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ELIZABETH CiTY. N. C. WEDNESDAY FEB. 28, 1906. NO. 105 SITE FOR THE TEAS ARE GALLED ER COMPANY'S ILL THE GAS SYSTEM v EY1WG MOVEMENT IS AT L A STANDSTILL 1 IN NT HERS DARE It Will Be Located Just Across Knobbs Creek And Directly Beside The Norfolk And Southern Tracks. Engineers this morning engaged in in this city. lt offered the site now making surveys for the site of the j being defined! at a .nominal cost. Dare Lumber Company's Dig lumber plant, which, it is now assured, will be located in Elizabeth City, though absolute confirmation of that has not been made from an official source. . The site on' which the surveyors' instruments are "being used is located just across Knobb's creek and is di rectly beside the tracks of the Nor folk and Southern Company. The property there is owned by the Nor folk and Southern Company, and with the surveyor yesterday came SupeTin- FURNITURE FACTORY PROJECT DID NOT COME UP AT MEETING OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPERIENCED FURNITURE MAN YET SOUGHT. tendent McGuire. The work of es tablishing the lines bounding the site was to have commenced yesterday, but the storm intervened. This morning, however It Is being done under the supervision of Mr. E. O. Potter, and will be concluded to day or tomorrow. 1 V 6 Given by Norfolk and Southern. This site was practically given by the Norfolk and Southern When it was learned the mill would be built somewhere in the section the rail road company was one of the first to offer inducements for it to be located Several other sites were offered, one of which was supposedly near the Suffolk and Carolina tracks, and dur ing the, past month they have all been under consideration. That .Elizabeth City has been chos en by the Dare Lumber Company In preference to Dare county for the lo cation of the mill is the belief of ev eryone, as something definite was needed before the survey of the site would commence. It will doubtless be constructed on the site offered by the railroad and the statement that the work of putting up the several buildings to comprise the plant, and the installation of the machinery will commence before the end of next month is regarded as being safe. The machinery is already here and has only to be hauled to the lot. The plant will be a saw, planing and shingle mill; will employ about 200 men; will cost over $100,000, and will ; be the most important acquisi tion made to the city's array of enter prises in years. ; ' The project of building a furniture factory In the city by a stock com pany, was not submitted to the atten tion of the Chamber of Commerce, as it was announced it would be some time ago, and considerable disap pointment ensues among the many who are interested. The reason was that the principal promoters, the very ones who wero expected to introduce the matter for action by the chamber were unable to attend, and it will be carried over to the March meeting, unless in the meantime the efforts are carried to a successful issue by other means. Just now it is at & standstill, and if other names than those announced as Its promoters were given, It would be reasonable to think it would "die the death.' Not another dollar haa been subscribed; In - fact, no effort has been made to secure stock. As stated previously the object is to; interest an experienced furniture man with a few thousands to Invest himself, but this has not been done, and even correspondence has not been opened with such a man. WORK BEING PUSHED ON FIRST STREET CAR LOAD OF GAS PIPE WILL BE RECEIVED BE FORE MARCH 15 PEOPLE IN TERESTED. TP MEET NEXT SATURDAY County Supt, Sheep Announces An Important Program Of Subjects For Discussion. The work of putting in the gas plant by the Elizabeth City Water and Power Company In pursuance to a franchise granted them by the city several months ago, has commenced 0 and it is. assured that no unnecessarv delay will follow In rushing It to com pletion as fast as possible. The main, or lead pipes, are now being put down on First street, a force of workmen doing this under the supervision 'of Mr. Lewis. Three i hundred feet of the main Is on hand for use, and a solid car load of all sizes will be received before March 15, on receipt of which the force of workmen will be increased and tho work accelerated in all respects. To install the gas works It is very near only a matter of laying the A meeting of the white public school teachers of the county - has been called by Superintendent Sheep for next Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m. In the Atlantic Collegiate Institute building. This meeting takes the place cf the township meetings pre scribed by the school law and all teachers are required to attend. Tho following program has been Arranged for discussion: 1. How to teach English. 