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The;Best Place on Earth to Live, Elizabeth City Pasquotank County N. C.
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VOLX
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1911
NO. 27
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Four Ward Charter
v;:csMc;lcjjslatorc
Elizabeth City WJU be Divided into
( rcur warqs, ana wm nave &ignt
Alderihen. Charter: Secured Af
ter a Hard Fight.
" '. iyj nation from Raleigh Wednes
1 'iaTidted that the OUUsens. Charter
c , Douularlv known as the four ward
a - . .
Xoharter had passed its third reading
in ine senate ana naa oeconie a law.
This Charter provides Elizabeth City
shall be divided into four ..wards and
that each ward shall have two Alder
men, making in 11 eight Aldermen.
This Charter has been bitterly
fought in Its passage through the
State Legislature, the opposition
having done everything In its power
to prevent it from becoming a law.
This new Charter wlli likely make
considerable change In the personal!
of jlne municipal officers in the next
election.
ON
MB
BACK
TO STAY TOO
Built of Iron an d Concrete
without a particle of
wood. " The Buildings
Will Not go up in Smoke
Again.Y
E.F.
5i
IS IK
A conflagration three months ago
turned the plant of the Elisabeth
City Iron Works and supply Com
pany into a masB of ashes, debris and
broken and twisted machlnery.which
excited the sympathy of every per
son. The destruction of the plant
was" deplored by all as it meant that
a large number of people would bo j
Apparently has Disappear
ed From the Face of the
Earth and There is no
Clue to Atsfst a Large
Number of Searchers to
Find Him. J
The people of this community are
greatly wrought up over the strange
disappearance of Captain E. F. Gibbs
a prominent farmer of Pasquotank
county, and a citizen well known in
Eastern North Carolina. Apparently
he has disappeared from the face of
the earth; and there is not.att this
writing a single clue as to the cause
I of his disappearance.
F AIRY OPERETTA FOR
ORGAN FUND.
St. Catherines Guild, of Christs' Ep
iscopal ' Church will present a fairy
operetta, entitled, "Lilly Bell" in the
auditorium of the High School to
night for the beneGt of the church
organ fund.
z The -operetta Is a very interesting
, one and .the public is assured of an
enjoyable-time. " . ...
Th&fr ,,"4ng is the cast of the
ch2-fl
. Queen Mrs. Mae
ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THE
POOR FUND.
tnrown out or employment " "iuium:e. ,
Mr. Sanders announced immediate-1 ," Captain Gibb9 ,eft hI bomo.which
ly after -the fire and the announce- j is about two miIes frol the city last
ment was received with a ereat deal i rr! Jay raoralr'S aboutt four o'clock
I of satisfaction, that the plant would i with a horse and crirt to come to
j bo rebuilt at once, and before the j El-'zabeth City to gel Pome empty
jtwlcted and broken machinery (some i aur barrei- He informed his wife
of It very valuable.) had time to cool j'hn ha left that he would be back
a force of hands was on the grouDd-! by breakfast time. He- took five dol
tloarfnR; away for the new building lars with hln presumably to' pay. for
Oiler $150 Reward
For Captain E F. Gibbs
?
The Pasquotank . Farmer Who
Strangely Disappeared From His
Home Last Friday and Has Not
Been Seen or Heard of Since.
, 8herlff Charles Reed and Mr. John
fiercer of Currituck offer a reward
The strange disappearance and ab
sence ef Captain E. , F. Gibbs has
grown exceedingly mysterious. A ; of fifty dollars and the Board of Al
whole week has passed since he rils- j derrmen through Mayor Fearing has
f
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TWtaata..-
Vmm th( tnomlnff ftf tor. -thn fire nj-' tr'e earreis.
-A Rlval- Miss Uat-
-Mi3s Mcricn
tjiccnicaf.-. . '
Thistle : Down-
tio Harney
Heart's Ease A Fairy-
. . .Woodley.
Edoni Tho. Naiad Queen-
Mary Gilt eh t.
