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ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 2, 1905.
NO, 97
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VOL. 5.
Economist.
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Another Blind-Tiger
Police Making Raids Swift
And
TheDoomoflllict Whis
key Traffic in
City is Sealed.
This
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John Bradshaw, one of the pro -
crietors of a negro drug store ou
tv;iQto. ctrPAf. was nrrftJened
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before Mayor Leigh this afternoon
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on a cliarge or sening ;vuisitey in
violation of the prohibition laws
and was placed under a bond of
$300 for his appearance at the fall
term of the Superior Court.
Bradshaw lias been under sus
picion for some time. Henry Mc
Cleese who implicated J. Eisenberg
Monday on a like charge implica
ted Bradshaw last night. Upon
McCleese'a testimony the arrest
was made. McCleese testified that
he bought a t half pint of whiskey
from Bradshaw and , that he has
known him to sell to others.
Bradshaw was defended by At
torney Aydlett who tried to get
McCleese tangled up in a cross ex
amination. The witness held to
his original statements- Mr. Ayd
lett remarked upon McCleese's im
plications of other parties and ask
ed him if he was trying to get ev
erybody in jail for selling whiskey.
"Why?" asked Mr. Aydlett. "hav
en t you found out something on
somebody else beside Eisenberg
and Bradshaw?" "Cause," said Mc
Cleese, "I couldn't get oa to any
body else. Dey was sorter 'Je
hus' of me."
Still other cases are nnder sus
nicion and it looks as if the last
of the Blind Tigers in Elizabeth
City will be run to earth Other ar
rests may follow before night.
News Of Manteo
Church Nearly Completed
Hotels. Crowded Other
News From Dare's Capi
lal. Manteo, N. C, August 1, '05.
Work on the new Baptist Church
is progressing, and judging from
the progress niade up to this time,
it will be ready for use at an early
date, Mr. Price, the contractor, is
to be complimented on his diligence
and good taste in the construction
of this edifice.
MisseB Hattic and Ella Creef, who
have been taking a summer vacation
have returned to Manteo.
Mr. C. W. Davis has returned
from a vacation spent in Perqui
mans County and at the summer re
sorts in the vicinity of Norfolk. He
is improved iu appearance and re
ports a dul'gbtful trip. ,.
The Manteo hotels t are crowded
with su oroer visitors. Among the
latest 'acquisitions we " note Misses
Parkyr and Webb from Franklin,
Va., and Mrs. G. W. Cobb and
daughters of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. F., P. Midgett, who has
been quite ill, is again convalescent.
The protracted meeting at the
: Methodist Church, which has been
in'progress some time closed Wed
nesday night. There were eighteen
acquisitions to the church as a re
sult of the meeting. Rev. A. J.
Parker, pastor, was assisted by
Revs. Futrell of Hatteras and. Ho
cutt of Edenton.
Miss Florence Baum of Hyde
County, is" visiting Miss Hattie
Creef.
Te steamer Mabel E. llorton of
t, fl '-7. J. Ori"" 1'", carried i(
Is Run To Earth?
Fast.
number of excursionists to Ocracoke
Fridav
l Mrs. B. G. Crisp ami children
! have gone to the mountain" of West
ern North Carolina to spend the re
! mainder of the hot weather. Mr,
j Crisp accompanied them as far as
Suffolk, and will join them about
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the first of September.
A New R. F. D.
Route For
This City
A new Rural Free Delivery Route
to be operated in connection with
the Elizabeth City Post Office is to
be established.
Mr. M. S. Plunimer, Rural Free
Delivery Agent, of Washington, is
in the city today. He will extend
the route, from this city to Hinton's
Corner, on to Staff ords Store. At
Stafford's Store he expects to es
tablish a postoftice and organize
a new route to serve the country
west of Stafford's '
With the establishment -of the
new route R. F. D. Route No. 4
will have to be rearranged. Mr.
Plummer is said to "be vested with
full authority to make such changes
and additions- as here indicated and
there will be no great delay in the
matter.
Mr. Plummer has 23 new applica
tions for R. F. D, Routes in the
First Congressional District that
will employ his attention when he
leaves this city.
FORTY GUESTS
AT HER RECEPTION
Over forty invited guests were
present at the reception given Miss
Kattie Sawyer, of Weeksville, in
celebrating her 1 7th. birth day.
Among those present were Misses
Attie, Millie and llallie Meads,
Ethel Wilson, Maggie Walson,
Mary Wilson, Lena Scott, Bertha
Sawyer, Goldie Listt r, Goldie Scott
May Broughton, Mattie avyer,
Lucy Gregory, Lovy Wbitehurst,
Charlotte Cartwright, Cora White,
and Elizabeth Davis; Messrs. J. E.