2. Discipline In the schools and ! how to improve iL 3. Co-operation of parents andi teachers. v 4. The Improvement of school grounds. 5. How about learning teachers and their work and to devise means for their Improvement In the future. He reports the school la good con dition and the work, for the most part going on satisfactorily with a larger enrollment of students than hereto fore. Plans are being consummated for a vigorous campaign In the course of education for the coming wmmer. The public Is invited to attend this meeting and to take part In the dis cussions. The observance of North Carolina. Dya by the different schools of tho county last week were Interesting and creditable and witnessed by largo audiences. The penny colectlon for the Calvin H. Wiley monument fund exceeded all expectation. WILL ELECT REPRESENTATIVE TO GRAND: LODGE Elizabeth City lodge 122 K. of P.'s Avill meet in their castle hall at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening, March 1st. To the members it will be one of the most important meetings the or der has held recently, as a represta tive to the Grand Lodge will be elect 0(1, an election always productive of interest as the honor conferred is a distinguished one. Work in the rank of Page and Es quire will be done and the presence of every member is urged. All visit ing Knights are cordially invited. LARGEST ADVERTISING CONTRACT EVER MADE IN THIS CITY RETURNED FROM NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. LENT BEGAN TODAY 1'Lent begins today. For the next forty days those who observe this church celebration, will in various ways practice self denial and in other ways keep the occasion holy. As the Episcopal church of this city has no regular minister, it's not known whether the usual lenten ser vices will be conducted in the Episco pal church. The largest contract for advertising space ever made in Elizabeth City was signed yesterday by Mr. H., H. Lavenstein with the Carolina Pub lishing Company. The large amount of space that Mr. Lavenstein will use this year shows that he appreciates the value of advertising; it also indi cates that he will push his business this year to its utmost capacity. New territories of trade will i be in vaded by this progressive merchant, whose success in Elizabeth City has been phenominal and his business1 wiUbj3pushed on to greater achieve ments. ! ' No effort will be wanting on the part of Mr. Lavenstein to make this the greatest year in his business. The matter contained in his large adver tising space in the Daily Economist and Tar Heel will furnish interesting reading matter during the year to those interested in commercial i items. Mrs. J. M. Bell and Miss Lina P. Gilbert returned today from New York and Baltimore, where they have spent several days selecting an ele gant stock of new millinery. They have purchased a full stock: for the Eureka Millinery company, which will soon be opened at their store, No. 6, North Water street, this eity. Superintendents how to write? This Is the second meeting of this ! pipes, for at the plant all the neces-1"""" " -M1 fcMW ICOUi" . 'must follow, as a consequence of the of the generators, which are easily obtainable and which are now being purchased, is in readiness. An early completion of tho gas sys tem is doubted by some people, who say it will bo treated like tho street railway franchise, but when tho gen eral clamor for gas on the part of the people is taken into consideration It becomes evident the addition would be a source of great profit to its owners, which practically insures that the work now underway will not be abandoned. At any rate, it Is the expressed desire of the whole city that gas be put in as soon as possible. Some say it would have as many subscribers as electricity. discussion of such subjects as tho above among the teachers of our county. . Our county superintendent has de voted considerable time this winter to visiting the schools of tho county in order to acquaint himself with WILL ENTERTAIN THE BOOK CLUB TODAY. Mrs. Charles Guirkln will entertala the local Book club this afternoon at her home on Main street, an an nouncement causing lively Interest among tho members. Mrs. Guirkln Is