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Washington, D. C. March 1&
(Special) It is expected that the
River and Harbor bill, which the
Commerce Committee of the Senate
has had under consideration for the
lat month, will be reportled this
week, carrying, in the neighborhood
of $46,000,000 for river and harbor
improvements an increase of four to
six millions over the House bill. i
A careful canvas .of the Senate
Committee shows a divided sentiment
as to the appropriation, which is not
an appropriation, but recognition of
the Lakes-to-the-Gulf project, and it
is extremely doubtful if the provis
ion in the House bill could be re
tained in its present form if a vote
were taken today. When the bill is
reported, however, it is thought Sen
ator Lorimer of 111., who is the Fath
er of the project may be able to
muster votes enough to hold the pro
vision in the bill notwithstanding the
known opposition of Senator Burton
of Ohio, and several other members
of the committee to congressional
recognition of the enterprise.
Public hearings have been held on
the Lakes to the Gul project as well
as on the Mississippi and Missouri
river projects looking to larger ap-
APPROPRIATE
The high standard of skill that has been
developed in the factory organization,
where the STEADFAST SHOE is made,
'by insisting that the Steadfast must be
the best, gives these shoes a detail of
workmanship surpassed by none. In the
matter of comfort, these shoes stand in a
class by themselves. For style, fit and
'general satisfaction, they are absolutely
unequalled by any other shoe on the
market.
Sold By
GALLOP & TOXEY
SHOE COMPANY
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Phone 72
CENTRAL
Phone 72
propriations for waterways.
In all probability the committee
will generously provide for a 35 foot
channel with suitable width in the
Delaware river from Allegheny
Avenue, Philadelphia to the sea, a
distance of some 63 miles but as
there is a stretch of 8 miles where
there is an existing depth of 35 feet
at mean low water the length of the
river to be improved is only. 55 miles
the cost t)f which is estimated at
$7,000,00.
The present commerce of the Del
aware river according to the statis
tics collected for, 1908 amounts to
24,023,85 tons the value of this com
merce being $1,249,175,518. The for
eign trade amounted to $152,41,012
the revenue ' collected being $161,963,
929. Taking ' into ' consideration the nec
cessity that a ship shall have some
water under her Keel and the diffi
culty of steering a vessel whose keel
is clpse to the bottom of the stream,
it will be seen that the depth of a
channel must be greater than the
draft of the largest ships that are to
use it.
A half a million for Saginaw, Mich
igan is being stoutly urged and the
chances seem good that this project
will.be taken care of In the bill as
will larger appropriations for the
IPotomae and Norfolk harbors.
Another project which will un
doubtly receive favorable considera
tion is the improvement of the Hud
son river below Troy. The report of
Col. Black of the Engineer Corps of
the Army, on the Hudson river pro
ject was not received by Congress un
til two weeks after the bill hadj
passed the House and under the law
no appropriations can be provided
for projects which have not received
the endorsement of the Board of En-,
gineers. Col. Black was authorized
to make survey in the last River and
Harbor Bill, the idea being to pro
vide" a channel dep enough to accom
odate the barges which will.be taken
through the" New York State canals
as 'soon as the work, now in progress
for deepening those waterways, lis
completed.
The State is spending upwards of
a hundred million dollars to provide
a channel 12 feet deed for a dis
tance of about 300 miles from Buf
falo to Troy as well as from Lake
Champlain to the same point with a
collateral branch running northward
to the St. Lawrence river. When this
vast work is " completed, which will
be within the next five years, there
will be continuous channel 12 feet
deep through the entire, State of
New York and what is of equai im
portance this channel willbe free as
no tolls are exacted by the State. At
the extreme eastern and ifiouthern
end of the canals, where the waters
are discharged into the Hudson fiver
the present channel is only 7 feet
deep so that in order that the com
merce of the West passing through
the Lakes to Buffalo and thence east
ward towards New York, may not be
seriously handicapped provision will
have to be made for taking care of
unbroken cargoes.
