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Pi - TMJtg!ceonEarfo to Live, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County N. C. 7 t W. ft and al igned En- that he par unappro- situated at Nag& follows' rest ' cor- running line a post, a pest, tne h. line. pna aere t Aug. mty. tNA, m; w. and fil led En- a paper I that he tain par- unappro- situated) Roanoke k viz Baum lrner of a west line to Ice South pne and T. Wes- kstwardly the Solo- sginning fo acaes. of Au g. maty. 1! '. -.'.y- V0LX EER9n no. 3 NTC. DELEGATiFT rTTHEWilET llTAR HEEL RADICALS A it wnmwfT nr . .... .. a lMf" Ut ... rr 1 "1. Durri STAND IN Interested Business Men Appear Be fore Board of Engineers in Behalf of Dismal Swam p Canal. The delegatien from North Eastern North Carolina that gathered in Nor folk last Tuesday for the purpose of attending the, hearing before the board of engneers in regard to the selection of a canal as a part of the inland waterway route, was an impos ing one. This delegation showed that the people of this section are greatly interested in the Dismal Swamp Can ai as a part of the Inland Waterway. From South Mills and Deep Creek two steamers brought nearly two hun Ired influential citizens to add their voices and influence while other sec tions of Carolina were well represent si before the Board. The advocates of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal were also well rep resented and well supplied with argu mentsments . The Engineers Present Colonel F. B. Abbott, of Boston acting chairman and Colonels J. C. San ford of Newport R. I. and Mason M. Patrick of Norfolk sat. At 11 o'clock the imssing delegation not yet having arrived, Colonel Abbott called the meeting ot order by reading the act of the Congress in which the Board was appointed to take up the work of procuring a deeper inland waterway between Norfolk and Beau fort and asked any who should have facts bearing upon the question to present them. Thereupon Colonel M. K. King president of the Lake Drummond Canal and Water Company owners of the Dismal Swamp Canal arose in advocacy of the purchase of his wat erVy by the government. President Kings Argument M. K' King, President of Lake Drummond Canal and Water Com pany arguing, that with the facts and figures demonstrating that commerce prefers the Lake Drummond Canal route in preference to the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal route in the Inland Waterway project south from Norfolk but not wishing to interposfe any objection to the views of the en ters heretofore expreed ais to the Albemarle Chesapeake route pro posed that the government acquire hoth routes and if the Albemarle and Chesapeake route was made the prih oipal waterway that the Lake Drum raond Canal be made a tributary of the same for the benefit of the peo ple of Elizabeth City and other points on this route. Mr. King in tabulated statements Pinted out that for e'ght moths of, 1910 the receipts of tolls on the Lake Drummond Canal has increased 17 ler cent over last year; that for the same period the number of vessels Passing through this kcanal has in creased 20.4 per cent-and the regis tered tonnage 35.5 per cent. Mr. King then submitted a com parison of registered tonnage vessels f all classes showing a total in crease for five months of 89.235 or 48 her cent, with the declaration that from April 1st to September 1st 1910 the average time of all vessels movifig continually through Lake Drummond Canal has been seven hours and five minutes including both locks. Mr. King offered the folloking as Jhe most important arguments in !avr of the Lake Drummond route,:; Relatve Movement in the Two Routes rm March 12th (when the record 1)esan) to August 31st inclusive, the movement of all vessels through the w waterways has been as follows: Currituck. Lake Drummond . Route. Route. Increase eamboats Vessels Rafts fighters otorboats 416 m 282 481 620 139 (sailing) . . 191 49 21S ... . .103 73 fflMl I 6 61 53 8 fhters 81 15 otorhoats 339 ,228 102 i 1,678 2,872 1,194 i4P being an increase. of 71 per cent aui 63 per cent of total vessels by both routes The. steamboats represent service chiefly local in each route; the tugs are mostly hired by the canal com panies; and the motorboats many of them are service boats, Ione of those classes represent competitive traffic passing between Chesapeake Bay and North Carolina waters which is carried in sailing vessels, barges and lighters. Of these three classes the (number passing through Lake Drummond Canal was 883 greater and was 74.5 per cent of the aggregrs o those classes by th two routes aud the tolls on vessels of 100 tons and over is 25 per cent, greater in Lake Drummond Canal. Expand and Increase Is it prudent to close up any chan nel