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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1911
NO. 2
Bank Cashier
Commits Suicide
R. H. SpruiH of the Farmers
and Merchants' Bank of
Columbia Put a Bullet
Hole In His Head Last
Tuesday Afternoon-
The people of this section are
shocked to learn of the suicide of
Prof. R. H. Spruill. cashier of the
Farmers' and Merchants Bank of
Columbia and superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction' of Tyrrell County,
which occurred in a woods near Co
lumbia last Tuesday afternoon about
i o'clock. .
Mr. Spruill was anatlve of Wash
ington County and has been a res
ident of Columbia for several years.
He was about 40 years old and was
married. He was well known and
was held in high esteem in both bus
iness and social circles. .The causey
which led the suicide has not yet
been made public.
The following account was sent
out from Columbia immediately af
ter the suicide occurred:
On the arrival of the bank auditor
on May .23, Mr. R. H. Spruill, the
cashier, was introduced to him at the
express office. They left together,
going to the bank about 4:15. After
opening up the' place so the auditor
could examine the books, papers and
money, Mr, Spruill went out, the au
ditor thinking he would be back in
a few minutes, but he did not re
turn. This was about 4:30 p. m.
Mr. T. H. Woodley, president of the
bank, went there about one hour
later. TheMiuditor was still at work
but Mr. Spruill had not yet returned.
About 7 o'clock nearly, all of the bus
iness men found out that Spruill
was gone. A party was formed to
look for him but returned without
finding any, clue to his whereabouts,
t his morning - Mr. M. 0. Elliott
came It town and said !-e saw Mr.
Sprmil in the woods abou. 5 or 5.30
yesttv evening. To iU.-i the
rection another party was formed and
went in the direction told by Mr.
liott. 'I itt-y soon found hiut. He had
shot himself with a ".9 c-ilibre, Colt's
revolver, the ball "going' Ii' jutst"abovo
the rigtit temple and coming out
ohmit his lfff fnf. -
He was buried yesterday morning
at his old home, about seveo miles
from here. The cause of his action
is not yet known. He left a note be
side him, telling his wife to pay his
mother $100 and Haywood Swain
$4.00, also telling her where she
would find his insurance policy. He
said his action was caused by two
men, the names given by him. The
auditor has not finished checking up
so that the people may know wheth
er he was short or not. v-
His friends maintain that Mr.
Spruill'i administration of the bank's
affairs, as far . as he himself was
concerned was perfectly straight and
that he was not morally responsi
ble for the business .transaction that
wrought his ruin.
PROGRAM OF COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES OF THE CITY
GRADED SCHOOL.
NOTICE
On Wednesday night, May 31st
cantata eentiUed', "A Midsummer
Eve," will be presented by the stu
dents of the grammar grades and
high (school. .
On Thursday night. June 1st, the
annual address will be made by At
torney-General W. T, Bickett of
Raleigh.
The " senior essays and orations
will not be delivered this year, and
in this the school is following the
methods of the more progressive
high schools throughout the state,
The diplomas will be presented af
ter the address.
The North Carolina history medal
offered by the State society of the
Daughters of the Revolution, for the
best essay . on some local historic
place or event, will be presented to
Miss Eula Wood, to whom the judg
es made the award. The subject
chosen this year was, The Dismal
Swamp'
A small admission fee will be
charged on Wednesday night, be
cause it would be impossible toac-.
commodate the attendance other
wise. The proceeds will be devot
ed to the library fund.
Admission Thursday night free.
Sarah, the eighteen months-old
daughter of Mr' and Mrs. Poshua
Dawson died last Tuesday . night af
ter an illness of two weeks.
NOTICE
SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
a
By virtue of a mortgage deed ex
ecuted to me by Nathan Butt and
wife Lizzie Butt for certain purposes
therein mentioned which said mort
gage deed bears date March 5th 1909
and is registered in the office of Reg
later of Deeds for Pasquotank Coun
ty in book 32 Page G32 I shall on
Monday June 19th 1911 at 12 o'clock
M. offer for sale at the Court House
door in said County at public auct
ion for sash the property conveyed
to me in said mortgage deed as 'fol
lows:
That certain house and lotsitua-
ted on the West side of Road St.
n Elzabeth City N. C. and com
mencing at the South-east corner of
the lot formerly known as Abrara
Shannon lot on Road St. running
thence Westwardly along the said
Shannon lot 100 feet, to the line of
Wh. H. Green' (s lot thence South
wardly along the line of said Greens
and Charles Perry's lots a distance
of 50 feet to Molly Thomas' lot: then
Eastwardly along the west side of
Road St. to the place of the beginn-
jMessers C. J. Hooper, E. M.
fHdoper, L. W. Hooper, Joseph Wise,
CaJvln Hocpor,, Lorenzo Hooper, Zion
Mason, Elroy Hooper, Sherrel Hooper
Merret Hooper, Becman Hooper, and
Thinston Midgett, all of Stumpy Point
wore hore last Saturday on business.
