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- , ? i -v, ,v- : i. L , ,. - -Vs. J' . j "- - . ' ' . ' J ,- . ..- . v : - . , 1 ' '4 . ; SONNQSTHtGA:! FEIDAT, SEPT. 4, :.iai4 Subscription: $L0U. a Year EdcntVrifrt;7Vi?fl To The Editor ; - f There are 4cfTXWPthiRgB-bK:h4 are Callfcff iodrmicdVo oublic "atttnttbicn11wlc., persoiij.,80 it hasbcen withc word MAxrosddon!hcnistdW , . . , -Byl770.yte are tdJa that i the by that o'ftgdrotaftmritK zenship, Xjoh- aneodote Kooscvelt. Few people iiavc taken the trouble to iiofc-trie WW up tortalS the . u ' 'nd wine were abundant, : and ye'oldeir times -'IhtS l MthJtagisuit; in KCTeTS?T into a plic4,ed in theHetteW 17th vse we read.vand . venyb, : angel poured-out-his-vtol tnto-the air: and there"BeSMweSr5tcb ' , . , were voiees, htrnders lightnings; and there wagreat earthquake, BUCh as Was ribtsinc men were upon the earth-and great." W1,"? the first ichirie I tWuhV-dfwk painting Which hangs in the- some Jboage room in ine cour houae; and has hungnhere time out of minov-many years. ltt- - tracted my attention when I first went int this room, an6Uhe4ast time I .fJlbfiaag iuuikiug at h. u utaia ..u .uuue i V : ornndicatidn who the lt artrsfAvai that painted it. It represents a most awe inspifirfg scenettftlea and ndestruction , 1 thunddrs a lightnings "and CheiiphedVa orfa great earthquake and amidst it ail despairing himafri beTfigs1 wth death and chaos- around ?thero, A picture worse, if possible, thah that expressed of DatrteHoferrlo. i nave ior years maae rtmy oust ihn, oftdlfeloniel witdh- .Donmore bfirghiiaktor nesstbrnquof fevteg; croi-thi-letits;rcerers, folk trying Uncollect lanarmy, and well traVelted inan, wrio vtslt- magic arts,- trespasses, flrctta4 and to had hisirmiiiesjtrav-edthe4odge-roamhatrrii"p!shr tmgsfrerallmgsa ttfat.tter-Afoct ing represented and who were its whatsoeTer. , ,n the state. -:-W'': authors, orainterAll -ith fi-Tt773,t -Johflf Acdmmittee of North i.Caro-nod-oflrc Eeaiali fbacftiowi-i Speaker olthe i House lina'sablest statesmen -Were :"ap- edge they did not know. So after be(otc it the-r resolutions of pointedto' prepiare a ci vii cbnstitu years bf-Secli;.i- bavefotihd -a the irgini House ot Biigessel tion; r v f J natte.for ijnMb J letter -from the sjeakrs InAfter;: he? orth; Carolina battleheld ttti of the lower houses ot fseywal Yfctory God: "The MrMS&rCSs Qtherprovinces requesting thafcfe the nories-tand ireguiatOrs on the great battlefield; of : commiUee beppointed !tb inH FAruary 27th 1776i the people Testament hereithe i'KiSttco'h- intxthei 'encioaehmintsfr of this ctionwere incbinplete fiicts took place between the as- raelites and thVir VnmtJioh't lh table lalbdsSsresoiof Galilee and Samaria in which J stood the tbwrfoMef on th9itcf M)6riO;ell and used firatwely in the po--l calypsoiiy 4Then<le fef tE'ecai idai of Uod."- So nHKe fcalnftmvefer-i red to behold the effects pro-' duced by the verf Wtfg&g !M the seven viols full of the wrath of God; which s MicatedTwhiri: poured k emn land awe inspiring scene ever witnessed since the world bfcgah w waswttM and datrtcttc7t7rge er if you should chance tobi to the inasom -iMlse tooS on ftsll,Md; uvll$ picture'of the Annaeeddon and the mf., ijfrafrUi time ovefWlfelm nfr the oeoola .Uhetef. In' : W time mayG&'src tHp53CSBtoE ol Sun ircMtaThe Time icGctca County rude log cablris of the early pio neHaaiTen place to comfort tHlfc jftsaue auftj.4rlti ttiete .was ing. f1" Edenton Superior itxU; g., iastIJ S'ntoW tJates.': Tn -each - --. . county, there . was a Court o( jgfi pes during his pleas. rhirlnn f ,hU Ufn' criminal. matters tlid nol end Q offencesr punish- - -s s raenV of which' involved ?ser iojusj coWld not hdeDiiie fet;11fe ortnember. -and I inly to have ta 1100 tt ti ti - , -f rEt Precinct &ufts6ilreei of thV 'Xlcfi&.ot hBilarfjirHidl . ; V.j:;- WrWa0W county.