a splendid enter tainer and realizing the pleasures In store, every member who can, will be present. BRIEF STATE NEWS FOR BUSY READERS INFORMATION Oil ROAD BUILDING NO CASES HEARD The Knights of Pythias will erect a lodge building in Washington, N. C, in the near future costing $10,000. CURRITUCK STATE GAME LAW TO .VISIT NORTHERN CITIES. Miss Martha Sykes, accompanied by Miss Maggie Williams, left today for New York, Philadelphia and oth ern Northern cities to purchase mil linery .for the firm of M. ykes and company. In Baltimore, Miss Sykes will be joined by Miss Wescott, the firm's trimmer, who has been in Bal timore some time preparing patterns for the company. Miss Wescott will return to Eliza beth City with Miss Sykes. EBHUMY S BUSY MONTH IN REAL ESTATE Today at 12 o'clock the books at the court house showed that so far during the present month property transfers, chattle mortgages, etc. had been made in 'the county to number of 314, which figures reveal that Feb ruary has been an unusually busy i month in this respect The amounts ranged from $14,000 down to five, and some of the deals thus recorded were for city real es state, though most of them were for property in the country. NOW IN EFFECT The State game laws will be in full force and j effect tomorrow and Game Warden Raper is giving due no tice that this is the last day for hunt ing quail, doves, robins, larks, and A coating of sand on a clay road is a good thing, but the more this sand inclines to gravel the better. Good gravel would be far superior. The exact amount of sand to use will generally have to be determined by experiment in each locality. Apply the sand when the road Is wet but not rutted. It will not be of much value till it becomes mixed with the clay and thus forms a sort of artifi cial hard pan. On the other hand, if sand is applied to hard dry clay it will be a positive nuisance until wet weather comes and allows It to be come mixed with the clay. It is only suitable for roads of comparatively light traffic. : Clay on sand usually gives better results than sand on clay on account if !" : of the excellent natural drainage af forded by the sand foundation. It should be applied in a layer about six the various other birds in the county until next season, and will hereafter J inches deep, well harrowed, smooth- be on the watch that the laws are eu : uu WiLU a srauer, ana roiieu uu Court convened and' adjourned Mon day at Currituck without a case be ing heard, or even called, and a pre cedent was almost established, the same happening only a fe wtimcs be fore in the district. a Monday morning at the usual hour Judge Neal was on the bench, the jurors, attorneys and a considerable crowd of spectators were present and court convened in .the usual manner. The jury was empanelled and receiv ed the charge of the judge, which was able and rather lengthy. ryl, 5 i 1 . -!i , ,-. ims ovcr lu 6U,lwlur maue ""- April in Greensboro, statement that not a case was on the Rev. William Spurgeon. D. D.t of England, a cousin of Charles H. Spurgecn preached in Spencer. N. C, last Sunday. Mrs. Clara Johnson celebrated her 03th birthday yesterday near Has sell, N. C. m m m As a result of being struck by a shifting- engine in the Coast Line yards at Wilmington, William Wright a negro- youth, 1C years old died yes terday morning. Dr. Peter E. Hines, of Raleigh, one of the oldest physicians In the state was stricken with paralysis yester day at his home in that city at the age of 79 years. The petition of Representative E. Spencer Blackburn for an Immediate trial has been denied him and his trial has been set for the 13th of A surprise has been sprung upon both the prosecution and defense alike In the trial of Dr. Mathews who Is on trial In Superior court of Guil ford county, which Is now in session at Greensboro for iiolsoning his wife by Injecting strychnine In her arm with a hyiodormic syringe. There has been made privately a test of the chemical contents remaining In the syringe In which a prominent chem ist of this State fails to find any trace of strychnine. Tho movement instituted some time ago to hold in the city of Raleigh a summer school for teachers has re sulted in a successful . termination. The Chambers of Commerce have made all the arrangements necessa ry to Insure its success and yesterday the project was Incorporated under -i the title of the State's Summer j School. The school will be conduct ed at the A. and M. College. I Mr W. M. Hinton. iorrnerlv of fully enforced. Hunting in Pasquotank