NOTICE
Sale of Valuable Timber Land
ing, being the lot purchased of Jno.
L. Sawyer by Nathan Butt, see book
21 page 62 '
Also all the household and kit
chen furniture that the said Na
than Butt and wife now own and
located in the house above Describe
ed, consisting of beds, bedsteads,
chairs, tables .carpets, pictures,, wash-
stands, bureaus, bed covering, stoves
heaters and cooking utensils,
This May 16 1911. - -
GEORGE 3. SPENCE
Mortgagee
m 19 26 jun 2 9
T.
NOTICE
SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
.Sale of Valuable -Timber Land. ,
Attention Is called to the ad of
Rucker and Sheeley which appears
In this issue of the ADVANCE.
HfWhell's Bee Hive ha an ad
n Uf ADVANCE thi. wnV t.lllrxr
m OTwaa iViuug
of some exceptional nin. i.
being offered at) this store.
By virtue of a Mortgage Deed exe
cuted to me by Willie Cabarras and
wife on the 13th of July 1909 and
duly recorded in the Register of
Deeds office of Pasquotank county
N. C. in Deed Book No. 33 page
132 I shall on Friday tthe 2nd day of
June 1911 at 12 o'clock M. sell for
cash at the Court House door of said
County the property conveyed to me
in said Deed of Trust and described
as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corn
er of Courtney Morris's lot and runn
ing thence Southwardly parallel with
Boston Avenue 34 feet; thence West
wardly One Hundred feet to East
side of Boston Avenue; thence Nor
thwardly along East side of Boston
avenue, 34 feet; thence Eaetwardly
at right angles with Boston Avenue
r place of beginning.- Bame being
the house and lot conveyed to Lu-
-By virtue of an ord.er of the Su
perior Court of Pasquotank County
North Carolina made 'by Geo. R.
Little Clerk of said court in a spec
ial preceding entitled R. C. Lynch
et als vs F. S. Lynch et als.
I shall offer for sale at the court
house , door in Pasquotank County
North Carolina on Monday May 29
1911 at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash
that certain tract of land situa
ted In Newland township, Pasquo
tank County North Carolina bound
ed and described as follows,
Known as' the "Tadmore" swamp,
bounded on the north and west by
the lands of J. L. Roper on the
east by the lands formerly owned JLTlfl maltB Jm m eiA Int. a M
uux.u.oLa BClUCUIKUl KUU
by the J. L. Hinton heirs, and the those holding claims aeninat th
By virtue of an order made by
Charles Johnson Esq., Clerk of the
Superior Court of Perquimans Coun
ty in the special proceeding pending
in said court entitled T. K. Parrish
plaintiff vs The John L' Roper Lum
ber Co defendant we the undersigned
commissioners will sell at the court
house door In HERTFORD Perquim
ans County, N C , on Monday June
5th 1911, at 12 O'clock M., to the
highest bidder on the terms herein
after mentioned, the following prop
erty, viz: That certain tract of land
lying and being partly in the coun
ty of Perquimans and partly in the
County of Pasquotank in the state
of North Carolina, adjoiningthe lands
of the estate of T. G. Skinner and
others and more particularly bound
ed and described as follows, to wit:
That certain tract of land known
as the Josiah T. White tract and
being the same lands purchased by
H. T. Greenleaf at a sale made by
M. N. Sawyer Administrator of Fran
cis Davis deceased bounded as follow
Beginning at Temple's Corner a
wlite oak at the Line of Ivy Roach's
laid in Newland Township, Pasquo
taJUt County thence a direct straight
line south 21 H degrees West about
486 chains to the Perry Turnpike
Road thence Northwardly and West
wardly binding Perry Turnpike Road
to the Northwest corner of the said
J. T. White tract: thence binding
the lines of inhabitants near theHin
ton Turnpike Road to a corner of the
Josiah Collins patent of eleven hun
dred and sixty acres now owned by
T. F Winslow: thence along said
patent line South 35, East 40 chains
to another corner of said patent:
thence along said line North 70, East
40 chains: thence along said 1'ne
North 45 East 65 chains to anotVi
corner of said patent: thence alon;;
sail line North 2 East 83 chains and
80 links: thence to the Southwest
corner of the Benjamin Jones patent
of twelve hundred and eighty acres
lying on the South side of the Hin
ton turnpike Road thence along said
Benjamin Jones patent " North 43,
East 170 chains to the corner, of said
patent thence Eastwardly by vari
ous courses binding the lands of B.