There will be a chorus of Farles
, -and Naiad-os. '
-Miss
Worked Hsrd to Find Mr. Gibbs.
The Young Woman's Home Min
ion Society will give an cctcrUt,.-
miul ttMiuwunuw ti mm iurw ,sw work on the new plant has-' nve o'ciock t rjaay iaor::in
School on the evening cf Marrh 3,;no, Wn trrlip,i; .and on the site 1 EJ- Hancock discovered his
for tho benefit of the poor fund f-,whPrw this mass of a&hes cinders, horso hitched to the .-uit wa?id?r;ay
derbrls and broken machinery lay-j aimlessly about Ri tU Toot or Fan
three mouths ago, has arisen a brand ! i0I'' avuiiue. lie sloped the horse
new -plant'to take. the place of the !'Snd left t"1 standing head to a. tree
old, and this time the building'? are-loFi.-.tory avenne; tt-inking that the
constructed' of concrete and 'steel . horse had walked , off leaving his ov
that they may hereafter. withstand tho ;Tr.ar.d. that ho would soon overtake
attack .of flames as the plant of this ,fh horse and cert. ; The horse tood
compiitiv has been turned Into abhes hore rji til nearly .coon, .when Depu-
i3iaiailLli! as rendv.- I.' einn xiapr retu.".izf?u ui non,u
appeared, and not
has been obtained.
been searched for during all this
i
time, cut no. trace of nun nas teeu
t
found. His friends hvc grown tope
less of finJi.ig him a.n a lmncirta ,
nd-fifty Ucll:.'.rs ia rewards have 1
been offered.
ono single cuie'aiMo orrerea a reward of fifty dollars
Captain Gibbs for the recovery, of Mr. Gibbs body
if he is de.td; or for information that
will entablish his whereabouts if be
is living.
Worth Baglcy. Council No. 60 J. O.
U. A. M. of which order he was a
prominent -member r.lno offer a ' re-
word of fifty do!lnrs.
bbui j . 3 3
the society.
The very best , talenj will bo em
ployed .in presenting this entertain
ment; tijent that has alwaye deligh
ted auditmccs. -'r- . v . '"'-v . .
The entertainment is for a wWyiy
cause and, it should receive the hr
ty pupijort of the people Tho .c-
AHhoisyh the bixf.yVlays allotted
'.or the G3u-
any con.oratiou. to contribute money
or' transit tat ton to any party or can
did ale for any public office. '.
v Lathai.rr To prohibit tho fishing
with certain nctn in curtain waters of
Douufort county.
l.ntliain: T l-'aprov'e the' roads of
'jed much in helping the poor of
town. . " . ' .
Gregery-Hhomas
Durina the East three months in
which the operations of the foundry
and the machine rhorS hare b:en
suspended the supply department of
the company nan been very active,
having kept on hand at all times a
larpre stock of supplies, with which
tUcy have supplied their trade.
Now, the foundry tnildin? -i com
pleted and operations in moulding
Sheriff Reed and Chief or Police
Taomos'-are to be comraendel for the
persistent efforts that they have
litibs. Boia or -tnese omcer3 nav
spent- in icii time vin . directing the
search and In engaging In it pircon
aly. . ' .
