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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1911 VOLX BILL BENAL 01 OF fir. Majette, of T duced a Vefy Additionally P OUT kvrrell C ension . 1 r r I I VETERANS n mnty Intro- . Representative Majette of Tyrjell support, from fsountyhas introduced Into the gin-J of commission foijral assembly a till of the great t; satisfied with ctutu I11UK6 a lC38 thaa l r J m to pfiaions already paid by tie ' not ''jT 'J fe.t!9 counties shoiild month so long ' f i. not less than 4 "dollars uer Jwldw 'remains . i dinai ' com -me iaio ana enn Khnii ho i" ifceT"1 - wwa ouuui.u uo i"jiu receive aspens; -J'r, tfffi. 111080 certified to be on the 'dor the genera! fh. ilhi rolls to he' the beneflciarHs'., of 'an v "board " ( - . . ' k " Only those who are la the Eolilef-s' Homo will be excluded from' this monthly payment w, . ! The following are the first two sec- the aaiolVrilm, tions of the Majette bill, for the re- monthly raeetin ers. Section 2. O mot later than lief of indignant and infirm Confdd- i county commisi A. -. Me -clerk of.tli bectlon ' 1. whenever the counjty every county; acl Mara or pensions of any county snail county board of ceiUfy throu-gh its chairman to tile 1 fy, under his h: Doara or co,aty, commissioners , pit court- lb the Std said county that any Confederate Vfjt, 0f eaCh Confer! - -eran or wiaow or a uonreaerate vox- j widow of Conl eran of .said rountv. '; whose name !. .. . - 'V. -.--' . ins am or as & . appears or may hereafter appear on , the geheiiTlskin WVrtH 8 being n titled to a pension chapter op hundred and Ave, Revival one thousand nine bu ire4' andiflve, and unable, t earn n "unll 3,, .Of tl ( per month .from """"ioners i ant Bill brans' to any cause, the boara srs of said . county, If the accuracy thereof, monthly., allowance cf our dollars to be paid an. or wliow each as taid .veterans or indigent but no per- prived of the right to bn from the State un- pension Jaw becauso f county "commlsslon- bce'each month, and three -days after nt of - the regular of the hoard -f of f nerg of his county, 8 superior court of ting chairman of the pensions, shall certi- Ind and seal of said te 'Auditor the-name erate veteran and brate veteran receiv- uch as four dollars the board of county hi county, and or voucher has and the date there- CITY TO HAVE ONLY 4 WARDS And ' Two ""Aldermen in Each-Ward, Is the Rec--fommendation to Rep. resentitive Mark hnm. , Representative T. j! Markham .nent several days here this, week at- . mil; here. 'lf ' - . . 'Jlarkham was iu conference with the 'u,.,(, m Jatlve com mittee of the Chamber ofY., in regard to the- "proposed changes la Elizabeth City's charter;. The com mittee recommended .that, a -change in tbe charter be awarded, by which the city 'will be .divided into four young mm ; 0RGAN!ZE CLUB To Inject Young Blood, Young Life and Young Energy, Into the Ai fairs of the City is now the Scheme.-. - . To Inject young bl-od. yuug life and young energy into' f:ue, affaj of the c'ty is" now the serine, Plans" are being fornVilated to or ganize a, Young Man's Business Club composed of the young nell of Eliza beth City. The'age. limit - to' entitle to member ihip will be from 21 td v years. Aa,soon as the proper Jiteratuiv can ' Dg.v8ecured to en- lighten the ,, voters in the subject of the organlzati a wiu be jnwile to the young buiKness 'men of effect its ASPHALT PAWN e CONTRACT HAS BEEN CALLED OFF B ids are Bemg: Advertised and Will be i Opened n the : Afternoon of February 7th, The 'Board of Aldermen, held a bids will bo opened on the afrcoon meeting" Tuesday ngut for tha' pur-1 of February the 7fh at 3 o'clock and poae of taking some definite action j the contract awarded, If tha bids are iu regard' to ; the recommendations satisfactory. . In the mean time tho city engineer will come here and make pirns and not p) Orations for the street pavina; Work, The action of tho board in rject- made by the .. conHnltteo . as to! the awarding- of the street paving con tract. . ' Oa niotion, it.waS .ordererl that the board rfj'.'Ct the recommendation of Wards instead qt seven,.. andeach warn win nave two aldermen, man- j the town to meet and ing the total number of aldermen J formal organization. 