practically ended last month so far as partridges are concerned and shooting the other birds is not attractive enough to cause a violation of the laws. FEBRUARY HAS BEEN GOOD FOR MARRIAGES. February, today at noon, had fall en five short of the "average record for marriage licenses vissued. ' At 12 o'clock twenty-six had been issued, twrenty of which, were to white cou ples. During .the afternoon at least two more will be issued, probably more, and the total will be consider ably nearer one a day when Mr. Spence closes his office tonight. February is generally one of the dullest months in the year, in this respect, but if the present had 31 days it would likely exceed some of the ethers. hard and smooth. After the rolling, from one to two inches of sand from the sides should be uniformly spread over the road byr use of a road grad er. Clay thus applied will not have reached Its best stage until mixed with the sand. t Neither sand on clay nor clay on sand should be applied till the bed has been properly graded and shaped for a permanent road. I Repairs to this class of road will consist in maintaining the drains and culverts in good condition and apply ing such material to the surface as was originally used to build the road. Care should be taken In applying this new material when filling ruts to see that it is properly levelled. If very much new material is added It is bet ter to harrow and roll again. docket for trial and in a few moments more, court h3d' adjourned, to the evi dent surprise of the many spectators who had expected to hear the trial of both criminal and civil cases. The grand jury remained In session a few hours longer and issued one bill of indictment against some party whose name has not been divulged, and who will be tried next court. Judge Neal arrived here last night, and probably will remain until next, Monday when he will convene court in Camden county. THEY SECURED LEGAL PERMIT Mathew S. Davis, president of Louisburg Female College, died yes terday from the result or a severe attack of pneumonia at his home In Louislmrg at the ace of 73 years. He was on? of the most distinguished ed ucators of tho Piedmont section. Rev. It. E. Knowlos. author of "St Cuth'ocrt the most popular novel of th past year was a visiter in New Bern last Sunday. lie is one of the most promine" T-ochrtertan divines in Canada. ' -;rI Miss Emma K. .Ton?s. of T tl-rn, who Is the heroine of his ; .,: ilar novel. & Much excitement lias been created in Washington, N. C. for the past few days by the sudden disappearance of a negro cook from the targe Donald- son, which has been unloading a car- j city, but now t-.iitor of th I.Itil.-i n c l lines-! it-raid, is In towu in Itlu hi family. Mr. W. J. Griffin, a prominent resi dent of Manteo, is hert today on spe cial business. Mis Anni. Mo'ry. of Norfolk. 1 visiting relatives in the city this week. LOCAL BOOK CLUB HIGHLY EflTERTlEO Mr. Baxter Garrison, of Wan6hese, is in the city today. Miss Adelaide White, of Hertford, is ; now here as the guest of friends. Register of Deeds J morning issued marriage license Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte Brothers and Miss Elizabeth Gregory, a popular young couple of this county, who have used the permit probably be fore this hour. Neither Mr. Brothers nor Miss Gre gory applied for the license, the ap plication being made by one of their Intimate friends. He satisfied the'of ficial as to the ages, etc., and he ha 1 no trouble In securing the license. go of fertilizer at that place. It Is C. Spence this thought that he fell overboard and to was drowned. Dr. Edwin Greer, one of the most prominent physicians In Baltimore, died yesterday in that city. Dr. Greer whose father was an Episcopal mln- Hster was horned and reared In Wash ington, N. C. Dr. Greer at the time of his death was prominent in the fire department and In navy circles. He was presi dent of the North Carolina Society. Mrs. R. T. WhiU-hurkl n!crtalnd the local Book Club last evening at. her home on Church stmt, the evrnt proving among the most enjoyable to which the club has been treated this season. After the literary feature, which were of a high order, delicious re freshments were served In several courses. Those present were the following: Mesdames I. M. Mecklna. M, U. Griffin, W. M. Baxter. W. IL Zoeller. J. B. Griggs, Mattlo Leary, Thomas C. Jones C. W. Mellck and MUs Ada Melick. Katherlne and May Engle, Marcle and Kate Albertson. I f j 4
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