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ELIZABETH CITY. N. CI. FRIDAY MARCH. 2, 1906.
NO. If7
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DELEGATES GHILD STRAWBELY DIS
HUGH EXCITEMENT
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APPEARED
OLD OFFICERS AMD
WILL
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Were In Session Yesterday At Nor
folk And Are Now on Tour of
Inspection of Norfolk and South
ern and A. & N. C. Roads.
The . principal" o
fleers and stock
holders .of the Norfolk and Southern
railroad arrived in Norfolk yesterday
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on the Old Dominion steamer from
New York for the annual meeting and
inspection of the road.
The annual meeting of stockholders
was held at the company's offices in
Norfolk and it is understood that the
officers and directors were Te-elected.
Immediately after the meeting the en
tire party of non-resident and resi
dent officials, numbering a dozen men
left on a tug for a tour of the harbor
and inspection of the " Norfolk and
Southern's waterfront property. !
Yesterday afternoon the officers of
the road left on Seaboard Air Line
train No. 31 in two private cars for
North Carolina to inspect the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad, which is
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owned by kindred j interestf
Among the officers of the?Cgapany
who attended were Marsden J. Perry,
of Providence, R. ; I., president, and
F. S. Gannon, of New York, vice-president.
Judge LeBarron Colt, of Pro v
; idence, also attended. Mr. Gannon js
vice president of the Metropolitan
Railway company of New York j city.
The interests owning the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad bought
out the Norfolk and Southern about
a year ago, and while in the south for
the annual inspection of one system
the officials will inspect the other.
In inspecting the two roads it , is
considered likely jthat , the . party of
officials will visit Elizabeth - City,
where property among the most val
uable they own is located.
In Elizabeth Cityj deep satisfaction
is felt concerning the announcement
of the re-election of the officers.
TO DRY'S REPORTS
INCREASE DAMAGE
FIREMEN COULD NOT LOCATE
BURNING GASOLENE LAUNCH
SAID TO THREATEN WATER
FRONT PROPERTY LAST NIGHT
Direct information received this
morning from the lower sounds re
gion was to the! effect that damage
done to nets setting in the sounds
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during the present cold, snap had
been damaged even more extensively
by the ice than was at first believed,
and that nearly all the fishermen
would be compelled to remove them
and spend hundreds of dollars in re
pairs. . .".'.. , !
Thin ice formed all along1 the
shores at night and next morning was
broken and carried out into the nets
by the tides, making them practically
useless. . !
A false t alarm of fire was turned In
last night just before seven o'clock
and the usual excitement prevailed,
crowds chasing .themselves on the
streets, and the whole force of fire
fighters with their apparatus respond-
CAROLINA PINE ASSOCIATION
WILL HOLD BIG CONVENTION
14 AND 15 LOCAL MEMBERS
WILL ATTEND.
Arrangements are now being made
for the annual convention of the mem
bers of the North Carolina Pine As
sociation at the Monticello Hotel, in
Norfolk March 14 and 15.
As a result of the recent consolida-
ing with great speed to the loud cla'jg- uon ine enn Carolina nne as
ing of the bell. sociation with the South Carolina
To the excited inquiries it was stat- Lumber Association it Is expected
ed that a gasolene engine had explo.l- that the convention will be the larg
ed on a launch at the foot of Mat- est ever, heM by the lumbermen. Mr.
thews street, that the boat was being John R- Walker, secretary of the as
consumed fov flames which threaten- sociation, stated yesterday that .at
ed to spread to the buildings on the least 200 manufacturers of lumber
waterfront and cause a "monster con- oul ue in auenaance, Desiaes prom
Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Williams Has B een -Missing
Since Tuesday NightAnd Whole
Vicinity Has Been Searched
fiagration.' '
In a minute the firemen and a la; ge
crowd were at the wharf where every,
thing was found to be perfectly nor
mal. At the clatter or shore the boat-
ir.cnt people that will be invited as
r-tc.-;tL-. Amcag these who will ba
there as guests are Mr. Clifford Pin
chot, head of the National Bureau of
Forestry; members of the Wholesale
REPORT OF THE
M. C. .
BAZAAR
men protruded their heads, asked the Dealers Association, and of the New
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matter inrl rxv ocnicScH u-hon I 1 UIK. lUIU Utfi 1 iUUtJ ASSOCiaUOU.
asked' if a boat had caught fire.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. M.