- fceijtete At that early es fcn 1 upon the fract: m that uaiorized I to inquire of the iitM oftthfi! rH2v whom the truh imairi gngi pon rights and jifberties; of tmcrica. . v Thisil ' sow-that- this sec- in ebnamtmj news w CM (gunlyliOal &rfe thekikcaiver Kian4 tc be-used by e!- cnw f oreiSB ports, and. as soon las the olrfteaii b7bkeWlutla jargcparV of fethe-or.fetods- j;AmiUf0J. clmeiali tfctln 'j0ff ftii there were custom houses jat C&reliSa rrUure4f t&- i&i rrffMr N6fth'CaibHnlrand4t feaerfkKf ti 1 TTA iintil kf iter f Noftnl Wardowerr.Lawirets andt judges r 1 . ?Auust 5th 1774 4tKe;firsflTh!s'iohVeiiVi6n met ; at : Halifax North : Carolina ?Proviiona,i'Cott gress met. at New Bern and th whole Albemarle section1 was i reX presented. ; -From this-sStionpt the-5tate we find the ! fohowih names, Samuel Johnston, : Thdma; Oldham, -Thomas ' , BimbuYyi Thomas J ones,' Thomas k unte tJ Johnr ,; Benjamine rand Thomas Haryey, Andrew Knox, and Jt Whidbee Jr. It is recorde'd tat Hertford with other counties did not - send representatives as it:wai such a bold stepi rthis wasfel:td; be a revolutionary ? nteasqre From this we seer that all bf what is now vwest : of Bennett's 7 Greek of Gates was not represeritedr;iut&; the body. At this session a res6 lution was passed against tne importation of Africari i slaves after the Qrst day of November 177i. days, and was dissolved by-.tnfe Governor. It seems :that the roval and rnlonial .hnrli'W composed of thejsame men. In 1775. Qol d ward Vait Of ' i- j s- . ! Chowan was placed in command of the minute men ofnhis district while the Edenton-District Com mittee of &iietyi wasrombiet 0f kfcSuttmer; JfohS Johostbhi Thdlehbuii QideMVImKSa8W Kennith,MeKefisiev,Stei)henLee. Charles :;Blount, Isaat Gregory rOrt?SepU7th of this yeaxl25; OOOiOO iff bills of critre issued. ..: ,,iv rvK.;- -" -1 4 tin October 177frthe Cocutnittee of Safety for Edenton: and - New Bern wertauthorized to procure for each anracmed vessel . 'In the f611owinff December - i Governor refpibse WfarBas anyirMediatt apprchTemiori'bf danger was con- cerdfedi :;Oommttei T At the session o the Brovihcial 4thl7'6'Kedair Ballard of ates wia)ointd aXaptain I LaWrence BaketwKO ; lived in th westel-rrjpart-bt Ga&wassing inpjrenpe. Whenin ,1776 the Prbisiona .6nires could jnot decide upon What wsh-tet stetethewommitte Was emn;mwnw4teW pf the Convention to form a new Coveriment for Korth Carolina. :oE-1Kvem'ber'2th 1776 and we find; the following membefs fromJ tn,i5 section Thomas Benbuiy and Thotttasr'-7 Jories; of Chowan, Gn: -Lawrence-Baker and "Day -.idley vi Hertford,' represented t;inteTestrbf this iectionr Onprjiv 8th, 1777th first Surt&Car&lina Leigislature met iVtwHfie-arfdaBfcHard Caswell was cnoseri the first Governor of the;Itate. At the. session held c&Hbril6tht"; 1777 the Court -Wasv - presented - and : "James Iredell of " Chowan was" elected ohe;)l thetliree judges, December 20thrY1777,- - - . we have had to look into the history ofthe adioifling counties, and the 5Vjrgirriar border country for the history of this section, as it had belonged ' to seyeral counties. What Has been found up to this time, has-' been.f ragmentary , and feltttr be4 gathered' 'from - manj sources, out in lUo tne uounty ofiPates was erected" into a -separ ate.farfddistinct county. The North 'Carolina ' Legislature met twft'his'yeai1, in April at - New I -Bernand in August at Hiltsboro; n-the iiext sketch will be given? i' th1i "law by