Meads, W. R. Evans, Will Twiddy
M. W. Lister, Geo. Spence, Cecil
WhiteJoe White, Frank Fletcher,
Elisha Coppersmith, Jasper Thomp
son, C. C. Meads, Robert Lowry,
Jesse Morriss, Matthew Reid, James
Small, M. C. Stantley, S. G. Scott,
Jet Davis, Henry Richardson and
Mr. and'Mrs. J. W. Munden.
The paying that "There is life. in
the old land yet . is being constant
Iy proven as the summer months
are warning and anion 2 the best
signs if may be said, is when real
estate or real estate ,meq get active
It has now came to pass that two of
our best known hustlers have unit
ed their forces and will double their
energies in this line of work. Mr.
W. E. Dunstan who has had re
markable success in real estate mat
ters, becomes the senior of the firm
and Mr. N. A. Jones who in less
time has about kept pace with his
new partner in handling dirt and
lumber, will be the other end of the
sign, which will be placed on many
a board around town, where there
is a, lot or a plat or building for
rent or sale.
Mr. Dunston having resumed his
old position with the Crystal Ice
and Coal Company, will only do
some of the planning for the firm
wbila Mr.! Jones- will -be the active
man or wheel horse of the firm.
gee their card in another column of
this paper.
Snubbed By King
MorganLeaves
For His Home-
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KING EDWARD, AVHO SNUB
BED J. PIERREPONT MOR
GAN, KING OF FINANCE.
(By wire to the Economist.)
New York, Aug. 2, 05 J. Pierre-
pont Morgan is returning from
Europe to America after having
been snubbed by the King of Eng
land. Having been lavishly enter
tained by royalty everywhere else
Mr. Morgan was totally ignored by
King Edward while on English
soil. Mr. Morgan was not so much
as invited to any of the house par.
ties to which the King loans his
presence. It is said that Mr. Mor
gan takes the snub to heart and
comes back home with a bitter feel
ing against England.
The Thousand
Reporters Are
Coming In.
Monday afternoon the editors of
this newspaper made a call for one
thousand reporters in Elizabeth
City and Vicinity, a call for every
item of news or item of posonal in
terest pertaining to the people of
this city or section. A request was
made of every reader ot 1 he Econ
omist to co-operate with this .news
paper in giving to the public every
noon all the news of the city.
How promptly, Jiow enthusiasti-
caly, how magnanimously this call
was responded to might have been
seen in yesterday's issue of this
newspaper. lesteraays issue or
the Economist contained more news
of personal interest than has hereto
fore been covered in several issues.
The people of Elizabeth City, the
readers of The Economist, are mak
ing their newspaper more interest
ing every day. J hey appreciate
the fact that it is not possible for a
newspaper to keep track of the
movements of everyone iu the city.
Thay realize that a newspaper man
can not keep in touch with every
individual in the city. The only
way to get all the news is for all
the people to remember this and no
tify the newspaper men when they
hava an item of news.
The readers of The Economist
did this yesterday. They kept he
'phone ringing until a late hour.
And when all the little bits of news
had been put into type there wasn't
room for for it all in the paper.
Some of it had to be left out.
Again the editors of The Econo
mist ask its readers to favor them
with every possible new item, es
peciallp personal items. It is a
great help. It will make the paper
moie interesting to you and to eve
ry one else. - - -7"
Mr. T. B. Godfrey, of Shiloh is
here. He says that crops in his
neighborhood were never better.
Perfect womanhood depends on
perfect health. Nature's rarest gift
of physical beauty comes to all who
use Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea
Bright eyes and red cheeks follow
its use. 35 cents. Standard Phai-
macy.
MADE HEROIC STRUG
GLE
5a w a Whale In
Alb'marleSound?
Was Spouting Water and Oil
U t) U Might Have Capsized
.The Ship. First Evn
Tlie Kliziilictli City corrrspmdent
of the Norfolk Landmark will say
in hi newspaper tomorrow that in
formation reaches this city that a
whale has been seen in Albemarle
So- nd.
It is said that a captain of a ves
sel plying in Albemarle Sound sight
ed the whale near Wade Point Light
a few days ago. According to this
YOU CAN'T RID YOURSELF OF ME OLD MAN .
Uncle Sam: Say, you yellow devil, I thought I banished you from
Cuba.
.Yellow Jack: So yon did, old
out of Panama, so I came here.
This Small Pox Victim
Is But
Mother and Babe Quaran
tined at Hertford.
Little Danger of Con
tagion Peo pie Flip
The Yellow Flag.
Rumor that the yellow flag of
small pox is - flying Hertford was
confirmed in a special from . Hert
ford to The Economist today.
- The small pox there is confined
to one case. The victim is a little
child of Mrs. James Dean, of Berk
ley, well known in this city. Mrs.