C. A. in making the following report
of the bazaar hejd at the Y. M. C. A.
last week wish to extend through the
columns of this paper their sincere
thanks to all the ladies for their lib
erclar contributions In work, cakes
an otherwise, to the business men of
the city for the donations made by
them and through them of out of town
An estimate of
tained cannot be
the losses thus sus
formed at the pres
ent tjme, but It is knewn they will
reach well up in the hundreds. '
The greatest loss, it is said, will
be in the delay in getting their catch
es to the northern markets when they
will be too late to get the first high
prices. '
SEED GRAIN DAY
IN ALL SCHOOLS
P P 0 I Wl" E Q
BRAND LODGE
The annual banquet of the associa
xl in i i i i ii f i a. - a a i I
Somebody said a sparker on one "oa wm nem on ine D,sai 01 luelfirms
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of the trim little boats was being A,lu- Amne wno coaeu- To those who worked so faithfully
started, and the boat had left, the tion wil1 board a vessel next day for on the committees in getting every
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crew unaware of the excitement they a iriiJ arounu lue u"uur- thing in readiness and sticking to it
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had caused. . At 1S L to the close, and to the public for
The alarm was ringing even when tion have any important effect on their liberal patronage.
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the firemen returned, some one else lue preseui cuuuiuou i" n The receipts were as follows:
having taken the rope and one of iraae- oecretary earner aiBO uue Dlning room $90.20
Chief Raper's men 'had) to" order, or
that the demand for lumber was ac-
Candy booth
24.C7
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probably request that itfce stopped. uve Ior 11113 "me 01 ine ear- ana inai Door admissions 22.20
It is considered that-the arraign- whlle tbe trade a'ays look with dis- Fancy WOfk 34.14
ment in court of some of these false favor on advance in price, he does Cook booth 32.27
alarm ringers would put a damper on nt think the recent advances have Ice cream booth 85.43
their efforts to disturb the peace.
much diminished thp demand for lum-
Country store
53.03
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Der. 2.r. aiKer eipecis iuo y Grab bag 9.50
of'lumber.to hold steady for at least japanese booth ......".."". 717.88
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sijj-months. -
Gypsy and palmist
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There are several members of the Miscellaneous
association here who never fall to at
tend the conventions, and will make
no exception of the conference to be
held In Norfolk, which .owing to the an Qven
7.20
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Through V. J. Wood Icy, wholesale
grocer, from the Standard Oil Com
pany, rsorioiK, a. l oil cook stove
consolidation with the South Carolina
association, will be the most auspi
cious In its history.
The It. B. Davis Co., New York, 1
At the ! regular meeting of Eliza
beth City Lodge No. 122, K. of P.,
last night, Past Chancellor E. F.
Lamb was unanimously elected repre
sentative to the grand lodge, domain
of North Carolina, for a period of two
years, effective April 1, 1906.
The next annual! convention of the
grand lodge of North Carolina will
be held at Greensboro on the second
Tuesday in June, 1906, at eight o'clock
p. m. .' f '..
The local lodge is now getting in
fine shape and is busy at every meet
!, ing conferring ranks on new members
and instructing them In tne sublime
mysteries of Pythianism. Probably
no lodge in the city has during the
past several months had a larger in
crease in membership and it is doing
its proportional part in ranking the
order of Pythians third in the State in
membership.
Corn, ' 'king of grains ' has issued
an official proclamation that e Terr 5 The following appeared last night
school throughout the land shall ob-1 in Suffolk correspondence:
serve Seed 'Grain Day in April "Constable John J. S. Branch, of
south of the Ohio river, April 4 is I Suffolk, received a message' from the
the day north that line, April 11, or sheriff of Pasquotank county, N. C,
as near these-dates as possible. at Elizabeth City this morning stating
I that John , Smith, the nesro who was
i Loflfflj ,r v.o ,,,,,1 been announced for quarterly confer
0ef coiDf.fo ooo i rprt An wanted by him, had been caught and - .. .'.
i Iwas now in the Elizabeth Citv iail.
this take two dinner plates and two gmith .g charged with entering tUe each of which Presiding "Elder J. H.
