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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH J 1911 .
NO. 23
I . Tour '' yh - - ilii r . i j
.?sr Molina wive rrir
. 3errg out of the city last week
"we were unable to make reply to
.. Mr. A. C. Hathaway s article in re
gard 'to the towns improvement
. the Euclid Heights property
Eliaabota City. Had wTnad been at
V bo'me.wewould have answerd in last
y weeks Issue.
t .Mr. Hathaway sayshat two thirds
Interest In this properly was held by
iiimself and others We -tailed 'to
. give credit for that and for this of
fense, ,we are very sorry. But in
very other statement made In (he
.artlchr thatappeared In the Tar Heel
eof the Issue of Feb., 17, we cannot
retract now. Maybe we are better
informed than Mr. Hathaway thinks
.we are. By referring to our article
'of the 17th Inst it will be seen that
we only mentioned one bridge. Mr.
..LEQISLATOIE
" Much of the information used in To peruiit S.fo. Wright lo practloe
mailing up this report, of the do- me.HcIno inu -Camden conny.
ings cf the State 'Legislature' ! ob- To regulate ' rales-' .of carriage
:tr.fnod from the daily report publibb of passengers vy railrondirin North
ed in the Raldgh Evening Times Carolina. ? . - '
and the News and Observer., Ral- To' amend the Ivr' relative to the
eigh's two progressive pnd up-to- trnneportttion of. dead bodies,
date daily papers. . i .'-,. V.
The Senate Mnnlay by a vote of 52 j .. ' -..Pasted, Fftal Readng
to 10- tabled the Graham birj for tie To ' change tlie vme : of Chow.m
Now Mr. Hathaway isn't it a fart
that you built these bridges out of 1
old boom Io;s arl other rubbish'
of (lumber, so that they would last long j ap?0t,nent of an arch' tural board 'E-.utlsf Kn.t
injofcongb to fchift tl:eia . off, ontho;hn(1 tlie eXiin.Iliat.0tt ftUl Uceustns ' fcolIoKc, .
.1 . UMltl towa Ionot members of that profewlon. The; TO provide loerd ofconirU for
since built these bridges over and ov-, committee on Proportion, end Gri- U urinb,- x
To amend, the Kdentun graded
3
The First Trace
.m
r
Captain Gibbs
o-c Institute to Chowan
j . '
I A Patch of -Bloody Dirt Found in
The Road Afso A Hole Made
Blade of an Ax Near bv.
evancos reported a P.ub:.tituto to
er ?
TT nA A. x
a.a w go mlo every wWch there developed numercus ob-
detail of this dlscuRslcn but we will JfcctIona. serators Barar.a and Jen,
withhold further discussion for thejg0(l d.uVDed lt Ru act t0 , .thorUe ftil
present wowever, we reiterate '
. (V V J, At
mi,. wwu u D4ufc uyb union Rett contended
as mucn on tnc improvement of the
Euclid .Heights property as has
"architect tru8t'whil6 Seuator 13ub-
that it ocould In no
wise! result In good to the public.
been spent on Mr. M. N. Sawyers
property.
Mr. Hathaway win have to have
an investigating committee, before
he can convince the ' public other
Hathaway saya that there were two wise than that our statement are
"bridges. . true. 1
HORSE DROWNED IN
, PASQUOTANK RIVER
Tr Tc-u
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.9 j"ro'v
r of tl..e
PAY YOUR TAXES OR YOU 1
WILL EE ADVErfTISED
in the 8enate
i Ordered Enrolled ,
To authorize Perquimmons. coiinty
to levy special tax. ;
To amend pet ; for protection of
game so as to include Dare county J
TO prohibit sale of Ilnuor wlth'n
three, miles of Mlssipnary church .'ht
Lawrence's Cross Boards In Bertie
county, ' ' . ":
To rllo'v conihii '.
school law. -
hy The
The IrrepeessiHo Fih Law
" It took two hour to settle the fiph
oommissicn bill that was thought to
have boen greeU to by ail parUes.