Deans and her child .were visiting
her father and the family of her
brother-in-law, Mr. W. J. Floyd,
in Hertford, when the child was
taken ill with the disease, which the
doctor's pronounced small pox. The
mother and chitd were quarantined.
The case nnder quarantine causes
little uneasiness in Hertford. In
warm weather when proper ventila
tion is compulsory and free circula
tion of the atmosphere prohibits
close confinement of the germs (of
the disease there is little to fear of
contagion. Hertsord peopU -pass
the yellow flag without n r 1 flip
it with their fingers to er aeir
confidence in their her tcer
who have prevented a sr the
malady. , t -
AGAINST DEATH
Mrs. S. B. Overby
Chair Fighting For Life.
Captain the whale approached with
in a comparatively short range of
his ship, so close in fact that its
outlines were fully visible, making
its identity possible beyond dispute.
The whale, said the captain, was
spoutingjast volumes of water and
oil, and fearing capsizing or a de
luge or both the captain headed his
ship in another direction and put
all sails to the breeze.
Old ship masters in these waters
say that this is the first whalo they
ever knew to have been cited
in
AlbemarhTSoundlind how it stayed
into these waters is a question for
much conjecture.
man, and then you tried to run
me
a Little Child
A Thousand
Arm Strikers
Take Town
One Man Killed and Forty
Injured in San Juan Riot.
(By wire to the Economist.)
Kan Juab, Porto Rico, August 2.
A mob of a thousand long shore
men, strikers took possession of
the city last night and for two
hours dafied police and militia, ter
rifying men, women and children
and creating pandemonium gener
ally. The police got control of
the city only at midnight Ome
man was killed and forty others
injured'in the melee.
Take Hollisters Rocky Mountain
Tea. See it exterminate the poison
feel it revitalize the blood and
bring back that happy joyous feel
ing of bygone day. 35 oents, Tea
or Tablets. u
Died Sitting i
In a
Her Family Prominent
...Her Life Useful
Mrs. I. M. Meekins,
at Whose Home She
Died, Prostrated.
Mrs. R. B. Overby, nee Emily
Speed, died in the home of Mr. I.
M. Meekins in this city this morn
ing after one of the most remarka
ble struggles with death old people
around her had ever witnessed.
She died sitting in a chair. She
gasped her last faint breath . a
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Mrs, Overby had been suffering
from a complication of ills since
March 15. From that date she
had been confined in doors. Twof
weeks ago she grew seriously worsey
Sunday night her death seemed
momentarily eminent. Last nigh.
the real fight with death began
those about here it seemed th
every breath would be the. last bus
she held on to life with heroic ef;
forts, refusing even to remain
bed. Unconscious of those about hei
she died this morning in the tragia
manner already told.
Mrs. Overby was about 50 year;
of age. She was of one of th
most prominent families of the statti
in early post bellura days. He
father was Dr. Rufus K. Speed,
man once wealthy, who figured e
tensively in politics in North Caroj
lina in his time and died a poor mar.
having given his fortune to th
Democratic party.
Mrs. Overby, has been living wi
friends in this city for many year
Hon. and Mrs. I, M. Meekins sec
ea uer services as a nousesecper
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during the occasion of the Baptis
State Convention in this city la
fall. She remained in the'Meekin,
home after the convention and w,
taken ill there. Mr. and Mr.
Meekins would not agree to hal
her cared for elsewhere and she
m ' " m ' .1 ' V
maincd in tneir i.ewe, .xvaa givi
every attention there, and died the
this morning.
T'Vi r funoral will lio nnnliiif J
Friday afternoon in the Episcopf
church, of which she was a dev(
member. The remains wilL be
terred in the Episcopal cemet
The remains are now lying in
Episcopal church. The holding
her remains for three days bj
burial is at a request 'she often!
before she died.
MRS. MEEKINS PROSTRAT
Mrs. Meekins is prostrated 'o
the death. At her home this af f
noon it was learned that she
succumbed o a heavy strain a
result of Mrs. Overby's illness j
her subsequent death. r(
Tho nnwa ' if thin death came t
a shock to many old residents c
the city who" have known Mr;
Overby for "years. Her ininistri
have been felt in many homes v
ere sickness and death came in
day. Her distinguished family rs
ations made her all ths mors int
renting. ' f
Messrs. Henry Williams, 'C
Ilingerty; Miss Nellie Powel!
brother Allie, of Suffolk and
Addie McNeal of Hobson, Va ,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. (
W. Hingerty on Burgess stm
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' Puts light in the eye, tint
cheek with Nature's bloom, lc
the tension of line, brashes tl.
webs from the brain, that's
Hollisters Rocky Mountain
will do. 35 cents, Tea or T
Standard Pharmacy.
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