1' eight. The corner of Main and Road The ,)!iin i8 meetin3; -with popular streets will bo. the central point at , favor and ls creating ; a great deal j which tbe division of the city into of interest and .enthusiasm among I. the cofhniittee as to -the awarding of Hag- the recommendations as to the of tho contract 3. J.. Robertsou to Lward of the contract to Mr Robert pave in asphalt, aud that bids he ad- . .. nt UtrnS Mr T,.nA. VJ of the four wards will be made. All that , the , younger business - men territory to the' north of Main street town! " ; , ' and west1 of Road street will com- ' The purpose of thiij organization prise a wardl f and s on. This pro- will be to Interest tie young, men posed change; will provide that the of the town I n the active manlpula- f it fir NECO IAD HIS ARM On Revolving Shaft in -the marie Lumber Companyfs Mill, Mayor be elected by' the entire city Jufet as he is now. .A committer of the Retail Mer chants' Association composed of D. M. Jones, P. M. Grice and C "W. Me lick conferred w.ith Mr. Markham In regard to. some proposed' enactment tions of the commercial and political affairs of the town. There are inahy young men in this town who have pronounced executive ability, besides they have snap and ,vim, and they have shown it in tho; administration of their own nrivato business. If I ivr Y 'or new . prepositions to pave ! - . - bids are for pavln3 in !ntra .t0 Pav Water sUeet. etc., The , In Uel Ian Blocks. . , iHed fo Re .i material tn.l bilck. fit OlSEffl in regard to legislation effecting thejthepe young men cati be Interested (merchants. A bill " has been Intro-1 inhemunicipaLaffairs iLtha. town duced in the Legislsture""t6 require ! there will likely be an ' Improvement all packages for shipment, be lab- j in the progress of Industrial develop filled with the weight or measur of ( ments and in the administering of A very1 horrible ' accident last J I Fni LllleyBrown liemuer T. LUlety of Gates vllle anl Miss Mercer L. Brown of Hobbsville, '.rn nnUuH in rriarriasrA , Wednesdar day afternoon in the saw ml ' le ' if ternoon by Kevl W. R. Halght at Albomarte Lumber Co., at Hertfortj,1 . J t In which f an aged negro named Jacob j j . .White had on of his arms literally j , " -T" torn from his : body. The old co i-, , Nelson-Howard, ored man, who was over eighty yeaifs' : ,. '. old, was Working around some miy. ; Charles M. Nelson and Mrs. Mome il BANK 8TATE MENTS rhinerr-wneiri. - . - - - - l ,aat Tuea. enactment for this city and county, ?5L . hf th rintWnL were united in mMTiage last lues- . v 'naAls aMaa t)Av Lr. H. BufTAlo. ih w vua vuivvt am r-w . pastor, omciatedL ) . ; Mr. and Mr;; NJson went " to Old Trap to spend sqme time visiting Iwas torn from the. arm and , bouxtj the arm solidly o the shaft and hel It while it continued to revol twisting the' old man's arm rouna ' the contents. This, th local mer- chnnts opposo, i "cause It will entail dual of tiouble ana worry in marking tho great num ber of packages that are annually shipped. ' " . . Mr. Markham was also instructed the 'municipal affairs. and Leigh and Markham represented th plnintiff. . . ' , The case of W. O. ' Saunders agalm t W; L. Cohoon was taken up ; Tuesday afternoon and was disposed . of Wednesday morning. The plain tiff was represented by attorneys I. M.' Meekhis and A. O. Oaylard of Plymouth and tha defendant was reprosentej by attorneys Aydlett and . Ciwlnghaus, J. B. Leigh and W. M. : -Edcnton. , , 1 AfterU-la'i1nr of tesumony had; nr JMdfrfi-T,,Shp priid.M a-coriciu. Wednesday morn ------o -- , nuoi Biu'ineys j dant and Gaylard i addeseed the Jury, ilenly hallc l f t lain ! rro; " ' Dunnsr this Week in tsie January Term of Super ior Court; with His Hon The following cases were JiupoKod of in Superior Court this week. The Norfolk Sonihrvu I' M,-- l CLAIM TAXES and round the twtsteiMnto. haft until It ws(a .... NEARLY FINISHED i j MrslsonVjariitsMran i-Mrs B. O. Gregory. MEETS KRAMER BROS- CO Kramer Bros, ft (Co., sash, blinds and building material . manufactures, held Itss annual sijockholderb meet ing last evening In 'the offices of the company on North p&rtin street, "Th. following , director ' were elected for th yes4: c- Kramer, , Washington, Another dread naught will be added to the Anterfc can nary the latter part of March wtiAn ihm Urnta.na Imttleahfn TJtah. now nearing compleUon at the plant - J. A. Kramer, J. F- isjamor, Auen " of tbe New York Shipbuilding Com-, K. Kramer, M. N- Bwyer, P. H. Wil pany: at Camden, v t ,n K- taTiv. ' and Chas. hJ Robinson. The ... ered to the government 'fih will bo directors elected thi following offlc Yesterday ' afternoon, the conten- i tion of Chowan and Wash luff on to keep his yes on th measures coimtlei . were ed before Judge that have been jfhtroduced In the JugUce fcy attorney Bond for Legislature fo prohibit - the sale of . Norfolk Southem Railroad Company, near ber and such stuff; and that, Ly ttttorney pmd,, for Washington If no adequate state wide measur Is -county. - 1 enacted to protect Elizabeth City Tnj8 contention is the claim of and Pasquotank county) from th botn Chowan and Washington coun saleof this stuff, to secure the Proper ties to the Uses for th Norfolk (Southern Railroad Company's bridge across the Aihemarle sound, between the evidonce had been taken the case was continued by Judge Justice J to compromise for a ... .w v.,.ir.. mty-one douars- awarded evl - The "attention of our readers is called to the bank statements that are published In this Issue. All of thebanks of this city and the Bank of Gate have statements In this Is sue. These statements show that these banks are in a flourishing con dition; that they are up to date and are very progressive, Thes state ments show-that each of thes banks has a larg deposit. ' Edenton and Mackev's Ferrv anA in lvalues., the amount of six hundred , dollars annual taxes. ' The ' Corpora tion Commission has been dividing andWashington counties, taking. torneys to secure neccssaryt dene. , This suit by the N. a Railroad is to recover overcharges on taxes paid by the plaintiff to the' county upon property located In this county. The plaintiff Is represented) by Bond and Pruden of Edenton and the ?efendhnt byAydlett and Ering haus and J. Heywod Sawyer. Th case of W. S. Bough against S. B. Bartlett et als. was first con- lilE HUMORIST i ers: President and Kamer ; vice-president, J- A. Kramer, secretary, Joseph P. treasurer, !. E. oCramer. immediately placed in commission and sent to th New'Yorknavy yard ior a rew minor changes. ! The full load displacement f the 1 Utah is 23,033 torls. She wlU be the. - Oyetsr Su Pper. largest vessel afloat In the United An oyster supper S1 wed States navy at the present time, al- nesday night at thel om ' Mr. and though the battleships Wyoming. Ar-i Walter Chory JjJ Till section tor me r kansas, New York and Texas well be t ; still more powerful when completl Tbe speed 0f tho Utah. wfll be J() J4 knots. Th Florida, which I tbe sis- Iby School No. 6. "I can truthfully 6aj I Ii3v never caused my wife a moments uneasiness or annoyance," remark ed the casual acquaintance. "What a Uar yon must be," said the married man. "Not at all," replied the casual acquaintance, 'I've never had a wife." Philadelphia Record. tinued upn the request of the . de fendant's attorney; and was finally non suited upon the request of the plaintiff's attorneys. ' This suit grew out of a horse deal the position that a half of the in which a German Coach horse waa bridge Is in each county. . sold to S. B. Barlett and several Chowan county sets up the claim other prominent farmers for the sum that all of th bridge ia In Caowan of $3,400. The defendants set up the county, as the dividing iiu is -the claim that a fraud had been perpe- s.iitn side of the sound; and there- .trated as th horse Old not com up for, It Is entitled to all cf th taxes, to th guarantee. Washington county through its ut The. case of R. W. Stokely against torney maintains that It la entitled A 1411611 WM disposed of by tho to one half of the taxes a.id that th Jury r rendering a verdict in. favor tjJ le of the sv)uad "is tli dlvlfing 0' tte plaintiff awarding htm danv lfne between the two count!e iase lB the sum of $200. ThbTsuit was instituted to re cover $100 PER WEEK JUOQE8' PAY er ship cf the Utah, la bemgbiult A compeUUv contact has. been th government at th Neir Tork ! awarded by 0.1' P- C" " . m . 