A. big advance was made over any
former effort 'fy finally for the fret
time in the Satati ' fuclndlng every
Solitary county under provisions of a
of
ITrl-
by drowning: in the ' rasqufctank fC
, f r. The horbe was hitched toy a
hea,vy dray and1 either backed over
Aor was pushed into the river by an
- other dray in the rear of C. H, Itob
, ' lrifon's store. The horse fell betw
een the dock and a schooner which
! wai lying at the wrarf. and was
' -drowned before he could be gotten
out, -
lIr. Davis recently refused to sell i
- ' the hoe for $2C0.00. He hah hrd j
Insurance on the horse but the pol-i
icy nad recently lapped. He su3'
tafned tho entire loss of the horso.
MAST BROKE CUT
T'-xhe schooner "Flossie Muir" had
. one of hrr Tiacts broke out last Snt-
urday while off Tom Mann's Croek.
Th a parting of a -shroud was the
-cause of the cident
The steiitnor Louis Fuerestein
towed the schooner into port
CHARLOTTE MINT SAFE
There s a large amount of this tax
money jet uncollected and if It is
not paid by the frst of March
these gentlemen will begin to adver
tise propei .y to be sold at public
sale to pay these taxes. . ,
Those who have failed to pay their
taxes had better get busy at ono'e
and pay up to savethemselves lotsS
of trouble. Sheriff . Reid and Mr Eer I
ry have wnijed jv.Ht long as they
can and they must begin at an early
date to force tlie payment of de
liquent tcsos,
Popular Eifftlo.i Senators Killed
.ii..i.e i I i. i!a..i!'ijii-et lra
inage district tud-.tlio dfbir,uation 'of
depository for funds. . - - .
To provida a 'legalized., primary el
ection for Hertford county.'
.' In the House
To improve , roads in ITarreison
township Mi-iu"iid 'county. - ;
Authorize the comraidsioaers of j
Camden cou.iijv to levy special tax. '
Authorize the commissioners of i
Hyf!c county to livy special tox. I
Amend chapter 807 cf t'oV riiM'c i
Laws" of 1903 defining tho duty of j
tin sheriff or other po):-e officers !
with reference to illicit dU.tilieries. p
,Aniead section 1 1 05 of tho Hovlsiil j
cf 1905 so as to allow, transportation I
companies to give freo trancpor-!
tation to widows andminor children
The first and only trace ti at has every foot of the ground fn that eo
found of Captain E. f. Gibbs. tio has been gone over time rnd
who disappeared two weeks ago again, and not one trace can hi
wasfound Monday by a party of sear, found except that ppot In tho roai
chars, when a patch of esrth discol- Tho swreh has been kept up during
ord ti ith some dark fluid was dls- the past week but nothing has re.
covered on the side of . the rroad at suited to solve this baffling mystery
the forks that lead to Mr.' Bartlctts as to who ' murdered captain Gibt
and Mr. widbIowb. or for what was he taurdored, Just
In carefully searching the ground about the lastf theomr ta . 'fJ.
oa the road for some time this dls. bas been exhausted on the part of
j ,u,.u, u, oiiu-jui.. urn carvers ana tftey are now at
spot of earth is about a ioot 'uare;, !ob. to 'know how-to proceed with
and the discoloring fluid ia thought ( the . search. ; -' ' ,
to be human blood. Another dlBcov- i ; It is doubted Vthe body of Can
ery was made which groatljr ttrengtb f tain Olbbs was ever" placerf In the
ens, this .. Just over the Wife fenced fiver,: but rthat It was ronsw
u nu. onnrsitAthib' ennt n : it. .
mendment txemptlng IMgeon Uiver '' .zZ: ' J" T "l. , " . pB Ima nnRny takea f" aw
fromthonct. It wa'a adopted' with-1' ,,' ,.. . tTi.-V- I. lu ru"u .ano '.ea tin
1 -. an a a, wucn ik wuicu .win prevent j;s
was tossed .over the fence. .Thin1
r.,r ; J . ' ' .
ate iiiuiie pn hblo anu cio- muhl. ' ; ;t 4 ' ' ! " ' u
It is felt to be almost certain that of u, alr . Order, from whic
this spot Is where Mr. Oibls was Mrs, Otbbs Is entitedtq about
murdered by some one and an ax 200 Insurance. It is fnnroff'vwr .
was use to commit the deed. If that unIe88-'tbe body caV bre
this theorv is true, then Pnntntn ,
(aud perch andlhoae not iia very Glbbs never roached E1Zabeth Cltv ereI will experience a great deal
at all, but had hardly, got more than of troul)1e In getting the insurance
a half nrMc from his" home; money as It is the policy of lnsuran-
, It in doubtl if this clue will aid co co npanes to require full proof of
very much in finding-, the body, as d;i.th before the money, is paid.
uih-'hw-.- -
The bill to create a fish commissi
on for the State and regulate the
flfching indiibtry of the State' came up
for passage. - . -".