With the knowledge of this fact
Congress authorized the survey, of a
channel Southward from Troy to the
Northern limits of the present deep
water and under the authority of
this provision in the last River and
Harbor Bill, Col. Black has made
i an exhaustive survey and reports that
there, should be a channel at least
12 feet deep and not less than 40
feet in width and the total estimated
cost of this work is $5,186,000.
It is expected that when the Bill
is reported to the Senate it. will
carry an item providing for this en-
, fire work and appropriating some
j thing over a million for beginning
! the project during the next fiscal
( year and will incidentally provide
that it shall be completed by the time
the pending improvements on the
canals are finished.
This great work will enable a ves
sel drawing 10 to 12 feet of water
to traverse the Lakes from Duluth
to Buffalo and thence by the way of
; the Eri Canal and the Hudson to
; New York without breaking bulk or
J The larger vessels will simply have
to transfer their cargoes at Buffalo
from the mammoth Lake steamers
) to thousand ton barges which
can
proceed without interruption through
i to th sea board. The combined work
of the State of New York and the
general government will, it is es
timated, cheapen the price of grain
from thre to five cents a bushel; a
proposition which has been urged in
season and out by the National Rfv
ers and Harbors Congress whose slcy
gan, "A policy and not a project"
seems about to be realized in the bill
about to be reported to the Senate.
"SOCIETY CtUCVS
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A Society Circus composed of
about 20 of Norfolk's most talented
society people will be pneseited 'Here
j the auditorium of the Graded School
on the evening of March 20th. The
entertainment is given under the
auspices of the. ladies auxilliary of
the Y. M. C. A.
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This entertainment will be a very
interesting one, and the entertain
ment loving public will be sure to
attend .
AT THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.
Fresh tomatoes and snfcp beans,
15 cents per quart. Think of it, at
last we have Florida oranges, free
from frost, heavy and juicy. Scott &
Twiddy PHONE 72.
If you use a Jenning's Plow, yeu
know what it-is. If you are not using
one, you should, Manufactured by
Miles Jennings, Elizabeth City, N. C.
WE WANT YOU
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in our new store. We have moved and are now
ready to welcome our friends in our new store in
the Y. M. C. A. Building.
WE ARE SHOWING
The prettiest lines of Ready-to-wear Gar
ments, Dress Goods, Silks, Etc. ever shown in
Elizabeth City.
WHEN IN NEED
Of anything in our line visit usand get our
prices.
ML LeSgttn
Woman's Wear
In the Y. M. C. A. Building. Corner
GRAi JURY IKS
REGULAR REPORT
The Grand Jury of this term of
Court finished its work Tuesday af
ternoon made its report to the Judge
and was discharged The grand jury
recommended to the Court that tho
accoustics of the court room be im
proved bv some mechanical addition
Hearing in the court room is bad,
a person in the rear of the room
can hardly hear what is going on in
the bar, and the recommendation of
the grand jury is made in hope of
remedying that evil.
The jury reported that the County
home had been inspected and found
to be kept in good condition, the of
ficers of the clerk of the Court and
Register of Deeds were examined
and found to be in first class condi
tion, the records being prefectly
kept. The chain gang was reported
to be in good condition.
The following is the test of the re
port in full:
To His Honor, G. S. Ferguson, Judge
Presiding, March Term, 1910, of the;
Superior Court for Pasquotank Coun
ty, North Carolina:
We, the Grand Jury, do respectful
ly submit our report as follows:
First We have transacted all the
business that has come before us at
this term of the Court according to
the best of our knowledge and abil
ity. Second We have examined the of-
flees of the.,. Clerk, of the. Superior
Court, Register of Deeds, Sheriff,
and County Treasurer and find the
same in good condition and the books
and records in the same in excellent
condition.
We notice one leak in the roof of
the court house and recommend that
same be repaired. We would also
recommend" that the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners take such' steps as
may be necessary to improve the
acoutics of the court room.
