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T-t-v..?. t a' ' ' Tier""' i A,.-.- V f IL1U1M IJI -ILLUJ1U I I HJI I llll III! T - 1 . T Till w MM 111 111 11. i I ' ' ''4 " 1 j ' Mr. E. The Best Place on Earth to Live, Elizabeth City; Pasquotank County - N. C, VOLX ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10 1911 The Body of Capt. E. F. Gibbs, Who Disappeared Feb. 17. Found in Pasquotank River r. Gibbs the Pasquotank and when the body was tripd it LEG1SLATU& New Bills Introduced - t To repeal the act of 1907 regulat-- " hie the hours of employment of rail McDonald: Regulate the number road employer -substituting therefor of pages ussisums to sergeants-at-' the federal statute. arms, stationary clerks and sweep- j To strike Currituck county from pre of the general assembly. j the 1st of counties having a primary Barnes: Incorporate the Virginia law, and East Carolina Railroad. 1 iisinn nr iiinrnurii iirr -NO. 29 farmer who so misteriourly dleap peared on the morning of February 17th was found Wednesday of this week His body was found , by Mr. J. A. Byrum a prominent farmer who saw It laying on the river shore near where,, the chain gang camped last f -yV summer. The body was laying face 7 f S-rdcln between two Cypress trees ....j -distance from the shore. The strong .North wind which had blown the wator out to a very low tide and left the body exposed. , Mr. Byrum said he recognized Mr. . Gibbs by his features and clothing i was found that the Initials E. F. G weie plainly stamped on his arm and on the forehead was found a deep gash about 1 inches long and other marks of violence were found upon the body which proves conclu slvely that Mr. Gibbs met with foul play. Up to this hour no clue or suspl f clon rest upon any one for this mys terious murder which has cast a gloom of fear over this community and it is hard to believe that such a desperado lives in this section. The body was taken 'to Powells Point yesterday for burial. t ,4 Pi ps AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED - Slkes: Amei'd the game law of Wake county. j Coxef Validate the election of of- i fleers of Webster. Long: Authorize the North Caro-! Una and Virginia Railroad of North Carolina to sell its property to the Nortij Carol na and Virginia Railroad of Vrginia. , e z Bills Tabled or Defeated To amend the revisal so as to T In a Special Session The Board Of Alderman Awarded Contract To Pave In Brick Our city Aldermen met in extra , factory way was to pave all streets session last Tuesday evening to re- alike and with the same material. STATES 4 . The'jgentral Building of the Uni--versity f London will witness this July (26-29) one of the most inspir ing bighfortf"; 'nstofrr-,4t'yai)BUtl. -vea of all the races in, the world will meet as equals and in council to dis cuss how prejudices may be remov ed and friendler relations establish . -ed. between the Western nations and oC.r pfcuDla '"of the earth,'-Never before has . a meeting of this kind taken place and it is to be hoped - that it will be only the first of a 'series of such gatherings. The First Universal Races Con tress will be truly lnter-racial; ror India, China, Japan, Turkey, Persia, and Egypt will be represented by writers of their own kith and kin, in addition to British writers such as Sir Sydney' Oliver, K. C. M. G., Sir Cfl-rles Bruce? G. II. G., ar;d Sir Harry Johnson, G. C. M. G. k " The Uuitod States contributors are 'Y'piong others Professor Felix Adler Jate Tteoflre Roosevelt Professor in Berli'); Professor P. S.. Reinsch for thecning TliCodore Roosevelt rrofes bor in Berlin; rrofesoor Franc Boas of Columbia University; Professor W. Jett Laritk and .Frederick C. . I Croxton of thp, United States Immi . gration CommlFsion; and Mr. Edwin D." Mead of Boston. Dr. Charles A. Eastman (Chiyesa) has prepared a paper on "The American Indian." and Dr. DuBois on "The Negro in . America" on which subject the Com . mittee also expects a paper from Dr. Booker Washngton or some one he willl nominate. Both Dr. Washing ton and Dr. DuBois have pffe&te ed , to give every assistance to the con gress. Other papers bearing on the Negro Question in America will -be b General Legitime of Hayti and Dr. Lacerda of Rio de Janeiro. Among