .songs. , - i -. r y NEGRESS GUARDS HER WHITE HUSBAND'S BODY Camden N. J. Armeded witbl a're' -volve.r, a 'negress refuses; to let tha oody of her white husband, Samuel Warrowman, who died ten days.5 ago. to be taken from', her .home. for. - bir lal. .Warrowman was a sailo'on? the United States dispatch boat,. Dolphin and was home on,la furlough -when he died from 'natural causes : v r ' KEPT INSIDE - , .1, .in 1 1 n, i n t ... - v T- z IT Captain Dan Crane En- dangers' His Own Life In Effort to Save a Crip pled Ship Mate! t On account - of meagre; information in regard to th burping of the steam er Bs,lelle Randall last week at Cm umbia a full account of the accident was not g?ven. " " The steamer caught on tin -while lying at ter dock in Columbia after she .hail 'made the run from Elizabeth hCity to Columbia . It was ' about ten o'clock and the cew had-' V: ret 5 re J leaving the boat i; chargpf; the ight'5watchmani tticouldnot have gave- the alarm. ' She wa burning rapidly theu and before the crew could be avteken she was a mass of flames. The crew were forced to thiViW ti en1 selves overbo.l -to sv3 their livs. AT the crew i nigoi to escape except a crippled white man v.'ko was -niged aso-v, an.l iu the vain, ri:Tf:pt to save the life of this man Cr.'.ain Dan Cv. i Uu: mate tlrserves special rrcntion - for heroism in which he greatly endang ered his life. Captain C-tnp mahagjd to. get hold ff the cock in his- flight, from the burning boat, w"and iuiTei ' him along with him until v the came" 10 a door, - when ; Captain Crane released his to get" the door ooen,. he could not find him any more. Captain -Crane was forced to jump from the boat and luckly landed on a part of the pier. - . , The steamer was towed while she was - burning to a mud flat on jthe river front, where she totally burned up. Nothing being left save the ma chinery and the 6teel frame. Back For Next Trip - - When Captain Ladd, master of the ill fated steamer' left the ; next morning with his crew for Norfolk, he .told the agent, W. J. Coffield to tell the people that a steamer would be there on the next trip There was was much speculation as :to whether the company would make good the statement as the finest , steamer in the service , had been lost, but when fe following Thursday the steamer Cor isair of that' line blew a warning of her apbroach as she rounded a bend in the river. The company made 'good, with the arrival of the steamer the schedule -had been maintained" in ipite- of the great, loss and," the people -knew that! the route would be sayed to "the shipping public. The confidence of the public in the Farmers and Merchants N. C. Line wnc Ptlv increased from the neo- pie knew that they had a steambokt' line with sand In its craw. surprise party: A number of her friends gave Miss Lina ' Gilbert a surprise party last Tuesday "night at ..ber'Tiome on Martin streets, ' vj" ;!r - The party was in honor of ,her birthday. . ly . 'r'.V- ELIZABETH CITVt NORTftXTAROitlN A FRIDAY, JANUARY Davis Brothers StoretbpufCompleted;';WjUlTbe OclppYC cupieg ooon; Memoaistuauding a Brick Church v "ijjj.il . Save . Ivilatf NEGRO SHOOTS A WHITE MAN Will Tribble Receives a Serious Wound in the Neck While Standing in a Store; Chief of Police J. B- Thomas rei; ceived notice Monday morning that ay negro named Calvin Jones had shot and "seriously wounded William TriU-d bleawiutV manat .; - !I4o5o! requesled'lhat he -be onv the lookout ! brick. The first to start . the mo ve for the ' negro, who fled as' soon nsj ment of building brick stores was Dr. he committed -he crime. Prom another source th following account of the shooting was re- ceived. . ' "Without warning and as far as can be learned, without provocation. Will Tribble, a young white man, was shot in jthe neck by Calvin Jones, a negro, in Poyner's store at Moyock, N. C. ' late Saturday night, and is now in a critical condition at the Sarah Leigh Hospital. Mr. Tribble, it is said, was stand- m5 111 " ?u-m auuui "' """ drew a revolver and fired. The bul let strvtek Mr. Tribble in the neck, near the jugular vein, and he fell. Jones made his escape and has not been captured. Shortly after the - fehooting Special Officer- Stevens, the supervising in spector and the dispatcher of the Norfolk and Southern road in Nor folk were notified and they hurried to Moyock in a motor car, in which they . brought the wounded man to this city and carried him to the Sar ah Leigh Hospital. It was stated by the hospital au thorities Tuesday that Mr. Tribble was