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One Dollar per Year. The Official Paper of Pasquotank and Camden Counties. Established 1886.
ELIZABETH CITY. N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1901.
NEW YORK'S VICE.
The Invest gating Committee
of Fifteen Makes a
Report.
The committee ol ntteen or
p inized some months ago to in
vestigate vice as it exists in this
city, made its preliminary report
to the public to clay. This report
will be followed by others from
time to time as the committee
deems necessary.
GAMBLING - POOL ROOMS.
The report says the committee
w r
agents by investigating disclosed
the fact that gambling and pool
moms were being operated open
lv in violation of the law, that
1Y ill I
the gambling spirit had been j
developed to sucn an extent as
to become a distinct menace to
the community, and that these
resorts were undoubtedly pro
tected in their operation by offi
cers whose duty it was to close
them. Raids were made b
the
committee and its agents and
the results obtained sho w con
clusively that a committee of
citizens can force the p lice to
close such resorts, thus proving
that vice is protected and also
that the raids have resulted in
making the gambling business
un orofitable.
WILL MAKE A REPOR
t I
e committee has been coK
i lie
lecting'data from different coun-
, . . ., I
tries ana iniencis repaiiug 10
port embodying suggestions tor
I
rVif trfat-ment of the social evil
nmWpm in orert- cities. It does
pi viiv .'i -' O
not fee! that the best interests of
the city will ' served by any j
violent at tern, t to suppress this
evil, but it 1 s hoped thai the
forthcoming report will present
such information and recom-
mendations as shall enable the
community to face the situation
frankly and deal with it conser
vatively and wisely.
C 1 1 ' A L CO NDIT1 0 A 3 A L ARM I N C i
The committee says that the
actual conditions of the tern--,
went house population is alarm
ing in lespect to the social evil,
and that in one hundred and
twenty rive tenements that were
examined by its agents and 1 1
which disorderly women were
living there were found in each
house an average of twenty-tour
childien under the age of 18
years, and the commutee is coU
lecting evidence whici will be
utilized to eliminate this evii.
It is also investigating the
organized traffic in young guis
by the so called cadet system.
A RECOMMENDATION.
The committee recommends
with earnestness the necessity of
providing suitable places of
meeting where the people in
each neighborhood can come to
gether and discuss the evils that
menance their civic life and
wht re they may from time to
time meet their legislative res
presentatives with a view of ob
taining trom them an account of
their stewardship and where
remedies may be proposed and
discussed.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY HALLS.
Therefore, the recommendan
tion is made that in each as
sembly district one suitable ass.
semblv hall shall be built, which
shall be kept available for such
citi; .as meetings, and it throws
out a suggestion that these
m ght be built in connection
wi 1 the new public libraries 1
which ar e likely to be erected in
-every part of Greater New York,
One of the Richest States in the
.
Union.
North Carolina is one oi the
richest States in the Union, and
will make an exhibit at Char
leston that will cost from $io,
ooo to i 5,000. The exhibit is
already nearly available, the
Sta e Department of Agriculture
having devoted for years a great
deal ot intelligent attention to
the establi jhment ot a State
museum in which is assembled
speciments of nearly every min
eral, wood, croo and mauuiact
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lured pioduct in the State. Mr.
Bruner, who has been engaged
in the work of making these
collections for the last 20 years,
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and Professor Holmes, who en-
joys a national reputation in his
special held, have already gone
into the work With energy and
enthusiasm, and promise that
the North State will make a brii
liant display at Charleston. The
Governor is heartily in sympathy
with the enterprise, and the
money for making the exhibit
is available. Philadelphia and
Baltimore and the Northern and
Western States will find in the
exhibit horn North Carolina
much to inform them as to the
richness ot the Southern field,
which they will hud it. to their
interest to cultivate. We shall
have to work very hard if South
Carolina is not to be beaten on
t nvun sml bv tiit' oilier, and in
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some resnects. tr
greater Caro
1
1 ina. Charleston.
Courier.
News and
The Human
rste in
British women are' said to
average two inches more in
neat man rvmericau.s. rvvci-
ayes tor the height 01 women
snow that those oorn m summer
land autumn are tall ei tiiaii those
1
born in spring or winter. The
V
Li. livL i'IM3 c ' i C i'Ul U ill - 'ill'-l
far as hoys are concerned,
those who first see the ligin
during the autumn and winter
are not so tall as those born in
spring or summer. Those bom
in November are the shortest; in
July the tallest
An average head of fair hair
1 consists ot 143,040 hairs; dark
hair 10;. 000. while a red heao
has only 29,200. Fair haired I
ar tvi i -1 1- li -cniTii 11 ft uvc 11 i ti r !
pv yj y aiv. iivininj w v
ens than formei lv.