Or. M.wie of , llevtford offerd'an
"'t objfecton. ; '
' TiJr. Hp.roj'ton ivt fivrtiic
.1.
,''v J!ltj'.
qut HpcCvh appftaln lo thcllouse
not to run over hla poop'e. Thry al
ready, hod the best kind of fishor
ing regulations and only had fresh
'rttr HhIi iieiling only -black bass
a manner
everr being
Cbf;:OLAHIHy
NIGHT
SUNDAY.
Washington E. C. The Senate
Tuesday defeated the resolution pro-'. of deceased employees and to emp
pos'cd an amendment to the Constl-' lovee's who are -, temporarily out of
tutlbn so as to provide that Senators work. -- -- -
be elected by direct vote'of the peo
ple. A .brave fight had been made
by tho supporters of the measure -as
was indicated, by the . vote. Fifty-
four Senators stood for the resolu
tion and 33 against It. Though this
division showed a large majority of
the Senate to frvor popular elec
tions yet the number was not suffi
cient by four to carry the measure
which required a two thirds vote for
its success. .
trohibit putting felons stripes on
porous convicted of misdemeanor ! pteP forward to putting the Cbhing
only.
(largo quantities. The people of Cur
ii ..V k o:oswf the ne-iv -fen sled F.ta
j t . comn'iPii.-.ii to a mnn. Not a &In
I trie one who uppaarod befOi'o (he
i.if.-'Ft'-o .fouiiiiittoo favored the.
V- i.-ct.ei.i!wr.
lis inrrto on imnap"ioneU 'pio.i
tlli.i I!o ;? to lr, ' fclu p3oj,!c ot I
ncr.i the juration of thh law. I
Ivlr. Doi:,;hton , explained that aj '
r.ccirl ro.-iniltee had carcf.:!: in-! An .opidzAio of i:;irH'Jr!. iv-m re-J
vest.gaten ine nciung lnlerris, of her? l-.at Sunday night In which the
tho State and reported a liil. It stores ofAydlett Bros. Company and
lywi been carefully examined by tho j T. W. . Wiliiams iu Poin Ic::tor St.,
.oiiit Se'it imd Iloube committees ; and the homea of Joseph Guard in
all the fishing interests being repre- j Hiikiier- street wore invaded,
"er.i-ed, Tlo eubetitute.-now-' o.Trod Thrives1 sHcce'led In getting Into
was a cotroratloa bill and was a long Mr. Williams store by nrvlne 'onen
Mileage Bill
-Washngton D. C The Charlotte
mint is safe." The House today vot
eT by a very large voU to continue
the appropriation 'foor th9 mint. The
Victory waslargely a perscnal ' one
for Heprerentative Webb who has
"been at work among the member
ship ofthe Houfe for some days to
,'have the appropriation kept in tha
urgency deficiency bill. Mr. Webb
spoke vlgorouslyfor the malntenpice
of the mint at Charlotte which ho
said was the only ore 1." th" So't'th
and cf great-Importance to the win- fn'et5"S' ? ... .
"Ins interests la the Southern ntr.fes i A ,ar?c nuinber pr locftl wvtem ;
KepreVntativ'e AusUn of Tcnncsee, i 'Pre Pent and Va di8cu?r.0M j
also spoke, for the mint, 'Thevoto !'Pro vinteresting to the memB- j
: 1 iA i. J5 4 -.. AV CT&. " !
DOCTORS HELO MEETING
The Pasnuotcnk Camden and Dare
Counties Medical Society held a race
ting Wednesday nlsrht iu -Dr. O.