pieces of thick cloth or blotting paper Krr, o r05n0nf,w0 r, wl preside:
the size of the inner part of the plate. I named K) wens in Princess Anne coun-
Wet these thoroughly and drain off ty, Va., and attempting robbery and
the extra water. Put one piece of I criminal assault. He managed toes
cloth: on tthe plate and scatter the I cape and Branch was on the scene a
grain over it evenly and cover with few hours later with his bloodhound,
the second cloth. - Turn the
plate over it to; prevent evaporation not catch his man
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CONFERENCE DATES
IRE ANNOUNCED
The following places and dates have
ence for Elizabeth City district, over
Weeksvile, Union, March 24 to 25;
Elizabeth City, First church, March,
25 to 26; Perquimans, New Hope,
March 28; . Pasquotank, Mt. Herman,
Suspended Until
Later In Season
A telephone message was rvct Ivcd
late yesterday afternoon at the Dallr
Economist office from Woudvllle, rIv.
ing the details of the strange dUap- V
learance of the small child of Mr.
and Mrs. V. IL Williams, well known
Iuplo in that community.
The child, a Kirl of three or four
ears, has been abstnt sinc Tues
day night, and the distressed jkireats.
have caused the whole fcurrounding
country tobe searched thoroughly, but
entirely without result, and the case
is already being likened to the disap
pearance of -'Senator Ueasley boy.
which has for over a .year mystified
the country.
The message said that though tho
greatest uneasiness had been felt
since the child was first missed, tho
parents decided not to give it too
much publicity save in the neighbor
hood where the search was being con
ducted, in the expectation that she
would soon be found, but all elorts
having failed,they had at last deter
mined on giving the particulars to tho
public through the columns of this
paper, In the hope that it would assist
in the search.
At about nightfall Tuesday was the
last time the child has been seen.
Following the theory that she strayed
Into the woods a party has searched
high and low, but gave it up as use
less. Humors of kidnapping aro spok
en of and considerable excitement
prevails in the quiet rural precinct.
Not much faith is placed in the kid
napping theory however, the general
opinion apparently being that tho
child lost itself In the dense wood p.
No stranger to whom the stealing of
the child could le laid has been no
ticed around Woodvlllc. Inquiries
have been made of all the people Uv
Ing in the vicinity, but all say they
have seen nothing of the missing tot.
Nearly four days have now elapsed
and the disappearance has only le
come moro surroundod by nyMery.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams scarcely know
what to think wnd anxiety has nearly
prostrated tho mother.
Towards the organization of a local
stock company for the construction
and operation of another hosiery mill
in Elizabeth City, nothing of note has
been done during the past two weeks.
Soliciting stock has stopped, no
further efforts being made to obtain
signatures for amounts, and the pro-
March 31, April 1; Elizabeth City,
iect. like that for the furniture facto-
other but on account of a big rain couid "J w ' ' I . . etawwletlll f tKo nenn.
. u r- tt mi Hebron. April 7 to 8; Chowan, Center r Is at a standstill for the present
nTinn I Tint rntrh ni man Hew ti-ill rrrt in I . ' I . ...
and set in a warm place. Examine Elizabeth City this morning and will Hil1' April 14 10 15 : Hertford Ander-
frequently and if it grows dry add a take Smith to the scene of his crime,
son, April 15 to 16; Edenton, April 18;
Plymouth, April. 21 to 22; Roper, April
The statement that Smith had been 22 to 23 Hatteras ad Kennekeet,
Chicamacomico, April 28 to 2; Dare,
little water. After six or eight days I where he will be tried."
remove the cloths and determine the
nero.enta sre nf e-ermtnatirni. '' ' T test. I ranht. aivd Is nnw in herr is er-
kernels from several ears of corn in roneous, but on the trail of Smith Shiloh' Iay 2: Kitty IIawk CmnS
the same plate, mark oft the blotting Officer Branch came to Elizabeth City
paper Into squares and number each 1 yesterday in answer to a telegram
one to correspond with the ear from 1 from Sheriff Reid. He arrived on
ton. May 4; Roanokejsland, Bethany,
May 5 to C; Camden, May 12 to 13;
Moyock, May 15; Currituck, Asbury,
DKISKO COUPLE !
MARRIED HERE
Mr. William T. Humphlett, aged 29,
and Miss Estelle Forbes, aged 25,
both of whom are from Okisko, where
they are well known and popular, ap
plied for and secured license yester
day afternoon at the office of Regis
ter of Deeds Spence, and not particu
larly desiring 'the services of a minis
ter, were married by Mr. Spence a
for moments later.
During the afternoon they returned
to Okisko, where they will continue to
reside!. I ;
which the .kernels are -taken. Report the 1:30 train and with Deputy Raper Ma" 10 : PanteS and Belhaven, Pan-
tego, May rJ to zu; uaies, aiay
Columbia, Columbia, May 2G to 27.