the Hon. Vice-Preidents of - this Congress are the Hon. Joseph H Choate the Hon. George B. Davis the Hon. John W. Griggs.' the Hon. Horace Porter and the Hon. Uriah M; Rose all of them XT. S. Dele gates to the Second Hague Confer ence or U. S. Members of the Ha . gue Court whilst among the U. 8. ' Members of the Hon. General Com - ct the Courses ar some t09 Unnsity Professors and others of dlstiicUon. Finally It should be men tioned that the verf idea of holing tci a Corrss 7.Inate4 from tie United "States. The Conaress Executive issues herewith a . hearty invitation to all friends of the cause of inter-racial friendship in the United States to make a special effort to attend the Congress and convert it Into an im posirig demonstration in favour- of good will between tthe peoples , of European and those of Asiatic afri can and Australian descent The Executive feels that the American raceproblems would be easiest solv ed if discussed in a , friendly way from the point of view of doing jus tice to all races regardless of ad ventitious circumstances. The Com raittee hopes that the Coronation of the King and the festivities and Ex hibitions connected therewith will act as an additional Incentive to American ynipathisiers of the great Caiise to undertake, the long journay It feels sure that thos-e who attend will carry away with them precious momories valuable knowledge and a new hole for the neur future. Full details concerning the Cong ress may ue oDtainea iree or ciiarge froom the undersigned,63 South Hill Park, IlampFtead. London, or frdm tie American Co-SecetRriPS, Kev. Frederick Lynch, B. A., B. D., 13 East 124th street New York and Dr. W. E. B. DuBois 20 Veasy Street NeW York. Ratified Bills Eighty bills were ratified up to No. 1,114 nearly all of them pure local acts. Notable among the bills ratified i are: Relative to building and loan asso ciations. Extend" time for 'completion of Wilmington Brunswick and Southern Railway. f Ajnond section 4738 of the Revised of 2905 relative to insurance. Relative to. salary of law clerk of attorney-general. Enlarge Harnett county out of Cumberland county. Safeguard state's interest in -turn pikes and other enterprises. ' Provide additional clerical assist ance to the governor. Relative to analysis of fertilis ers. Relative to disbursement of school funds of Wake county. Divide . North Carolina . into ten congressional districts. T Regulate --primary-refections.,, In Wake county. ' IN THE HOU8E Passed Final Reading of f'prporation -.j ' n mi .j 'waters of V CONGRESSMAN SMALL IS STRUCK BY TROLLEY CAR Drasa'd About Fifteen Feet on Fen dcr ef a Trenton N. J., Trolley Car Injuries Slight. Congressman John A. Small who spoke at a dinner in Trenton ou Tuesday March 7th in the Chamber of Commerce was strtfck by a trolley car while alighting from an automo bile. He was dragged about 15 feet on the fender of the car but when examined by a physician was thought not to be seriously injured. The Congressman In alighting from the automobile which brought him from the railroad station to the Chamber of Commerce building got out of the wrong side and did not notice tS approaching trolley car. Add a large onion to pot of cook Ing cabbage. It till take away the gas and any t3 effects of the cab- bare. To extend the corporate limits of Murphy. Concurrence in senate am endment, i To amend the Charter of Spencer (Concurrence in senate amendment) To allow Wake county to pay and fund the debt of the board of edu-, cation. (Concurrence in Senate amendment To allow board of education of Guilford county to pay for certain services. (Concurrence .in senate, a-mendment To provide for the building of an annualmaca'.nenr building at the A. and M. College. (Concurrence in senate amendment. To require the drainage commission ers of llyde County" Matamuskeet drainage district o designate a de pository for draioage. funds. (By a n.endHient Bear Swamp dranage dis trict of Chowan county was .added. To allow jGoldsboro to Issue bonds. 