-' Chief Thomas-Unid oat with tlie 'u u '' 7 sfternoon issued a mar
Cri,t party of BOiirc!i. i - la ft Krday ! n-i;;r .':'"s:2fi ta Hnrley M James to
niglt after mid .'sht a -d z.rce h- Mattie Scott' As tho tr'do
has takea all the iiuervat.possibla. jis 01'-v steen the father gave his
Sheriff Heed ia stlil conduetl;u the j ar.sc;it in writing,
hunt for Mr. G'bbs r.ud is juTson.iliy j
defraying the expanse cf a part of
the reward money. t
J! ; , j .To ih Charles Meekins, Jr., of this
DISMAL SWAMP HERMIT DEAD. r"d Mfss Margaret Adams Mc-
; Ker-l of Columbia wore united in mar
Thomas Gregory of- Hertford "ard
Mtna l,mir Thmafi nf Pprn -.! mm on s
Co., arrived her Saturday and tter'r w"re beUI1 more than a 1
securing the nf.ccKsary PbP from Bo. This department of the plant
the Register of Deeds' office were 'prcBentB the same busy scenes as of
married by T. B. Wilson, justice of 'oUm times, when the glare of mol
the peace1 ' ten lron flasnpd lilie lilliotis of firo
, " fiics in the early houre of the even-
m ing. The mould3. which were dcsiroy
ed in the fire have been replaced and
" James-Scott ! tbe foundry is turning out various
!'r.::;rfrr cf p.eeda J. W. Mund-n lj!,ds of iron 'P!cmKlts' J'1Ft 158 U
did before.
ble. .Word was sent to the Gibbs
f.'.rm for eonic one to come after the
1 ors-o p.nd It was then earned that
Captrsin Gibbs was missing.
ATrts. Gijbs greatly alanned came
; to.vn in search of her hnsb.it. d
:rnd .aided by frlend3 searched all
Friday afternoon without finding a
(n o? of lii in. The news began to"
spread and considerable anxiety was
fe'1, po tit midnight an alarm waa
uy law lor tno meeting
r il Ap-.einl.ty wt'.l be oiit Saturdny -
'i:ircii 4t!i, jusi two weeks on, re
markably -K't'o l?f;!slatiou of
wiie iiuoortance has yet been eiiac-tttd.-
.The calendar of tho House con-taing';8ixty-h,inev
bills of general in
terest la aflijt.icn' to &-iarge mrmber
yf- Ifeejil tjHla- tbat -ere pending; in
th crtler-dar .'oonlatf'.s
nance and tho 'legislators will lJ-Commltt3o 0f the- Whole oft Rsvcnue
Latham. An act Bupidemontal to
the act .relative' to the crlmTnarourt
of fscaufort county. . ..'!'.-.';
' McWilliame; . To "regulate fishing
In Slades-River In Kyda county. ' .
jjcAViniamij: " 7'o protect tho oys
' ' Vu-.try In, I r.Mo county. .-
croons the busiest iieopie to be found '
anywhere for the, next two weeks.
There will be nl;,;'it jn.-srslcns gaiore
nnil tiie le'ir-l-tive clrkH and nws
prtpermen o.pet t to be ri.i.hej to the
i limit of iiii.iiri.i eiKl jr;:.!c:e. AIlaou;;h
jliio i.'s;iO!l is ricnri'y'f. if ! l:oM)!r. ha -j
been reported from tho committee a3
ito th proposed coor.titulional amend
j' l. nts. Early in tho session the Stub-
to hold a constitutional con
wa ; voted down on tho
Act
lim . 1 fn nn1 l' A TirrT n VirtooM f r
'eaich in earnest. All day Saturday j " ..'
. o . . . I vention
tne rcarcn was Kept many peop.e taK-, ttat araendmont3 t0 b9 mado
in,a p-irt in the hunt, but nothing , C(1 b comra!ttecs for
co-ild lie learned about Mr, Gibbs ... .
Sunday morning. h,s f r.cnds ab-; cton,
a:1 hopo of evcr seeing him R Ecema lmpofEit,lo tLu3 faP l0
five ana rnej ineir enons 10 unvj , . ,,-,,
;:--t even a quorum f tha ommijlecs
ir n"; in? i ;iquoiaini r.ver 10 ij'ui
Ms b'-'dv. "The river front was'drag-
; present at tho several meetings an-
McKeel-Meeklis
i The work on the ir.Rcr.mo snopa , . , d t(J conBWor tl,0 question.
is being pushed with all posMDieuts- .'"-u aiiMjau,, ut i , Scverg, nT,M-tvi;st bil's have been
patch, and it will bo only a few days (bin? w learned. Monday b introducRd and the Jud;cIary commit.