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A person who has lived seven- I
tv ears has had pass through j
his' heart about 676,920 tons of
bloo-l, the whole of the blood oi ;
the body passing through the
heart in about thirty-two beats.
The heart beats on an average
of seventy times a minute, or
36,792,000 time in the course of
a year, so that the heart of an
ordinary man eighty years of
aee
has beaten 3,000,000,000.
The heart beats ten strokes a
minute less when one is lying
down than when one is in au
upright position. Ex.
Business Bulletins.
Advertising has been called
life of commerce because it is
the means by which the public
is informed of the existence of
an establishment and the mer
its and other facts of its wares or
work. Therefore, advertising
has essentially a news character,
and the most successful
adver
tiser is Ue who makes 01 nis
newspaper announcement a daily
bulletin ot his establishment.
' SENATOR VEST'S TRIBUTE.
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A Man's Best Fiiend May Turn
Against Him, But His Dog
Will Never Prove Ungrateful
Or Treacherous.
Years ao Senator Vest was
attending court in a Missouri
town and became interested in a
dog case. Voluminous evidence
was introduced to show that the
defendant had shot the dog in
malice, while other evidence
went to show that the dog had
attacked defendant. Vest took
no part in the trial and was not
disposed to speak. The attor
neys, however, urged him to
make a speech, else their clients
would not think, he had earned
his fee. Being thus urged he
arose, scanned the face of each
juryman for a moment, and said:
"Gentlemen of the jury : The
best friend a man has 111 the
world may turn against him and
become his euemy. His soa or
daughter that he has reared with
loving caie may prove ungrate
fill. Those who are nearest and
dearest to us, those whom we
trust with our happiness and
our goo 1 name may become
traitors to their faith. The
money that a man has in may
lose. It flies away from him,
perhaps when he needs it uiot.
A man's r putation may be
sacrificed in a moment ot ill con
sidered action. The people who
are prone to fall on their knees
to do us honor when success is
with us may be the first to throw
the stone of malice when laiiure
settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unselfish
fiiend that man can have in this
selfish world, the one that never
deserts him, the one that never
proves ungratful or treacherous
is his dog. A man's dog stands
by him in prosperity and in
proverty, in health and in sick
ness. He will sleep on the cold
ground, where the wintry winds
blovv and the snow drives fierce
iy, if only he may be near Ins
master's side. He will kiss the
hand that has no fool to offer;
he will lick the wounds and
sores that come in encounter
Ill CULUUUIC1
with the roughness of the world.
rie guards ine sieep ui m pau
per master as if he were a prince.
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When all other menus oesert ne
remains. When riches take
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u b - . - .
pieces ne is ab wuowui iu lx
iove as the sun in its journey
through the heavens If fortune
drives the master iorui an ou.-
cast iu the world, friendless and
homeless, the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that of
accompanying him to guard
against danger, to fight against
his enemies. And when the last
scene of all comes, and death j
takes the master in its embrace, ;
and his body is laid away in the
-n1d orrnnnd. no matter it all
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other friends pursue then way,
thfrr the cxraveside will the
LllV. A J "
nrKl doer he found, his head be-i
uuuiv & ' I
tween his paws, his eves sad, but
i
open in alert watchfulness faith
ful and true even in death.'
"The jury gave a verdict for
$500, although the plaintiff had
asked for $250 only."
The Southern white people.
as a rule, aie not in favor oi
negro suffrage-, bat they are not
averse to helping the negro
nf twV h IS that
they have since 1S5 spent
3114,000,000 oa nis schooling.
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OLD RED RYE.
Ingeisml's Eulogy of Whiskey
and Dr. Huckier's Rep! v.
"I send you some if the most
wonderful whiskey that ever
drove the skeleton from the
least or painted landscapes in
the brain ot man. It is the
mingled souls of wheat ana corn
In it you will nud the su ishine
and shadow that chafed each
other over billowy 6elds, the
breath of the lark, the dew ot
the night, the wealth of sum
mer and autumn's rich content.
all
I
o
Id
en v,th
lm prisoned
light. Drink it. and you will
'near the voice of men and
maidens singing the 'Harves.