Third We have visited and in
spected the jail and find it in good
order with the exception of one win
dow shutter that needs repairing.
Fourth We find, upon the oath
and examination of N. G. Grandy,
that the convicts of the chain gang
are well cared for as to clothing and
SIT US-
steep
tsssssssssss
and that
iooq and mat tneir camp
is in
a
good sanitary condition.
Fifth We have examined the
Home for the aged and infirm and
find the same in good condition with
the exception that the water closet
needs some attention and that the
cook 'table in the cook room needs a
new cover.
Respectfully submitted,
M. N. SAWYER
Foreman. '
H. C. GODFREY,
Clerk.
Say, Do you use a Jenning's Plow?
Well, I do, and I am pleased with
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A Night Alarm
Worse than an alarm of fire at
night is the metalic cotfgh of croup.
Careful mothers eep Foley's v Honey
and Tar in the house and give it at
the first sign of danger. Foley's Hon
ey and Tar has saved many little
lives. No opiates. Brown's Phar
macy. . . O
With the doughty colonel sailing
down the Nile, the elephants and
rhinos can now come down put of
the tall trees, with only the comet
to worry about.
Too bad that the Philadelphia
trolley company" won't arbitrate.
With both capital and labor., unions
growing stronger and fuller of fight,
the public will soon insist on arbi
tration as the only preventive" of,
bloodshed. .
Pneuimdnia follows a . cold but
never follows the use of Foley'a
Honey and Tar which s6ips? - the
cough, heals the lungs and expels
the cold from the system. Brown's
Pharmacy.
Reading of the 100 prize for .poets
offered r by the University of Miss
ouri, our hopes for the disarmament
of newspaper offices begin to wane.
Many timid people dreading cyan
ogen gas in the Halley comet's tail,
will catch pneumonia on their anxious
watch out in the cool May nights. .
Would Have Cost Him . Hfrrtjfe
Oscar Bowman, -Lebanon, Ky.;
writes: I have used Foley's Kidney
Remedy and take great pleasure in
stating it cured me permanently of
kidney disease which, certainly would
have cost me my life. Brown's Phar
macy. O
Main and Martin Sts
WANT COLUMN
Wanted Second hand bags and bur
lap; and kind; any quantity, any
where. Richmond Bag Co. Rich
mond, Va. M 11 lOt
Wanted Young men to learn auto
mobile business by mail and pre
pare for positions as chaffeurs and
repair men. We make you expert
; in ten weeks; assist you to secure
, positions. Pay big; work pleasant;
demand for men great; reasonable;
write for particulars and sample
lesson. Empire Automobile Ittstfr
tute, Rochester, N. C. 3t.
ANY LADY CAN EASILY MAKE
from $18.00 to $25 per week work
ing for me quietly in her own
home locality. This is a bonafide
offer one which will pay jou to
investigate, even if you can only
spare two hours per day. No in
vestment required. Turn your
spare time into money. Write me
at once for particulars. Address
. Mary B. Taylor, Box 30, Woman's
Building, Joliet, Illinois. It
Official Wholesale Quotations
; The prices are strictly Wholesale
(Job lots and car lots) and represent
prices on actual sales yesterday.
- PEANUTS
New Crop .
Bunch
Fancy
Strictly prime
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3'. r-2
1-2
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Spanish, per bu $1.35
Black Eye peas per bu . . $2.50
GRAIN, HAY, ETC
CORN White 7677, cracked 7072
CORN Car lot White 73g)73
SPRING CHICKENS-Small 2030c
large 2540c.
POULTRY-Old hens 4560c; Live,
turkeys . per lb., 2021c.
BUTTER-Country butter 2025c.
EGGS lower
POTAfOESdPer bag. $1.25$l.Bfr
SWEET POTATOES- Per bbl, 1.7F
Why fool with an old A 6 or No.
47 qr any otherssuch plow. Use a Jen
ning's Plow. That is most up-to-date
Plow. Made by Miles Jennings, Eliza
beth City, N C.
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