!when the whirr of turnin-j wnee.s rrcu u u.o .i tee havo aanoanc9d - a hearing for
and the grating rasping sound of the is stui m proKrew. iiop. m lTuesday afternoon to consider all an
big lathes will be heard again. New ; j-ecoverin? his body grow each hour d tj.ust blJ RpproscntatIve Koooce
machines wid bo lnstalloa at me ear- j,ess ccrtain. Lo naa been ttle most Insistent for
liest popslble date, and the company . Sherirf neld and-.Chitf or i'oie ; anti-trudt legislation says ha will
will havo its entire plant running, i , hff !,,!; a f!,-ht for tho appointment
sub-committee to take under
rr-l Unni4V hfturnnnTl 1 IT! '1 1. 0
1 This companyls one of the most 1 ' i .
!,.. . .. . ...... I ..rl.M In m.r tnldst lualt " vl ' .s . -11 4--4.ft a
A dispatch from Suffolk ,ays that -j or tne or, oes pf r- - , - bad not eea able tto obtain a sin- i ' " .";. vm
piofrior T.oQuitcr iht "licr.-nit of ! tjoiumoia vveanesaay nignc . notmng caunis u, uit u"UUJ m , . ... wiuiwuw -
isdead, asid CO
7s Lake' Drumtnond,'
.years.
Mr, Iiassiter had spent nearly all
of his life ia the fastness of the dis
araal swamp! He lived alona in a
comfortable little bunglow.
S?no time ago tha hermit was
taken lll,xand they brought him up
among the highlands to die arjjons
. relatives.,
The jungles of'the swamp were a3
home to the "Hermit" and the beasts
that prowled by night were bis com
pantons.v V
Mr. Lassiter loved the simple life
D. Ray Kramer of this citywas. Jest ' lant otber buildings take their place ! Ble inai w,u
In an incredible short time, and t " - -j
were . annntlblA to i destroyed him.
present to witness the happy event i 6 'm. oibbs was a prosperous farmer
the fneiung mnuences 01 me mimea. a
! '-0,,u fiin,1rh nrlvanced In : aafl a qmie Eieiu mau, , Xo araepU arucm a
man.
A large number of
friends
IN THE HOUSE,
Committee Report
Mr. and Mrs. Meekins left Colum
bia yesterday morning for an extend
ed wedding tour.
Mrs. Meekins Is a very charming
and cultured young lady; she Is well
known in rjvstern North Carolina
and is greatly admired. .
Mr. Meekins is a promising yonng
attorney, a eon of J. C. Meekins, Jr.
cf Washington N C, and a grand
Mr.
son of J. C. Meekins, Sr., of Colum-
'and while on Ms death bedhe would bia N. C. ;
smile and look remtnipcent as he ap- .."
parently heard a call from the wild. ADVERTISE FOR
Tho "Hcrmitt" was known to han-.
drcds if not thous3nd3 of rportsTncn , FAVING EiDS
roughout this section as well as by ) .-
,m xrhn fra-jontlv com frrorn the ! Tbe Hoard of " Aldermen heid a
v - i
banners uiuue" u.auu .... . . ... . . . . ,t. f t.
,.. . Tiever dven to any ireaaisu ucuu-.. mtion bo uh i-j u.i
years, is a prorerrive man, with ln-,nevT '"tu .
J . .nJni8 friends do not entertain for a emptions.
domitable energy and courage, and lrienu ; (
tte aggressive spiritt of this gentle moment the Idea that he has gone . ,ntrodced.
bo , . . . . away but they are of the opinion
man who knows no defeat has tat) band3 of sorae.i McPhaul: To educate the negroes
enraged tho other memberS of the ; to-, ne dcrod Wm aBd 'in North Carolina-relaUve to tuber
Crm and tho large number of employ, j one wbo nas cni0s!s.
ccs to accomplish this great task in ! thrown his body into the Pasquotank j M(,GlU. To amcn(1 the law of 1909
resting to pensions ior h-cuui-
ates.