of transportation to commerce? Is it not the foundation of the wa ter ways policy to expand and increase? A railroad s seldom or never aban doned with some degree of efficiency it contributes its shares of facilities to the development and maintenance of that common stock of acti pities that means prosperity. The Lake Drummond Canal was performing its mission before there were railroads : 4t has cotinued to do so for 3d years after a neighboring one was built and its mission is not ended. Mr Halstead Speaks W. Ira Halstead, of South Mills,N. C. who represented the delegation from his section, told of the fertility of the region about South Mills of its products of the vast importance to that town and section which the Dismal Swamp Canal is and urged that it as weH as the Albemarle and Chesapeake should be bought by he government and maintained as a free waterway. He made a telling speech for his people pointing out that though the government should indem nfy the owners of the Dismal Swamp 'da)na3 land: Wltos tit !tb navigation there of property in the South Mills Deep Creek region which he said woul fall greatly in value should they lose their waterway Reb. Stuart, of the Norfolk Navy Yard then spoke urging the purchase of the Dismal Swamp Canal and short ly in came the imposing delegation from EElizabeth City bearing badges and filling the big court room to over flowing. They were headed by Mayor Zena Fearing. President Lamb's Argument. President B. T. Lamb, of the Eliz abeth City Chamber of Commerce in his address before the board said in,' part: . ' As I understand it. it is your pro vince to give a full hearine to all parties interested in the purchase by the government of a route for the proposed Norfolk Beaufort Inland Wa terway your report is tc be the basis of an act of Congress propiding"' for the purchase of the waterway route and no contract can be made by the Secretary of War unless recommend ed by you. I shall attempt to present to you the consequence of the proposed change in behalf of those wards of the "nation whose welfare is, depend ent uTon the maipteice of the Dfe mal Swamp Canal . A ,1 If i can emphasize sufficiently your, obligation as representatives of our national government to exercise a paternal care and protection over the property of the people, a purpose for which the government was found ed and for which it continues to exist I shall present my cause with more courage and possibly more grace. Let me assure you, sirs, it is a question of the greatest importance to those for whom I plead. - To close the Dismal Swamp Canal means the destruction of the proper (Contin'ied on page'F.Y v He's big and bald and fat and round? He's the smartest thingrtkat could be found? He knows it all from creation down! He can tell you how to run church or town? His knowledge is so great that he's about to bust? So in he went and began to cuss. Did he come here? i MR. AYDLETT REPLIES TO MR, GALLOPS' In Which He Sets Mr. Gallops Mr. Editor. I regret to trespass on your space, but the attack upon me by D. T. Gallup cannot go unnoticed for fear some one may be lead to believe that I have treated him unfairly. I advertised his house and lot as trustee at his own request. He sent Mr. W. J. Woodley to see me who said Gallup wanted to have his pro perty adpertised under the deed of trust. Mr. Woodley said there were three" mortgages upon the property, one made to secure Mr. Parker of $1,500, and interest and one to secure Mr. C. H. Robinson for $2,500 and the third one to him, Woodley and that they amounted to more than the property would bring at public sale. He said that Gallup wanted to lenow what I would charge to make the sale as trustee. I suggested to Mr. Wood ley that if the mortgages were more1 tha the property would bring, why not let Gallup convey the property to him (Woodley) in cancellation of the whole debt. He said that this was not what they wanted. I then agreed with Mr. Woodley if Mr. Gallup would request me to sell it I wcld d so, and would not make him any charge. Mr. Gallup re fused to accept this favor from me, and wrote the following letter. Elizabeth City, N. C. July 18. 