C. Jackson, Thomas Williams' heirs
and others to the beginning contain
ing seven thousand acres more or
less and the same being the lands
one half of. which was conveyed to
T. K. Parrish and one half of which
was coaveyed to George W. Roper
by two--deed3 from H. T. Greenleaf
anl wife dated respectively Oct 4 1901
Great Chiefs And Braves
Meet In Great Council
The Improved Order of Red
Hen Hold" Their lsih An
nual Session In Elizabeth
City this Week.
cinda Winslow by John L. Sawyer and Oct 4 1906 anl duly registerel in
i the oies of the registers of deeds
8' i Deed Book 11, page 126, register
Of Deeds office of Pasquotank Coun
ty N. C. 1
This 2nd day of May 1911.
, ' J. C. BROOKS,
Mortgagee .
may 512-19-26
Notice of Administration.
Having qualified as Administrator
of the late Julias C. Hollowell I here
by give notice to all persons indeb
ted to his ' estate to come forward
lands of William Hewitt and D. H.
Hewitt containing THREE HUN
DRED AND TEN ACRES more or
less. Ten per cent of the pur
chase money to be paid on the day
of the sale as evidence of good faith
This April 10th 1911.
W. IRA H1LSTEAD
Commissioner of the Court
same to present them for payment
within twelve months from the date
of this notice, or It will be pleaded
In bar of their recovery.
April 24 1911. -
J. WALTER BROTHERS
Adminstrator.
spr 28 may 5-12-19-Z JunJ
I of Perquimans County and Pasquo-
Itank County.
f TERMS of-SALE: .One third
cash on confirmation of sale, onethird
in six months therefrom and one
third In twelve months therefrom
with Interest at six per cent from
date of confirmation of sale on defer
red payments title to be retained
until purchase money with interest
are paid in full: the purchaser to
have the right to anticipate deferred
payments and pay all cash should
he so desire the said purchaser will
be required on the day of sale to de
posit 10. percent of his bid as a guar
antee of his good faith.
This May 3rd. 1911
W. M. BOND ACE. THOMPSON
f Commissioners of the Court
m 12, 19, 26, jun 2
T. S. Mann has returned from a
ousiness to trip to Morris
Dare County.
Harbor,
FOR IALE
ONE JERSEY COW
APPLY TO
T. L. OVERMAN
This week Elizabeth City has been
filled with Red Men, gathered here
from every part of the state of North
Carolina in Annual Great Council.
The visitors began to arrive last
Monday and Tuesday, every train
brought a large crowd. Wiien thi
Great Council convened Tuesday
night there was a large crowd pres
ent. The formal, opening exerciser
were held", in- the auditorium begin
ning at 8 o'clock. Attorney W. L. Co-
noon delivered the address of wel
come in behalf of the City und. altor-
rey R. W. Turner Uel'verji the nd
dress of welcome iu behalf of the
Pasquotank tribe. Honorable T. J.
Msrkham was to ha,e delivered this
address, but was prevented fron; do
in.' so on accoutr. of Illness.., Hon.
V. -V Leary, 3r., oi F, .enton, made
; lespo'Hei? to the ud-ir c-'cf " i
wuhome. Hon. L fr. J 'eiuloi -'ji, or
Newbern, made the annual address.
His subject w.vm, "Th" Itr tlwvinol
of i-ed Mer ' This was a splendid ad
Imp which de!iv;'iteit the lure au
dience. Past Great Encohne John
Cherry, c so f , nlsso made mi
nYul-ess.