doing as well as he possibly can, but that he was in a critical condi tion. FARM FOR RENTy-Fifty-three acres cleared, ten woodland. Apply to Dr. White, over McCabe and Grices store , 1t. , HEART AND DICE PARTY Miss Beulah Fulmef delightfully . . - . - - - - - entertained last Tuesday evening at her home . on Fearing street in a Hart and Wioe Party in honor of her st' IiSs Harmon of nigh Point, N. C; The following guests were present: Misses Sadie Fearing; Marie Kramer; r,t Mary- Pendleton ; Pauline Burgess; Sheep Mamie Barclift, Lizzie Wlnslow, Mary MCMuaian ; - tieien t atone ; Grace White ; Miss High 'and Miss Dry . Messrs. W. P W79od; J. T. Mark ham ; Georgo J . Spence ; Mr Old . Messrs. Huff r Cirrot, Brown Wales, Barrpw; Ehringhaus ; Foreman, Wil son; Overman; wmtenurst. - Misses Elma' Bell, Helen Milby and Alice Smith f of Norfolk spent "some time here this -week,, the' gdest of -Miss Grace Lee .White." "T-t BricK roear Editor:. j.'Ttbur correspondent repent several! 4ayln Columbia last week, and de. slreTtowrite lor-your -columns some 'Impressions gained? of this progressive little .town. Of J4te . years Columbia, Mfttre "Capital of .the " Scuppernong has maae ; consiaeraoie progress aiong m dustral line, and' is' now a little city of some dignity The town is noted foit ; the hospitality of its inhabitants hwhb are friendly and charitable to a t fault. " " V" ' : ; About two years ago a disastrous fire swept one side of Main street, wiping; out a number of the most prominent mercantile establishments resulting in great losses to the, mer chants and the farmers suffered con siderably inconviences in obtaining supplies for a short time on account of the fire. A visit to Columbia shortly after the Qre presented a.' desolate scene of blacken ruins . , . rOut of the ashes of. these wooden structures ' has risen nice eomtoode- ois brick - structures and nearly all - bnd - dfatrict; has:beenbultiin J. L. Spruiil. He first erected a commodious building which is; used by the Columbia Drug Co, under the management .of Mr. Keel th pro grjessive druggis. By fthe side of this building he has erected two; more brick store buildings, which are oc cupied. - . r Davis Brothers who suffered: most heavily in the fire, having j their building and large stock of merchan dise entirely, consumed, have erected a large brick store on their site. This bilding i9 now completed at a cost of $5,000 and will be occupied in the next few days' by these popular , gen tlemen and MT. W. J. COffield who will consolidate his stock of groceries with them and become a member of the firm Davis Brothers are one of the most progressive firms doing business in Columbia and in their new store will carry a very large stock of general merchandise. R. A. Kohlas, who has been in the mercantile business in Columbia fOr a number of year, has retired from business and is now engaged in operating his farm His store' is be. ing occupied by C. W. Tatum who is conducting a furniture store. These changes are the . principal ones that have taken place in the business circles recently, all the other merchants remaining in bus iness at their" old stands. ' , The Methodist people are engaged in erecting a handsome brick' church on Main street. The walls of the building are nearly completed . This structure will cost several thousand dollars when " it is completed and it will be a very beautiful building. mrs FEREBEE GREGORY; DEAD. Mrs. Ferebee Gregory died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Wilson at Woodville- last Monday night after an illness of I several weeks. : f The funeral services were conduct ed over the remains in' Oak Grove . .... . . , . . t .' church last Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock and the interment ? follow, ed in the family. burying ground . ; Mr. Gregory was 78 , years old. She is survived by several; sons and aubhters and a '.large number oi; grandchildren. -' ' . ' She ' waS ' k most estimab e woinan, characty, was noted for piety and and was, held in, the highest esteem.; 28, 1910 - -rAf '.' : "'r-'f i"-, ;;.. v. Officers Friday light All the Members of the , Chamber of Commerce Are Requested to Be Present to Participate In Its Reorganization. The Chamber of Commerce met ! ... , last Monday night in ? the CHy Hall for the purpose of -diswssiri tion of Congressman Srn all in regard to the purchase, of the A. " & C , C aa- al by the U. S. Government. It had: recently be$omet;knowa that Mr. Small- was using his-efforts to Inltece5Be5o the canals . Alter the: matte'r had been pretty thoroughly discuss?d the Chamber passed a resolution endors ing Mr. Small's action, and at the same time, he was petitioned tJ use his efforts to have the Government purchase the Dismal Swamp Canal. The secretary of the Chamber was instructed to communicate witfi Mr. Small by wire: and advise him of the action of the organization . At this meeting it was decided to have the annual election Of officers next Friday" night, and the Chamber will meet for that -purpose. The old officers of the organization are anxious to have a large number of the members present on this, oc casion for the purpose of effecting the election. . " Of late the organization has be come Jhiactiye, haying steldom met durinff the nast months. It is the hope of the friends of the organi zation that the Chamber will be re organized and will become again an active working body. The business men of the city feel that much good can be accomplished through the Chamber if it can be made an active body. The members of the Chamber are urged to turn out next Friday night to participate in the election. A large crowd will revive interest in the or ganization and will make it active again. - GUM NECK NEWS . Gum' Neck, N . C . Jan . 27 Mr. J. T. Everton was here last week visit lag relatives. Mr. Everton for. some time has been engaged in the Lumber buisinss in Virginia. ; The people of this place have been busy of late maving. Mr . J . T . Sample m has moved to the Meekins farm 'and Mr. Marion Meekins has moved to the J. C. Co- hoon'farm. . " J. B. Armstrong made t a business trip to a Creswell Monday . r - ' -. T ' lV" School beganat Fork School house Monday Jan. 24th with Captain G j A. Hussey teacher . Mr. -3 J.' Everton has moved to his farm and' Mr. C. ,V. Armstrong has moved "to the Cooper, farm form- by Mr, Brertorfi . - v? erly, occupied' .;-NO.20; The First Floor; WillBe; Used For Store and;T7Ul Be C6mpletedFirst;vTo Be Occupied By ll Leiuh Sheep.and :Miss SameP;;: r The friends of theY.'M." C. A.', rorganization - are experiencing a , great .r deal of satisfaction that actual work l on the' completion of the new T.,M. C . A , building has -been begun, after -a suspension ,of several month Con tractor IVTartin has carpenters " at work on: the .first floor which , will be used for stores.", Just as soon, as v he gets some of -his work, off his" ) hand he will increase his force of -carpenters and will push the work '. to a .rapid. completion. to have the building- completed and ready for occupancy by the early sum mer when the local organization ; wfil makeyits permanent home ,;iu- th " ' ,f a- " V t" iHThe first" floor will be?madetinto' '-;-' - i r-' k - - v - . i,j . i, two stores, one of which will be Oc- - ' , -. " i t . . , ... -.-..( cupied by M", Leigh Sheep and the other will be occupied by :Miss Salli Perry for a millinery store; " - SCHOOL TEACHERS MEET Th3 Pasquotank County Teachers Association will meet Saturday morn ing in the auditorium of the High School . President Shaw Mid v Miss : Martha 'Elliot -will read papers r on (subjects pertaining to the school work. MisS Fulghanv the princijaloi the Primary, department of the Grad-. ed school will give a demonstration for the benefit of the public school teachers. ? 'y .- his is the first meeting of the As-, cociation snce , its organization at " this meeting a program for the Feb ruary meeting will be arranged . The public school teachers; of the county are taking a. great deal of in terest in the work of the association and a large crowd of teachers are ex pec ted to be present. . - : Old Time. War Supper The Busy Bees ".will - give ; an -old time War supper at the home . . of Mrs. W. J.. Broughton, Monday night. v , ' Articles and utensils -auchas cards sprinning wheels and! ' looms will be in evidence. Anti helium costumes and manners will be observed. : The program will be a very inter- e sting one. ? SR. LEAGUE'S PROGRAM Instead of ' the ' regular services at City" Road Methodist 5 church, next Sunday night he Senior , Epworth League will rencier r.:. the' following program: , -v " ' ' ' ' - Z. Schipture: Paper on , the Lesson. , '. Robert -Hergerty. Song, League , ,r -' Duett,- Misses Thopapson, Piano. ; . -Trio,. Miss Grant,. Clark,Hsseyv : i ;. Recitation, Miss , Minnie Hussey i ; ' Yocai SohviMs's DeLon, ' Female Quartet; Address, Rev:rM Buffalo;" : - - ' if r -x -y y- ' - : I 4 . t . v. 3 V i i P,yy 3' f S - '7 -.t u -1
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