1910. E. P.. Aydlett, Dear Sir: As Mr. W. J. Woodley holds the notes given to Mr. Robinson for stock in your company and is now demand ing his money for same, there is noth ing else I can do but let the property be sold. Mr. Woodley tells me that you offered J;0 perform the "trustee duties free of charge. This I am un willing for you to do and I will pay ocratic Dcm Held some surprise G. R. Little Nominated for Clerk of the Court. T. J. Markham for Re presentation. No Nominative for Register of Deeds Yesterdays Democratic primaries was nominated having received a ma were the most interesting that have jority over all the candidates, been held in this county in a loifg W. H. Jennings received 655 votes time. The liveliest interest wai tak- j and G. R. Little 687. Mr. Littles ma en and in a majority of the voting pre J jority was 132. for clerk of the court. cincts, a large vote was polled. Several surprises were developed as the results of the primaries were made known last night . The greatest surprise was the de feat of W. H. Jennings who has been clerk of the court for the past twelve years. He was considered one of the strongest men on the ticket. The fail ure of J. C. Spence to secure a ma jority of the votes cast and to secure his nomination was another surprise that his friends were not looking for. Sheriff Reid's large majority was very gratifying to his host of 'friends. The results of the primaries as the latest returns show this morning are as follows: For Representative TEos. J. Mjarkham 654; W. O. Saunders403 L. Davis 112; M. C. Stanley 60: P. Walston 62. Mr. Markham ATTACK Forth the Facts in Stock Deal. fr the newspaper advertising andpay you say $5.00 for writing the deed. I did not want to pay 5 per ct. on the sale is why I wanted this made clear and if I have not misunderstood Mr. Woodley as to your agreement you will please write me to that ef fect and go ahead with the sales on orne Monday at lO.oclock A. M. Yours truly, (Signed) D. T. Gallup. After receiving this letter in which Mr. Gallup reused to accept my offer to make the sale free of charge, I then suspected that he had some oth er motive for insistin.o; upon rtxj mak ing this sale than that of merely sat isfying his claims and wrte him the following'. July 19, 191D Mr. D. T. Gallup, City y Dear Sir: Your letter of the 18th received ask ing me to write you. Mr. Woodley came in my office, claiming to come at your request and said that you de sired me to make the sale of your property without charging you the 5 per cent. He said that he had three mortgages on your property and it was mortgaged for more than it was bring at public sale.. After talking j with him about the matter I told him , if you desired the property sold and would so request me I would sell it and charge you ho commissions. It seems that he reported this to you and you do not desire to . accept it. I quote from your letter: As Mr. Woodley holds the notes given Mr. Robinson for stock in your company and is now demanding his money for same; You were one of the promot ers of the company and urod it as Continued on page For register of deeds J. C. Spence received 594 votes; J. W. Munden 571; F. M. Newby 191 votes. It took 678 to effect a nomination and Mr. Spence lacked 84 votes to have enough to secure the nomination. - For treasurer J. P. Thompson re ceived 691 votes and Frank Pritchard received 480 votes. For sheriff Charles Reid received 8:50 votes; C.C. Papcendicli 432 vo'cs C. S. Ives 32; C. C. Parker 97. Sheriff Reids majority over all was 268 votes. A second primary will be held fn next Thursday for the purple nf effecting a noranation for the office of register of deeds. The county commissioners nominat ed are: G. M. Scott, W. P. Williams, G. D. Sherlock. Eugene S Scott aad J C. James, Jr. Primaries Democrats Have (jot Some Choice Plums Other North Carolina Radicals Kicked Out for Other Men. Thomas J. Spence of Washington, D. C. in writing to his paper, the News and Observer has the follow ing to say in regard to North Carolina Republieaas and their standing with" the national government: : "A Tar Heel Republican who drift ed into Washington recently had tak en stock in the national political sit uation as it affects North Carolina and he was in anything but a cheer ful frame of mind. "Do you know," said this politician who is well known in the State, we Republicans are a lot of chumps. We have been eating out of the hand so long that we have lost all sense of resentment, unless we oan get up a scrap with one another. As regards that particular kind of entertainment we have the whole world beat. What I have in mind is the appointment of another .North Carolina Democrat to a big office. I notice that Joe Holmes has landed himself in' a six thousand dollar job and his appointment is of cou'-se, charged up to North Carolina which means that it will be thrown up in the face of every North Garolina Republican who may have the hardi hood to ask for a Federal officeoutside the limits of the State. 