Ewart:-
so short a timo."
river.
To make it a felony for
HAYN PARTY UoLE TO EE CUT CN THE STREET aay corporation to contribute money
"-.-' . - - i tttn in any party or
.tr.
ii I was an ex
pjrjnt compinic
; meeting ycrterdoy morning for , tho
expert fisherman a pui-pr-aa of tausag further ac.ion 1.1
ion and ha was wire jtho stieet paving: .
lK'le wars of the woods. I After mnch dlpcwsion,- Kyror.enr
During the iitJ illness many, a jn'wo inetiucuU tu v J VerlL
choieo'dnlicB'cy was sent to tbo "ITcr 'f0r b:!,3 In all kinds of material to
mif by his friends from r distance FaTC the streets of El'aabeth City.
To make known, a want wa to have j j;ty0r Fearinj wiil advertise for
It gratified. these bids at once.
WASHINGTON EIRTH
Mr. J. P. Kramer has regjjrir fcl hi
Ti e ladies of tho third circla of the .j-j-f E0 that be is ane to to v.
reet-yaia t.fia-an-i.i..t a
r.r transnortation to any party
candidate for any r'.iblic office.
rMcCill.
Scctiou iii1!, relating to how taxes
Hhall be paid, and two, relating to
i,y tax, wore pat.sed on. -. ..
Ei tion two provides tho Bame levy
a -i v.-a provided in 1909, $1.29 to be
.k-O'ir to education nnd support of
the ;ioor. Mr. Dcughtbn said there
wei, propofjnls to raise the rate.for
pen- on?, and for schools. It were
best to offer these amendments now,
f-inee If these Increases were made,
tiie total amount in section 2 would
have to" bo Increased. At present the
tcftl for bo Stole w.i.a 43 cents, be
ing only 23 2-3 centu for the county
fo keep up the constitutional epa
tlon. In the Senate
The state administration building
bill was taken up in the senate
again Monday for the third time and,
after voting down all amendments
except thotwo by Senator Boydeii,
one cuitfngthe amount of tho bond
Issue from 1,000,000 to $500,000
and ifheyother authorizing the build
ing commission to erect a fire-proof
building or buildings on a suitable
site and an amendment of Senator
Barnes providing that the bonds
shall not be sold for less than par. .
the (senate by a vote of 26 to 12
passed the bill on second reading
and it took its place on the calendar,
The minority made an effort to have
the amount of the' bond iasiie re
duced, to J300.000 But after an ex
tended debate their efforts failed by
a decisive vote.
Senator Hobgood's bill extending
the time for bringing as action for
death throu;;h fault of another was
reported unfavorably by the commit
tee on judiciary. '
ta the Etr
cf ntrit five months.
ifTr.er nas mu in.p---
the tn-i'
cf - t;
rar-onaga Aid Society he!d a Vash
ir.niOa'i birllulry pnrty V.'c-ine-day
nigrt February 22. in the otuicx o:l
v vtre .rrk'ni!ir. Chnrch. An i-'tcr-' A'r-. -a recovery from
ul.v .r: r:..i ws K.iTtir.'i thia ar opcrallca fcr aa attack of appv
ecc?s:cn ia wir.cn uenerai cic:t:s,
ton and L?dy WazhiniT-on were rep-1 Tfce many
resented. An excellent program r of
mnslc was rendered.
To amend the law of
IrnlontfS tO 134-
TeakTensicns and. to levy a epeclaf
r ,
fHcnds ' of tto txn'Ar
... . j..T:,ri.tt tn learn that he is
Will CO
nble to be out on the streets.
sx tnercior.
.
INTriE HCUCE
Bills Introduced.
Ewart: To make it - felony for
IN THE CENATE
. tills RatMicd :
;ct far Iha-worfeJnS -laylns '
! dralnlnrr o"
An
repairing, Improvir.g an:
the publi
couuly.
ror.:!3-. of Wrshln: tjn
An act tt protsct the opossums- in
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