McMnllan'F oP.cc, Dr. Zevas rear
ing, the presiJent presided over the
ted a substitute for the Doggett bill
requiring railroad lines to pull mil
eage on trains. The S',ib;'titut3 pro
vides that an extra ticket window
shall be installed at nil stations whe
re the population is 2000 and upward
and that
iomay require tee installation of
rur.h windows in smaller towns if it
ig deemed necpprary. Heads -falling
to confirm to iMa set rre jenaliasd
in ye Eum Of a day to lie paid
to- tH dtm" b-inpc, fi'-'t. -3auator
lEPPttt.orderpd an ariendmnt that
lUifHa mry be checked before tick
ct is procured.
i
' In the' House
DJ'rs'jl.-t-odi'c'ed
a back door. The money-drawers
industry on a safe and regular oafcis. : w(.re rlOed, after they had been bro-'
:o county should be excepted as ; ken to pieces. They failed to gain
everybody liked the -member from Tan -entrance into -the stora of . Avd.
The committee on Railrcad3 repor ; Currituck. It was not a local matter ut nmtN a .fm. i,.-
iLconccmed tha people of the whole jn between tho doors in an effort to
.State and uo county should be ex-;priza them open.
empted. The pantry In the rear porch of
The amendment was adopted by 'the Guard residence In Hunter street
a vote of 6P to 27 iwss Invaded, but Mr. Armstrrong. a
Mr. Koonce next introduced an . hrnthpr-tn-lnw nt m. CmtA huoni
. . r . 1 r t ... ... . '
ma iw "Jiiua i.umuiii'o- ETiion.Iment to exemtit Vnt ca.int ea
of Onslow and Camden..
This was opposed by Taylor of
Hertford; Kirm of Pvaven; Sa'n
h"ur of Buika; Majotte of Gates;
Douf,hton of Alleghany; Taylor of
IIEV. E. F. SAWYER Ar
CITY JRGAD CWUrlCH
nov. fj p. BuMyue occupied pas
or' r.uil'alo's pulpit at City 'Head
MetliodlBt Chnwh i
hoth the morning and evening serv
ices in the absence .of the pastor
who was jvithhls child In a Norfolk
hospital. The little child had" swall
owed some foreign object wbhjh lod
ged in the throat and. an operation
was necessary . to remove It. The
child was taken to Norfolk la$t Sat
urday; - - -
MRS. OLD ENTERTAINS
the thieves aid opened fire upon
them trptylng bis revolver. They
ran and loft no clue to establish i
their idfrtly. r
" Report of the people being molest-1
ed by right prowlers have been f
which iTidicotes that there Is a hand
' bond I.TTL'
AUTHORIZE BONO ISSUE
Theetocr. holders! of the Norfolk
Southern Railroad Tuesday authcr
Ized aa Increase In the companies
bond I.TTL' tom f. proscnt maxlmnm
oo to fns.coo.roo. it is
Idea to - ls3ue bon-Is.'
to the authoritl zed
$35,000,000 but simply
o tni tee isorroix sou-
pand and grow 'by ex
j own lljes or the to
others. The capital
1
TO DELIVER COMMENCE-
, : ME NT ADOPES3
Kon. T. W. Elckett the stlornfy
Cernil of Korth Caif '.'na will do'Iv
er the announcement ad-Iret-s drr'ng
r the commencement aidrepi duT'ng
EliJboMi City Grade! School Comm
encement this .spring.
limit
to ma.:
them
teusio
Q
',iA'v win rernaia
DR. PERRY HERE
Ci Perry the physciari In
charge of the . Sanitary; af'a'rs of.
here this week the guest of bit
brother Dr. Will Perry. ITe U1
lonve today on his return trip -to
r '
I
rrivott: To J'ow Eden ton to is-
Ee powcrsge bonds.i
Trivottr To regulate prhray elec
flora In Chop in 'Currituck and Cam
den counties. ' .
McWilliaraa: To alicw certain
MownrMps of .Hy.o to vote' increas
ed FnecTals srinr;! trxes.
. McWillin-ns: - To amend; tha Lake
Larding gredd school, bw.