'A lot of Federal officeholders in North Carolina have to yell for Taft but they dont refleet the real senti ments of the voters. No administra tion has ever treated North Carolina Republicans so shabbily-. Mrs. Taft has passed around two six thousand dollar jobs to North Carolna Demo crats and what has he done for the members o the party who elected three Congressmen in the last elec tion. He kicked Richmond Pearson out as Minister to Greece about the time he got Teddys chair good and warm. Then he bounced John C. Daney as recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. These were the DEVOTED MOTHER DIES OF GRIEF Mrs. Thomas Wilcox died at her home on Fearing Street last Saturday morning after a long and lingering illness. She was about fifty years old and is survived by three children two daughters and one son The funeral services were conduct ed over her remains last Sunday after noon from the home by Rev J P. Ferebee and the interment f o 10 wed in Holy wood Cemetery. The following were the pall bear ers: T. P. Nash, F. M. Newby, M. B. Culpepper, ichard Creecy, Charles Reid, and W A, Jackson, Mrs. Wilcox was an estimable worn an, was noted for her many deeds of charity and kindness. She died of a broken heart caused by grief over her son James who is serving a thirty year term in the penitentiary upon the charge of murdering Miss Nellie Cropsey. Mrs. Wilcox was a healthy woman, who enjoyed life, un til her son was convicted and sentenc ed to the penitentiary Then her- health began to decline and the past several years of her life hape been pathetic indeed. A prophecy, so it is said,' occured hi connection with her death . During her last days while she was in a critical I condition she was often heard to : declare that a little grand son of hers Ernest Williams would be buried with her. At the time the little child was i well. Last Friday the child was taken very ill and died last Sunday night. The remains were interred Monday, the grandmother having proceeded him only one day.) Mrs. Wilcox was a splendid moth er and was devoted to her children. only two first class positions held by North Carolina Republicans. And while he was at it. Mr. Taft rubbed the dirt in. Look at the appointment of Judge Connor over half a dozen good Republicans. The only spn thrown our way is the little old attor neyship given Tom Settle which ap pointment is foK no specific time and is apt to expire any old minute . I am for Teddy and th crowd that has captured the organization will never be able -to make us line up a delegation for the re-nomination of the present occupant of the White House. Things have been too Jftn for North arolina Republicans with this Taft administration . At least that is the way I feel about the situa tion . There are .997 midshipmen at the Naval Academy and" Senators and Repfqlsentativels oi North Carolina and other States will have the oppor tunity to nominate 431 nearly one half of the total number for admis When the fall term of the Academy ion to the fourth class next year begins a month hence there will be over two hundred vacancies in the new fourth class. North Carolina Senators and Con gressmen will have the appointment of fourteen midshipmen to Annapolis Senator Simmons has one vacancy, while Congressman Kitchen in the second, Thomas in the third, Go3win in the sixth and Grant in the ninth districts have one each. Representa tive Cowles in the eighth district has two appointments. Before March 4th next Congressman Small in the- first Kitchin in ths second, Pou in tha fourth, Morehe&d m the fifth and Gran- in the tenth districts wi'i have one appointment each. Congressman Webb in ike ninth district will have two appointments to make. ) She spent hGr last days in carrying around a petition for the pardon ot her son. The petition was largely signed by the most prominent cifl zens of the town who could not with stand the tears of the aged and suf . fering mother. The petition is sail to have over fifteen hundred names on it. Death came to release Mrs. Wilcox from her mental sufferings be fore the petition had a change to go up to the Governor. v V VETERANS Ths fllowing m-iTbers of the Wil liam F. Martin Ca-ip of Coiff; v-ni? veterans spent several days in Nor folk this week attending the reualfn A.' J. Bailey, Joe Carmine, Cader Jen nings, WTn. Parker, N. G., iavi3, J. M. Haskett, J. N. Burgess, Daniel Jennings, D. B. Bradford, W. I. Saw yer, L. G. Pipkins and J. T. Since P. S. Shipp the only Federal sold ier that lives in this city went with the confederate veterans. The veterans report a splendidtime at the reunion in -which the Norfolfc people did every thing in their power to make them enjoy themselves. Miss Beulah Gallop returned Sun day from a visit to relatives in Col umbia where she has spent som time. She was accompanied home by Miss Lola McCleese of Columbia who has spent some time here this" week pisiting her . Pa n hats fluent speaker One of the kind you are glad 1 hear because the things he says nev er cause you to changa your opinion Chicago Record Herald. ATTEND REUNION