The above announcements are for
results of test In school on Seel proceeded at once to Gregory's in
Grain day. Also bring to school a Camden county, where it was believ-
sample ear or 100 kernels of corn or ed by the local officials he could be
other grain seed to study their good captured.
and poor points, ; tell which varieties J Sheriff Reid was given to under
are best and why, figure difference in I stand thatfa negro answering Smith's
cost and profit of 'good vs. poor yields, I description was at work in the liim-
or carry out any of the many plans ber woods there, which caused the
for the day suggested in the proclama J telegram to be sent.
tion, which may be had free by writ- Arriving at the lumber camp the
ing King Corn, 490 'Lafayette street, negro was seen by the officers, but
New York city,-N. C. he was not the one wanted and they
A young fqlks' j grain club is to be returned empty handed, Mr.' 'Branch.
organized by the boys and girls of returning to Suffolk this morning.
each school oj district, and a-harvest ; Other Virginia Officers Here.
festival is to be held next autumn by Yesterday it was reported around
Mr. Hall's second round.
THEY ELOPED TO
ELIZABETH CITY
It has by no means been abandoned.
however, as, it is announced by one of
the principal promoters, the moe
ment will be resumed again when the
season advances a little further, or
when certain people return to town
who are expected to subscribe thou
sands of dollars, and the organization
of the company with the capital stock
agreed upon. Is expected without trou
ble. Now that It is an assured thing tho
Daie Lumber Company will locate its
mills here the attention of tho public
is directed principally upon the hosi
ery mill and furniture factory projects.
CAROL! BOY,
AGAIN PROMOTED
THE PEOPLE ARE EMI
BUYING THESE OYSTERS
Miss Annie Newcomb, of Suffolk,
is the guest of friends here today.
each school, for which many and val
uable prizes are offered. The state of
Colorado gives $2500 In special prizes
Minnesota a. like amount other states
are officially promoting the idea in
various ways, and the children toiay
also compete equally with the grown
ups in the contest to add millions to
grain growers' profits. This plat adds
new fascinations to nature study and
introduces agriculture into schools in.
a most interesting and practical way.
the streets that a number of other
Virginia officials from Norfolk and
vicinity were in. town and "on busi
ness" and several different names
were connected in a vague way. It
the detectives were here their busi
ness was not made known even tc the
police. f -
The strange part of it was that the
name of Thurm.an was not mentioned.
A good story of his location or cap
ture would now be rather readable.
Mr. Claude C. Lawrence and Miss
Ethel G. Welkins, well known Norfolk Mr. Ed Goodwin, who runs a res
people, were married in this city yes- taurant on Matthews street, has now
Mr. A. E. Cohoon. forester of tho
national government has again been
promoted in the Department of Agri
culture of the United State?.
He Is now out of the wlla and wooiy
west, where he has ppent much tlmo
in examining the forest and their
conditions, and has taken up bin
headquarters In for away Portland,
Oregon, where during the winter
months, he has been engaged under
the direction of the national govern
ment In giving a series of lectures on
practical forestry. '
His Ic-ctures deal with the problem
of forest preservation; its culture and
tho best methods to be employed in
assisting the native forests to recu
perate themselves from the ravages
of the destructive lumber men.
TO OUR TOWNSMEN.
terday afternoon by Rev. J. F. Vine?,
of the First Baptist church, at his
residence on Main street.
The young couple arrived on the
1:30 train and at once secured license
only waiting until the official finish
ed with another couple, and with the
paper repaired to the home of Mr.
Vines, who performed the ceremony
in his usual impressive style. .They
took the first train back to the Vir
ginia city, their future home.
on hand 130 tubs of oysters, among
the most relect brought to the city
during the season, and is retailing
them to eager buyers.
They came from the beds in Core
Sound, where ther are noted for size
and flavor, and were secured with
considerable difficulty. In quality
they compare favorably with those of
Lynnhaven Bay and Far Creek, and
it Is only a few times during the year
the public Is able to buy them.
Being unable to tec each one per
sonally, we desire to express our sin
cere gratitude to Chief Raper and his
efficient firemen, to the police offi
cers, and to the general public for tho
assistance they all gave cs In help
ing to save our stock of merchandise
In the recent fire that took place in
the building wo occupy.
Very gratefully,
A. B. SEELY. & SON.
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