1 To provide- for a primary election law for Palimlco Dare and Northam pton counties. To amend the law relating to the salary of the commissioner of labor ard printing . To provide additional compensa tion for the doorkeepers of the sen ate and house. To amend the law relating to fish Ing in the Cape Fear River. To fix the time of holding courts in Pender Brunswick and New Han over counties. . ' To amend the law of 1909 relating to classes of Insurance. To amend the Charter of the Gr and Lodge K. of P. To amend the law relating to the packing and sale of salt fish, . To allow Forsyth county to pur chase a drainage dredger. To amend Che law relating to U- cense for non-residents tor Northam pton aitd Casweu ouuntie. ' To provide for economy In Che clerical and engrossing fore of the house and senate and to provide tor drawing seats. . j make a violation of the unday law a misdemeanor instead of a fine of one dollar. ' ' i To amend the divorce law To prohibit marriage between first I cousins. " To do ' something about dividends to stockholders. . To provide for an appeal by insur ance companies to the council of the glate. T place solicitors of the State on salary.. . i. To provide for lien on calves colts and pigs. s ' . To make officers of wholesale pro-. duce dealng corporations responsible to owner of shinoer f produce in case of involver-oy To protect etii Nortel arolifii; rol'itlug to the iofOi'n''ioi:- cai tVn ts t' x. ' V ; i ii'-low coun.y commistiiouer.K n ippropriatlj is f-)i r i 'e-n onstraton work. To provide a primary election law for Cumberland county. . To regulate the shipment of live stock into North Carolina. To amend the law relatve to pan- derng.. ; i,. To allow married woomen to con tract as feme soles and to make cou veyancs Jbr wmplyitg w iu section of the constitution. - To require prompt service on the part of telegraph companies. , To incorporate the Raleigh Char lotte and Southern Railway Comp any- . , . To amend the law and increase the time allowed state prisoners forgood behavior. To provide' additional compensa tion to A. E. Olmstead. To give livery stable keepers a lieu on animals and vehicles cared for. To amend the revisal relative to en years separation of parties not having children.. To authorize payment df state re ward for the capture of Louis -West Xo amend the revisal relating to atfruliments. ' "";"-' To increase the paltry of tUe ad jutant general to ?2000. To amend tha law relating to the sale of packages of meal and flour. To prohibit the sale of liquor in clubs. (Concurrence in senate -substitute. To provde for state travelling au ditor. L Anoother anti-trust , bill ceive the bids for street paving. It has been understood that at this meet lng some definite action would be taken to settle the street paving question. In consequence of such an important meeting the City Hall was packed to overflowing by our inter ested citizens. Bids were offered for consideration. After hearing the bids read Mayor Fearing announced that the meeting stood adjourned until Wednesday evening. On the next evening long before the hour for meeting the citizens begau to gather and when the meeting opened for buslneF8,AIdennan T. P. Nash mov ed that the bidders be requested to rotire and.be called in when their bids were up for consideration this Mr. K. F, Aydlett ft private citizen cutt icj iirootest. and said that the people wanted an open meeting and L hV thought those bidders bhould be present to hear what each other said. "VMr.: NaBh withdrew his mo tion,, th' mayor requested the city engineer, 'ir Caldwell to read the bids in order Vs hey were arranged As the bids werecalled its represen tative 'was requesi.ted to speak and further explain hls bid (speeches were limited to flve'mintll'tia.duraUoa when the last bidder was heaXd the' Then Mr. Aydlett went on to gener ally fry things bare. He spoke of the disentlons among the eitisens and the causes. He ventilated the change in the city charter that the fight against seven wards in favor of. four wards was due to the Main St faction who he said had been opp sing the street paving all along be cause these people wanted someth ing extra" on Main street ' Messrs McCahe and Flora Main Street residents and members Board of Contiol answered Mr. Aydlett and fully explained' their position to the satisf: ction of theoae present Dr. Mo Mullai was next heard from it did nbt t:ike many words for him to iitnle li s position from first to last he has