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E lily ga ith on ese F TAX t pur- chinery ty Com- ty will Monday a. in., he Tax to said present lints to ion of tified to le above heard. County County County it. IRIERS C. lule in e. city io p. m. Iviile at 13 p. m. 3 p. ISPOR- i& 15th operate lily, ex- Iteo, via 12:45 City, via 1:00 A- and tor 'and iB' M. apply rth City 1 ' iager, I Hfail IE? VOLK SENATORIAL CONVENTION MEETS COUNTY CANDIDATE AND POLITICAL GOSSIP Chairman Thompson Galls Meeting of Executive Committee to De- termine Manner of Selecting Candidates. Mr. C. E. Thompson, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mi ttee, has issued a call for a meeting of the Executive Com mittee of this county. The call is by a personal letter addressee to each member of the Executive Committee and reads as follows: Dear Sir: There will be a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of Pasquotank County at the Court House in Elizabeth City ai two o'clock P. M. on Saturday, July 23rd. This meeting will be for the purpose of deciding upon the time and manner of selecting the County officers for the ensu ing two year, and it is therefore very important that you should be present at the meeting in order that we may have the benefit of your opinion and advice. Hoping you can be present, I am,. Yours very truly, C. E. -Thompson. Chr. Dem. bx. wm. by Mr j p Tnompgon the pres of Pas. Co. ;PTlt incumbent, and Frank Prit miffkt be well for vol ipi15,fi rtf iw;(ionpfl tvwti,;,. t,. P A l ""Si to consult as many of thi voters in your precinct as possible in or der that you may ascertain their views about the manner of elect ing said officers. As stated in the call of Chair man Thompson, the purpose of the meeting is to deckle upon the time and manner of selecting the county officers for the eueuing two years. So far as the Tar Heel reporter can ascertain there has been no crystalization of senti ment with respect to the maimer of selecting the nominees for the offices to be filled. Two years ago there was a general dem?ii!l for a primary and it is possible that a primary may be had this year. It is understood, however, that the wishes of all candidates will be consulted before deciding up on either a primary or the con vention system of naming candi dates. The local political situation is srowiing more interesting each day. At this hour the fight for the sheriff's office promises to be the most warmly contested. Sher iff Heid, who has filled this posi tion so acceptably for the last six years is a candidate for re election while Mr. C. C. Pappen flick and Mr. C. C. Parker have entered the fight against him. Tt is understood that both Messrs Pappendick and Parker contend that when Sheriff Eeid wax a candidate against Ex-Sher iff Grandy, that the present Sher iff used as. his chief argument that Sheriff Grandy had held the of fice four years and that if he. Sheriff Reid, was elected, that he would not ask for it for a longer! Can't Dwell in Paradise; Do the Next Best feftHHHHII .BM. 1 WMMW.Jk ifiK SftfctEjUvvAi" " jx 'Jwmllmrmw9mmmm1 -. - V HERE JULY term that Sheriff Grandy had en joyed. This argument is appealing to a large class who are opposed to a, long term of office. So far, there are onfy two can didates for Register of Deeds. These are Mr. J. C. Spence, the present incumbent, and Mr. J. W. Mnnden, now associated with D. M. Jones k Co. Mr. Spenpe's pop ularity is attested byr the large vote which he received two years ago, while Mr. Mnrden is regard ed as a most formidable opponent because of his unusual popularity He has as large an acquaintance as any man in the county and has been especially identified with the country people. He' was formerly engaged in the mercantile business at Weeksville, and is prominent both as an active and consistent member of the Methodist Church and as a member of several fra ternal organizations. It is expect ed that this contest wil be a close one. Til A nffipp nf TrPflani'Pr isj mio-li Pritchard is known as "TJame Frank" Pritchard and is so called to distinguish him fromMr.W.F Pritchard, the surveyor. Hereto fore Mr. Thompson's affliction has especially appealed to the sen timent of the voters and since Mr. Pritchard is also "an afflicted man the contestants are more evenly matched than heretofore. Mr. Pritchard was formerly a school teacher and is a very suc cessful farmer notwithstanding his affliction. It is understood that the argument of Mr. Thompson's friends is that he has filled the of- fice acceptably and merited a re- cictuuu, wniie 1 ne ineiicis ot mr. Pritchard argue that apart from the fact that Mr. Thompson has held the office a good whilethat he has a lucrative and substantial business apart from the treasur er's office. Mr. W. IT. Jennings the present Clerk of the .Superior Court has been in office longer than any of the other officers, he having held this office since 1898. It is more (Continued on page 8f. FEMALE HELP WANTED. Any lady can easily make from 00 to 25.00 per week work mg for me quieOy in her own home locality. This is a buiafide offer one which will pay you to investigate, even if yon can only spare two hours per day. No in vestment required. Turn your spare time into money. Write me at once for particulars. 'Addiress MA.Kx B. TAYLOR, Box 30, Woman's Building, Joilet, 111. ELIZABETH CITYORTH CA3 J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS. Nominate lact Some time,, ago the Republican bosses had him cartooned with & JP Aydlett pushing him up. a .tree to get the plum but these radicals had the plum too high and Aydlett too short so as they th&ught Bluker could not get it:. s Ever since that cartooning hese dirty rads have been heaping their abuse on Ag&lett to kill of fJhrlnghaus for solicitor. It now turns out that Ehringhause wa not Aydtetts candi dates any more than he was ana other aood Democrat in Pasauo- vanic uoumy. Tne ttoma that as J " ' m w- . . mother thing else was the continu in." pilCOnS s' These imported Radicals ha vnxsy iv uii i inv yuvu peupie aonz w Ht1 Jl EDWIN FFREBEE AYDLETT The most hated man by the local Rejmblican bosses. Mr.Ayd lett has always been a leading sp irit in the business circles of this town, he has never sought office but has often