Coroner: Joint revolt!: iors" provid
ing for flcstjrimAnt of rrt- of futur
' Ie-Flpfurcs by f?t and t pTmta
feHcIency and oconomy In. vsrious da
J pertinents of the Cenerpl Assemhly
Jchripon of Bertie: To allow town
of Aulander to Issue bonds andlavy
a specal'tax.
Brunswick and others -these taking wn9 8 number of' times rocently
ti e pos!t'tn that those araewlTivets
v.-?r .simp'y atmcks 6n the till tiat
! had been n"r e.l to by nearly oil. It
!ts not a loi ai. -question It as a
Fe-wl'd- " qneatlon arid wmbfrs
from Central and Western . North
Crolin? had mnda a mistake iu vot
tn c """pt Currituck county. It
vi?f not J i; t to exempt a""sin?le conn,
ty thr.s' le'awini,' p.heavier burden of
ta on tlie Srhin Industry jf other
conntic
'lr. iCooace slvocatlng his amend-
r" :t .o f.i'.'e o;it,On3low and Camd-n
countirs miidj an, extended and ear-nt-Et-aru'imient.
lie said bf had pe
t;t!i.ni f ni !0' voters of Onslow !n-1
s'ru'-t'.rK Mm tr fight the bill. Kl3
Mrs. W T. Old entertained last
Tuesday afternoon at her home In
Church Stereet In honor . of her
mother, Mrs. P. H. Kanea and ber
sister Miss Ruth Kanea.
The homo was beautifully decora
ted In potted plants fems and flow
ers.
Mrs. Edaon Carr received in tha
ball. Mrs.. W, T. Old, Mrs. P. H.
TTaTieS. tiflSH Pnfh l-l inoj anil Utra ' '
of thieves op4rntmr In h's rftv. The . "-, ,, , -, ... ..
' ,, ' , H- Robinson received in tho rar-
people are taking extra .precaution . ... .,, .
lors; Miss Margaret HoJiowell, Miss -r
and a -worm reception Is premised 'If ( jattt9 . Sliep. Miss Evelyn Ether- '
they continue to annoy pecplo. !Wg, Mlas Elolse RoWnsoTi and Mrs.
Percy Brown "received In (he cflnftirig
rooms and Mrs. M. Leigh S'ieep a d
Mrs. W. A. Wurth corved rtirc3htu
ents. ''
MR.-THORNTCN "BURIED-
LAST SATURDAY
Mr. James B.. Thornton died oa
February 2Sth. 1911 at his home In
Fearing Strct ofter an illness of (
Rovf-rM months of Pa'agra. " j
Tbe rnt,?hment took p!afe Satnr-j
day February J8th at three o'clock i
in the cemetary at Corinth Baptist !
The reception was brgely attend,
ed. Many gucrts vjing. tha GldJ
rohidencednrIng tha aftsrnooon.
Killed Himself Dy Vifs's Bcfy
Raleigh,' N. C. The State Senate,
nor.'? A'A rot wnnt to be snnervlsed
W any W-i Commiprlon or by any urcli.. about two miles from tkl j today aJoped resol-rtfons of ayapv
body elpo. They knjw more about dtf'-T " 'thy for Senntor Hawkins, whoe
Srf.ln thn ail the memhera ofthe,' Wr. Thornton was, 65 years old. j Krl r,;Io Penfll,ton dIod
tioTo,,rrtmi.1tlDlIed,bT three. They iie is survivea uy
mii'I U trr.etW to catch flsb. ' chlldrenv
rt-tt
a wife and two i
i ioi W!5:iam Tncmton:- , .
Her
Unfavorable -Commttee Report
Tj give voters aa opportunity
. s.:pcrr;
br.t they did not wish to be and a daughter, Mis Llna Thomson j death was fo.Iowed soon by the sJ
!?el ty eorln-'m c r'r- 'F? wp a mot eHmab'e Iflzen: Jfcsd ! rfd of hfr zr'.et sfrlvk?n husband
,rt ''k'ed by a set of ofTIcers who knew j redded In the city for a Ions UKia!frho j
-ty to 'co s ahouf f sting or abt Csi. fY' n f l,!d, .
,ty to e - 10 be 1 -atly missed by a large number f
Cor'.inued c.i r. - cf Jw.ihoi
bas watched at his wire bei-
icveral diys and nlglita almost
without rooa or sieep.