which this county-was 111 4 ; Sh5SS4l" l In countless homes th rouhou t Europe are . heard .. lamentation and bitter weeping. Millions yea, hundreds, of .millionsrefuse to bepmforted because- their love ones have gone down into the Valley of the Shadow of jDcath, from which many will never return. Husbands, lathers, broth ers, sweethearts have said good bye and to millions perhaps it will be earth's last good-by to all that they hold dearest.' to all that is more priceless than all meterial things. On many a battlefield the: Grim Reaper -will take his heavy toll. Thousands, perchance a million or mote, will die in awful suffering without any loving hand to ease the pangs of torture, while many other millions will be maimed for life r some with limbs shot away with eye sight gone, some doomed to agony as long as life lasts. ; ' - When bur loved ones pass from us after everything that : science cart suggest has been done to lengthen their stay and ease; their pain, we bow before the awful visitor, Death, and with burdened I hearty and bowed , heads; even though 'we 'have .ah abiding faith in that eternal life beyond the grave, take up life's work again. But on the? battlefield the dying, torn and shattered by the -awful I power of the weapor( that : man's inguiuity has furnished for) kill ine man,' must suffer the tortures of? sagonies : of- pain ; amid - the horrors of the dead nd the dying all around tbem. : . ; . On t nes Daiueueias inere arc rnany deaths of -the heartT broken by the fearful strain and the over whelming sorrows of , mothers and wives and sisters and sweethearts and other loved ones who will go epnnabiet meeting beyond the grave. - : . This war, so unspeakably un necessary, so awful. in its magni tude, p incomprehensible in any- real reason for its existence, ought surely to give pause Jo the nations of the earth, and men and women ought everywhere to unite in prayer.; that in some way its fear ful march be halted and in some way peace .be .brought to Europe and tens of milions be made to re joice that their, love ones are to be saved from ."the useless sacri fice which has. already cost.. so many, lives' and broken so many hearts. And urely we should pray that, this country may for ever be saved from any spirit of war, and that its people and its officials may forever 'remember that a soft answer turneth away Wrath, and that the world "is to be conquered not by. might, but by right . Worthless is the com merce and, the wealth of the world when weighed in ' the bal ance against death and broken hearts. ' " Peace hath rher victory ,no less renowned than, war and the "vie tunes w peace mi manKina to. a . ; r ' . . : i?n i. " i , . I uiuci iuci nicy onng joyinsteaa of sorrow to every heart and home, Well may: this nation and every other on bended knees pray that p eace" m ay soon come toEu rop e , and - that we ' shall? forever . be know n; as a peace-Iovingnd peaCetesyhjiattb1i. Qat Trotville News. Mr. Halfore Winslow and sister Miss Charlotte of Belvidere and m m tTTf1 TTT1 It' ' ' P- ' T ' . " : 1 1 I Mr. wiuis xv nice oi rortsmoutn are visiting at.Mrs. Anna White's, Mr;; Ernest; White has returned borne alter a visu to relatives in City and JNortoik:.. - Mrs. L. A.; Hobbs and Miss Daisy Howell of Suffolk are visit- ing Mrs! J. C McCotter. Miss Artie White of Edenton is spending this week with her cousin the Misses.. bimpson. - Mr. W. H. Speight visited rela tives at Cisco Saturday and day. x !:.;-, -'.: Sun- Mr Ernest Spivey is quite sick t this-writing. Mr W. P. M itchell who hTaa been quite sick with malaria is I able to be out aeairi. M r. Wallace Hendrix - returned to his home iu Berkley. Monday aftei a visit to his parents. - ; In last week's issue of the. Ob server there appeared an ; article J under the title, 4 To . whom it I may concern" over the signature of J. Wi Brown independent candi date for sheriff of Gates Couuty, in which he states that the "report being circulated, that he x stated he had been fairly beatenMn the Connty,Conventicn is untrue and that he could not nave done so and stated facts as everybody in -A . k .. .