been urged to ac cept places of trust and honor but preferred to be content practic ing his profession. It is only w hen the political season rolls around that he gets busy for his friends. He does not pose as a leader but is known as a pusher when ever he joins hands with the boys they generally push their man high enough to get the plum while he is a man of state reputation he has only recentlyj achieved prominence brought about by the abuse of the local rad icals bosses when ever the radicals make war on a prominent Dem ocf-at the aood veonle know the abused is d.oinn aood movie, -for- the country S JL M. 20TH 11 llfi,kk.ti oi: . xLuuauvi. iwi ouuwiiui sisted Ehrinahaus more than ami ous tirades made by these Rem 0 I rcn't yet learned that whatever ant - - - - V' w v I V Live in Elizabeth City O'CLOCK A. M. WILL PAVE STREETS BRICK AND ASPHALT i The Report to Pave Main Street With Asphalt Precipitates a FightClese Vote and Mayor Breaks Tie for Hain Street, f It is a source of confidence to the tax pavers of the town Elizabeth City to know that the I committee appointed to take into j consideration the matter of street : paving, is composed of men of tireless energy and sterling inte i grity. For several weeks this com miLiee uas worKea Doth night and VdaJ for our common good With such men leading this worthy movement the community has a right to feel congratulated. There is not the slightest whisper or in timation of graft or unfair deal ing such as characterizes a simi lar movement in many towns and The pains taking investigation umue y me suD-coramitiee, com wmJm Jl 1 J. - . 111 Posed of Messrs. D. M. Jones and T "L T?l 1 . , 1 1 ill j j ,'J. jj. r lura wen ijuusira.ies OUr contention that the utmost care IS hMTl tr taiTPn in his mQTof nf j paving the streftts of Elizabeth City. The report submitted by these gentlement at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen on Mon day night, will be read with inter est by the tax payers of the com munity. The report is as follows "Your committe appointed to investigate the streets of several towns and having completed this I work we beg to submit the follow f ing report : "We visited Newbern,Goldsboro Raleigh and Norfolk. In Newbern we found they were using brick exclusively, laid in two ways. One laid on 4 inch sand cushion filled with sand which cost fl.53 per square yard, and a part of the bus iness section laid on a 3 inch sand cushion with a concrete filler,cost $1.63 per square yard. We also found they had thirty five miles of Granolithic sidewalks with a 4 inch concrete base and a 1 in Granolithic top which cost them 83c per square yard. We find that they are somewhat divided in opinion as to the lay ing of this brick. The mayor Mr.J C. J. McCarthy is much in favor of the cement filling, while the chairman of the street improve ment committee favors the sand filling which he says is less noisy of the two. We aiso talked with several commissioners and promi nent people and all of them agreed it was a very noisy street and that a smooth pavement with less noise would be much preferable especially in the residential sec tion. This city has a bonded in debtedness of three hundred and twenty thousand dollars. In Goldsboro they are laying about fifty thousand square yards of Bitulithic pavement. The may or J. R. Higgins and the engineer R. A. Colvin took us out where they were actually doing the work The7 paid $2.15 per square yard for the first job, laid sometime back as a sample, and for their present job are paving $2.00 per square yard. Their committee made a veery. NO. 42 thorough investigation before go ing into this and Visited, the fol lowing cities, making inspections of the various kinds of pavement Norfolk, Washington, Baltimore, New York, Pittsburg and Cleve land. On their return they award ed the contract to The Atlantic Bitulithic Co., without opening the matter to competitive bidders at $2.00 per square vard Thov have about itwentv thlAO m licit? of sidewalks laid and about two more miles to be laid, making twenty five miles in all, on a 4 in. concrete base and a 1 inch top dressing which cost 74c per square ylard. This constructed fcy BigJer Bros. They haw a bonded indebtedness of three hundred and eighty five thousand dollars. In Raleigh they have contract ed and were about ready to begin work on two of their most prom inent streets for an Asphalt pave ment to be constructed by Peters Bros, at $1.70 with a 4 inch concrete hast. Mr. W. A. Cooner chairman fhoii improvement committee told us they made a very extensive in vestigation and in their i opinion found that the Asphalt pavement was superior both in beauty and lasting qualities. Taking in con sideration the cost and were well pleased with the contract in every particular. Mr. R. B. Sewell their civil engineer corroborated this. The chairman says he would not pay any more for Bitulithic than he would for a good job ofAsphalt and the engineer says he would n't turn around for the differ ence, as he believes if it is pro perly laid, we could geet a good job with either. The streets where this asphalt is to be laid are al ready paved with granite blocks which are to be removed and us ed for gutters. They have not done so much sidewalk pavements as the other two towns which read ily shows in entering (lie towiv Some sections: bein'2: of brick, C.7 some of concrete and some of oth er material. In Norfolk we found Jheir last contract was for BitnJthic us ing vhis in the suburban residen tial section. Mr. W. IT Taylor their assistant engineer took us put where they were making the streets and we very inu n pic '.d with the j. thiiii it makes a beteautifu1 n i-lc-js si reel. Dr. Dovdv n - ."man of their im provement comffiifixe joined us, and seenied p ihizk h;-n-i i'w pavement waj the best, and most desirable he :;cli preferred it to the AsphaP Liu t!e engineer said he could nor e,o ! t om nsphait where it was laid proper! v ami said he would tak-2( us over Char lotte St., which had been laid nine or ten years ago, was stiil good and ih perfect order and a beau tiful" drive. We also examined (Continued on page S.5I 'Wmm !' I ... .-mMmmmmmM . , mt - S .',-.58 1 r3 I m 1 9 I mmm ! H
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