4 ifsinr r ----- - - - - - Hura bo sear t . - . .i u tfttPtikll nroperty in coated a. th. Utah. On January j xpri V to rebulU Florida was 86.C7 per cent fin-1 v.. r.-s tb first. hd - . 1. r tit - v Captain Kidd was treasure. I don't like to do it," hel said "but I cun'thelp it. Th new gold ooins won't stack and I'll never be Nburyjng his Raleigh, N. The House Com mittee on Judicial Districts deefdes to report favorably th bill by Rep resentative 'Spalnhour, of Duke, tor reading the pay of Superior Court Judges so that they get pay at the rate of $100 per week) for th days of court actually held during th (jury awarding a verdict in favor of year and at the end of the year. If jth plaintiff, n which he recovered 3 1 they have not held courts of, dura-Possession of a peice of real estate. the present,' i n s suit grew out of a contention that a deed of trust covering this damages in the sum of $200, a fraud having been perpetrated In a horse trade, In which the defendant traded to th plaintiff a horse under guaran tee, ard he did not com up to the guarantee. ' - tn the case of John A. Harris; Jr., against Simeon Reddock, the Jury) renaerea a verdict In favor of the plaintiff. v.- . , The case of R. L. Hlnton against Noah Overton was disposed of by the to thi plaintiff which would arrest further procc odings In the case. This propo sition was accepted. .This suit grew out of alleged dam ages which the plaintiff claimed that ; bo received by being knocked down about a year and a half aso by the defendant, using a walking cane. The suit was for" live thousand dol lars. .'; ', - . .The case of R. A. Hopkins against ' J. H. Mllklns and th R, BL Quins, Furniture Company was heard Wed nesday afternoon. -This suit was for $10,000 for damages arising for de formation of character. : - ..The Jury.retured a verdict after having been out on the case oil night, in favor of th plaintiff awardln him a Judgement of $500. The case of W. B. Dunston against ; the Norfolk Southern Railroad was disposed of by the Jury awarding th plaintiff the sum of $23d for damages susUlned In having a house burnJ by fir that originated on th Norfolk Southern Railroad property. The remainder of the .week and part of next week wJU be consumed In disposing of the docket able to get the diamonds . and the tion enough to make silver plate past Loeb. salary of $350, then on December Cursing the necfi9fy that drove!81 8-Audltor la to Issue war- niiatoit, Le "piauied the stuff so deep that even the assessors never succeeded in locating it. --Chicago Tnbun,. . 1 1 rants for the remainder. On th other hand. If extra time Is made by arr jwlge he can earn additional com pensation to th amount, of $4,000 for his annual compensation piece of property had been barred by the statute of llmitlon, and the possession of it Xad passed to an other party. ASortey J. HeywoOd) ayer represed the defendant :- Popular fielhaven Couple Wed A quiet wedding was- solemnized at Hotel Carolina, Belhaven, N. C p. m. ' The contracting parties being Mrs. Ella Speight and Mr. John W. Ward, Sr. . ' - . , : Mrs. Speight Is the popular house keeper and Mr. Ward la th polite and courteous clerk at the Hotel Carolina, ' : Though-the entire; affair was sup posed to be a secret yet the many friends of the bride and groom were aware of the approaching "marriage and were at hand to give them a cor dial sn mt enthnsfaftlo nrnfa. Wishing them a life full of happi ness and prtperity. May th fujnre prosper by th union of these tw happy souls. ' ' . . 1 :'-f v:
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