-. broad assertion to claim to. know the opinion l and conclusion of every man in Gates County. The following affidavit ; made by AR Ondwin Fn. aleadmc lawver. of the County and concurred in by, Mr:-B MTiiddick Jr. assistant "casbTer "of the" Bank; orGatesy twq as fine'rneo as exist in; ? this, of hopfNof a. -r.- ... .. . . County Politics will forever settle-this matter- in minds of every-inlelligenV voter in Gates" Coun ty. 1 'The Democracy tf .Gates County , has ever stood for fairnessln her primaries and Conventions and yet there are a few voters in ihe- Gonnty crying' Fraud, Cheatery. Machinery, etc. and yet when asked to " .give an explanation utterly fails to do' so. Why not-take honesty defeats as becometh a : Delnocratic voter .and two years hence make the fourth attempt. North Carolina, Gates County. t . A. Pilston Godwin, bemg first duly and solemnly sworn depos ed and said, c . 'J Thatn the 23rd day of May, 1914, being' the-day on which the democratic county convention for the county of'.lGates was held, and" within- thirty minutes after the adjournment of saidiconven tionj and under the awning of the store of B. M; Riddick, Sr., in the town of Gatesville, aa5 in the presence of R. k. Ritidick, Jr., he heard J. W. Brown, who was a defeated randidate - far. KerifT in lea in rnnvpntinn .r."-w . "Yes, I was-beaten fairly, but I'd been nominated, if two men in that convention had riot lied 'to'ine.M-;:;7kVVS'-: The affiant further avers that this affidavit iias been submitted davit is true and correct -jTin the w hole and every part thereof, and that he is ready and willing," if there is further controversy as to the truth of the statement of the said J. W. Brown, above quoted to make, execute," and swear to an affidavit i.to: the. effect Uhat the abbveflanguage washed by the- - - sal(i J. W. Brown, under the cir- r ' ' -' - CUmstances above -set out, and that he and the : said affiant repeated it, bef ore.the, said J.W. Brown ever announced himself an independent candidatesor sheriff. ;- A. P. GODWIN. Sworn and subscribed t6 before me, m i x. dick, Jr-this'theathday, of - August, 1914 rSEOB,;--;; v? Notary -Public If Yoi Mii DHiik I THiKlfaKo1 Tmt ; PriiiftHtV - .. ; y - .. To the married man who cannot get along without drinks, the following is suggested as a solu- tion tome uonuagc oi ins i:aou; J? irst btart a saloon . in your . . own house. ; . - ' .. i u SecondBe the only customer; You will have no license to pay. Give" your wi f e' $2 to Buy a gallon . of whiskey and remember there are 69 drinksln one gallon. . : Third Buy your, drinks from no one but your wife and1 by the . ti me the first gallon is t gone she vvui nave o to put in panK anu $2 to start Business again. I T?A'..11-' QWatiT Sirt 'tXTa . tail ! years and continue to buy booze , from her and then die with snakes in your boots she ' will ha.ve ; moneys to bnryou ecentlyv 1 educate -your , children., buy a house and lot, marry, a ' decent . manlaind quit thinking-aboiit ybu f - JFifth flf'; unmarned-get tyou?.;? rrrthe r "-siste r. ; sweetheart to. act Si ,y-sj j 4 .1 ; .1 ) ry -yi .1 s i- yl hi 1 ''"4 1 a '. Mi if -- : i : us. 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