During th! ej-'-'s-ep, tie
f. under t.'ie d:reril.' of ' E SUin
ei renderj'i a uin"tr of m n.-:il
selections and Past Great Sachem 1J,
v. layior, or wasnington, N. c, ren
dered a number of vocal selections.
Immediately after the conclusion of
the exercises the great chiefs held
a conference to plan for business
sessions held on Wednesday.
,lhe first business session was held
Wednesday morning beginning at 9
o'clock. During both the morning
:nl afternoon sessions, only busi
ness of a rutine nature was transact
ed. On Wednesday night the Red
Mon gave a spectacular torch
light procession through the prin
cipal streets of the city. The par
ado v-as impressing and a no
vel scene to the large crowd of peo
ple who lined the streets to witness
it The Pasquotank tribe was cos
tumed in the Red Man's garb; and
n;any of them were mounted. As
this long parade passed ihroug-i the
streets under the glare of the red
lights, one only had to imasino
being in a forest and the scenes be
came realistic.
After the parade and other exercis
es on the public square, the Red Men
ansembled in their hall and the Poca
hontas served an elaborate banquet
During the Thursday morning ses
sion among the other items of bus
iness transacted, the action on the
removal of the office of Great Chief
of Records to Raleigh was deferred
until the meeting of the next Great
Council. k
'"Shelby was selected as the place
of next meeting.
During the Wednesday afternoon
session, the following officers were
elected:
Great Sachem W. J. Leary, Sr., of
Edenton, N. C.
Great Senior Sogamore J. R. An
derson, Charlotte.
Great Jr., Sagamore Roy C. Flan
nagan, Greenville.
Great Prophet W. L. SUmey. of
High Point
Great Chief of Records W. Ben
Goodwin.
Great Keeper of Wigwam E. P.
H. Strunck, Wilmington. -
Great Representative of the - Great
Council
and W.
of the U. S. W. L. Stamey-. ' '
S. Liddell, Charlotte.
"WHO IS WHO"
Judges Render Decision
In Interesting Contest.
r
timt
We, the undersigned committee of
the WHO is WHO contest do herebv
make out reprt as follows:
First Prlie--Mlss Fannie Owens.
Second Prize Mr. R. R. Banks ami
Cecil Williams. , ' . . .
D. R. MORGAN.
W, C. SAWYER ', .
JOHN L. WELL'S
M. OWENS. 1
So ends the WHO is WHO. contest
everyDody has been trhin
about for the laefl three weeks. From
the above decision it will be seen
h. . Banks and Cecile Wil- "r
Hams tied for the second prize. The !
second and third prizes will there-'
fore be divided between them. ' '
Owing to lack of space it was Im". ,
possible to publish the full Hat of '
advertisers in this week's paper. 1
They will appear next week, how
ever.
The lists of the prize winners may v '
be seen in the window of th A
VANCE office. ! :
W r... K
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CARRIED PATIENT TO HOSPITAL . jJ.
V
Dr. C. A Sllltnn r...
... ..,t u, ouiiun, IN. I '
passed through the city Tuesday en -
route to Norfolk to take Mr. Bunyan
Midgette to St. Vincent's Hosnltnl
Mr. Midgette is suffering from an
tack of nppendicitus. Mr. Sutton 1 '
very prominent physician of the
coast
country, whose medical skill
is becming more
day. He
recognized every
cures his patients him-
self if he can; and when he fails he
takes them to the hospitals. Th
people of the Buxton community are
fortunate in having soorp
fortunate in havng so progressive a
physician. ,
Kev. W. o. Sawyer of Camden
county was in the citv Tudav
Misses Mattie Daniels and Rnnt
Griffin passed through the city Tuee-
aay en route to their home in Man-
ieo rrom Greensboro, where
uave Been sstudents In
boro Female
Mr. and Mrs, John Meads
-cm uere mis m1
Mr. Will Harrison left Tuesday toj
New York en route to Colon. Panama
where Mr. Harrison holds a poy
tlon In canal construction, Hrs. Har
i lson, who was Miss Annie Cross of
Zebulon, N. C. untU last Thursday
accompanied her husband.
Rev. E. F. Sawyer has been ap
pointed district supervisor of the en
campment Branch of Odd Fellows
for the first District
i
they
the Greens-
of
SENT TO REFORMATORY.
Sheriff Reed went to Concord Tum-
day nlghf to take a white bov
named "Bum" Ballance to the refo
matory from this artlnn J