advocated brick for paving. Mr. Scott chairman county board made a few remarks; . Mayor Fearing then called for the vote on Mr. Nash's motion to pave the streets with Baltimore ' brick. Nash, Sawyer, Wright, Parker, And erson and! Bradford vot Mr. D. M. Jones after the vote nay the contract was ajra& ded to Mr. F. J. McGuler of Nor. folk for brick, paving. The ntraet was ordered 4UuV'ady for fee- tion of the, jfoa 'obator Jfrricfc fter expiatu. jj.m ard of Control by 2 Mayor called on the cltisons to gr jwdock. -p. M Thursday - evening tneir views, wnen tnis opportunity '&rch 9th, This Joint, meeUng of was grunted many responded. Mr. citizens and city officials was' the J.T'.-'McOabesald that the citizens jbcHt pnd most business like we have attendcr in a long timo. A frea and ojn discussion was what the occa sion demanded. It would be well if on Main street held a meeting for the purpose to eee what kind of pav ing they wai ted and that a majority of the Main street people wanted nieedngs of this 'character were more BJtulil:c a "of material) M.r. k. jfn,;o!:ort. It now 6eein3 to be the -F. Ajrdletl ieiied in a most vigor- j a,prsiion- that' the dejay,was the ous speech' in which ho entered pro-1 iK.;,t tjtfnff the people have had time v test saying that it was unfair for jfor .defleclou This paving propositi Main street residents to ask forjon is too big a thing "for a small ' special favors that it was not right town like ours to act fastily e Bow for othpr sections of thi to pay the prospects iirV that Te 'wA' hiv for the extra cost of ..paving Mala j,aVt, fitrHs before the next mud street that tlio only Mir and satis- season. - ' ;. rJ ' " MR E M STEPTOE A SUICIDE Richmond Virginia March 7th. Edmund H. Steptoe a linotype op erator for the Evening Journal hero. j ,;'! S?, ar.d married, bi t without To. moke It a, felony for a corpora- J children, went to the composing tion to furnish money to a candidate for' a roliUcal office. MRS CHAPLIN SERIOUSLY ILL Last Saturday our Mr. Chaplin was called to the bedside of his moth er who is seriously ill at her home near Columbia N. C. A letter from our associate on Tuesday stated that his mother Is no better. Our friend is assured that be baa the sympathy of his neighbors and friends in this community. TACKEY PARTY On Friday evening March 10th cir cle No. one of the Ladles Aid Society of Blackwell Memorial Church will give a tackery party at the home of Mrs. 2. V. Lambert 305, E. rearing St Refreshments will be served. The Amatnre Orchestra will rend?rmusio under the dlhect!:rs cf Lcrry TL iln nor, the pubU sre c-- ", ' '..d.l room of his paper Sunday .turned on the iras connected with his machine, placed the tube in his mouth and died as a result of the i nhaliation. lie worked as usual Saturday and one of his fellow workmen found him dead at his machine Sunday No. cause for his suicide can be imagined as he left no explanation. - Mr. Steptoe Was our personal friend he was a resident of Elizabeth City during the years 1903-04 as lin otype' operator in the Tar Heel of fice. Mr. Steptoe was a high-toned honorable gentleman far above the average printer. ' Only a few days ago we were In correspondence with him la regard to securing for us aa operator. Some days after we received a telegram from Mrs. Steptoe asking If her hue band had arrived la Elizabeth City A few days later we received let- . i "" ter from Mr. Steptoe.. explaining why his wife sent tho telegram and at the baino time stnted that he waa out of imployinent and if we had no operator that he wouid come and work with us. ;We answered him at onco and -not hearing from him we wired for a reply but never heird from hlra pgain. . The tone of Mrs. Steptoes tele gram and his actions later caused us to thlnk-lLULactlonsjtrange-, Buff ington-Acke Mr. William Elmer Bufflngton and Miss Mathilda Francis Acker , were married on Wednesday February It at Washington D. C. by the Rev. ' Dr. 3t 3. Mulr. The above marri age will be read with Interest as Miss Acker has visited our town of! ton and made many friends here. While steel hand may he ttroaf er thaa brass hand the latter to more soooessfnl la holdlaf erewA i-Cklcago News ire. j
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