Borne,' mingled with the
laughter of children. Drink it,
and you will feel within your
blood the starred dawns, the
dreamy, tawny dusks or perfect
days. For forty years this liquid
joy has b en within stavts ol
oak, longing t) touch the lips of
man. '
d:
T
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m. Buckley's reply
"1 send you som
ot the most
wonderlul
brougrht a
whiskey that eve
skeleton . into the
closet, or painted scenes of lust
and bloodshed in the brain of
man. It is the ghost of wheat
and coin, crazed by the 1 :ss of
th eir n a tural holies In it you'
will find a transient sunshine..
t 11 if 11
ciiaNca oy a shadow coin a
Arctic midnight, in which the
breath ot June grows icy, and
the caro! of the lark gives place
to the foreboding crv of the
raven. Drink it, and you shall
hav e woe, sorrow, babbling, and
wounds without cause, your eyes
snail behold strange women,
your heart shall utter perverse
things. Drink it deep, and you
shall hear the voice of demons
shrieking, women wailing an I
worse than orphaned children
mourning the los ot a father
who yet lives. Drink it deep,
and serpents will hiss in your
ear, coil themselves about your
neck and seize you with their
fangs; for 'at least it biteth like
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a tjprnnt yiifl tLtiiiirth i i u t Mil
dd For f & bjs
liquid death has been within
staves of oak, harmless there as
purest water. I send it to you
t-r-i'if tjnii T-noT nn f oi j . 1 ( . 1 1 1 . fl n
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nruui mvuiu iu oivai a a v
your
brains. And vet I call mvself
your friend." Ex.
Mr. Small's Work.
Hon. John H. Smail has again
been awake to the interest of
his constituents ol this district.
As a result of his efforts, the U.
s. Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries has directed Supt.
Worth or the Edenton Fish
Culture Station to make plant hnt tand being bothered at
of shad in Pamlico and Tar!hres-
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rivers and also in the I'asauo
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tank, Perquimans, Roanoke,
Scuppernong and Chowan rivers,
and also in Albemarle sound.
The stocking of these streams
in this district should eventually
increase the supply of shad in
our waters to the benefit of our
fishermen and our people.
When our waters were stocked
by the State some years ago
"there was a very perceptable in
in the SUDDIV Ol Shad
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after a few
Progress.
Washington
yea
rs.
CaOKE.
FIRE
In The Face of Flames He
Can't Stand Being Bothered.
Croker's method of directing
the light on a tire is typical,
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1 -i 1 1 1 1 i icnisoo m every
body's Mag une. Honuer taught
the fire -chiefs of the wo. id to
take up a position commanding
the best possible view of the
tile, and to hold it; ISSUinff
oruers to the deputy commands
era ana receiving
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them without
j 1 1 ' i 1 IJiilll
moving; from the
spot.
Croker's first sten on
r -aching a hie :s to look over
the building th loughly; then
he selects his position command
ing a view, but he does not stav
in it; he
lea es s vald thru-
and
starts out on a daredevil
chase through Jie fire.
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goes
spur wnere there are
men it work, and t ni nv where
thee are uul. Everywhere be
drives the meu, encouraees
them, v,;;r'is li.eui, and dire cts
them. From time to time he
sends a messeger back, to ( Oswald
with an order for a change in
the disposition of the attacking
force, or for a call tor reinforce
ments. He may be traced
around the outskirts i the rire
by the feverish ferocity with
which the hremen work where
he has been His vcry presence
seems to transform them into
j 'j phg crews of devils, and
th 1 spell does not p ss hoiu them
ttntil they have seen him toss
aside his helmet, pull tile
crumpled brown hat over" his
eyes, and stick a black cigai
slantwise in the corner of his
mouth. When ihe Chief does
these tilings, the tire is out. It
may smoke and sputter for hours,
but it is beaten, there is no more
fight left in a; al! that remains
is the "wetting down."
Once a man stool in front of
Cruker and obstructed his view
of a building winch was burn
ing. Crokerdidnt ask him to step
aside, neither did he push him
out ot the way; he knocked him
down. Afterwards he denied
violently :hat he iiad struck any
body; he could not remember
any incident ot the sort. i iut
he could remember with abso
lute accuracy every order that
he had given to his men, he
kne v from what engine ever)
one of the twenty lines of hose
had received water. Another
time he struck a police captain
in the face for asking the quest
ion, "Fire almost out, Chief?'"
There as murder in his eyes
when he struck the blow, but
in the same second he was giv
ing orders to his aides in as calm
and cold tone as though he
were askiug them the time o
day. His own expression for
the feeling that comes over him
at such times as these is that he
We are informed that there is
a man liviug in Hurlingtou who
has been married six times, and
is the father of 76 children, of
these 36 are living. We under
stand he is now lookiug for
another wife. This is a record
breaker, and he is "just now
stait;:. Burlington News.
It is - u 1 that t le paper trust
has iucreas the cost of paper
to the n . papers of the country
$4,Soo,Ooo - )
HOW