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t i- imni i nurii imnnnn'..-J.':n i Min n nnn m . A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTrf CAROLINA, fRID AY, SEPTEMBER, 1 1911 NO. 16 VOL I rag w w mm mm ' lJ UUI I UU I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 I.UJ I ' U L-IIJU wi 1 ft- W ' r ft r 5 flIEK INTEREST Villi POPULARITY CDHTEST Contestants Working Hard to Secure The Valuable Awarded Tmn wAka more and the Ad-O ranee's Popularity Voting Contest will be history. The excitement and interest la now growing keener every day and a friendly "rivalry haa sprung up among the ladles, which bids fair to make this contest memorable affair. The contestants, realizing that the contest is fast drawing to a close, are making every effort to secure a good lead in the race, and we con eratulate them upon the excellent! showing made to date. It is not every day that an oppor tunity i:ke this presents Itself to the voids ladies of this city and in ap preciate n of this fact, they are help lng us lo build up the circulation of the Advhiice and at the same time qualifying fcr a place amoig the one cessful contestants who will pa.-tlci pate in the distribution of the prizes The Sen-'trle Orchestral Grand PI- . a'-o valued f $450.00 will be Rwarfl. ed to the contestant who secures the greatest number of votes and the valuable three piece euite of ( furnt; ture will be awarded to the contest ant who secures the next! greatest number of votes. Don't be afraid to !i.eyt,jflLitwpJpP'lr. t,m! to this work get out into the highway and ' byways make a house to house can Taas the subscriptions will entitle ' you to votes and without these you cannot win a prize. Come into tne ; office every day and alk this mattel over with us. We can help you to handle your campaign, your campaign. ' On mother page you -win note a special additional feature covering ad vertising which also enltles yon to votes. " " We submit in relative position ac ' cording to their votes, the names of those contestants who have manifest ed Interest In the contest and are securing subscriptions: , Miss Jennie Rhodes, , Miss Mary Wynn, Miss Beulah Gallop, Mrs. C. n. Parker, Miss Lydia Cartwright, Miss Beatrice Armstrong, Mrs. W. P. Knowles Miss Leona Lewis. BEAUTIFUL YACHT LAUNCHED FRIDAY One of the most beautiful yachts evfer built in this city was launched last Friday from Hayman's boat house on ' Riverside Avenue. Mrs. Alice Owens participated in the inching and christened the boat V-rt'ilbelmina." Besides being the most beautiful she is one of the fastest crufts in these waters. " The yscht was built by Mr. Kay sm cr Mr. W. J Kreanuy of the Pare Lumber Company of this. cUy, 3V Is rorty.five feet long ana nve fae tri seven inches wide has a 6 horse-power engine and will de velope a speed of 15 to 18 miles per hour. Fall term" of Currituck county Su perior court will convene next Mon day st .Currituck courthouse. Superintendent Sheep has announ ced that the fall term of the Eliza beth City graded schools will begin on September, 18th. A large attend ance of pupils is expected at the op 5.3. Kramer spent last night in Norfolk visiting his wife who is re covering, from an operation for an 'tack of. appendicitis. HOW BEING Premiums to be Sept 16th. MEANEST CRIME EVER COMMITTED Some Miserable miscreants, with nothing better to do, and with devlish disposition to do something down right mean, went out to , the graded school building Wednesday and amused themselves with knock ing out the beautiful and costly col ored glass windows. They broke a dozen or more. The guitly parties may not be known and may never be known, but they may be assured that Prof. Sheep will do all In his power to have them apprehended and punished. ' They may escape punishment for this " particular offense, but . boys mean enough to do .this have futures of crime before them, which will in evitably result In their apprehensiion and punishment. Boys. mean enough to deliberately knock costly class out of a public school building are mean .enough to commit, any crime in the catalogue: v and" they will,' if given time enough, ' MRS. LEROY DIED DAY LAST TUES- Mrs. Margaret LeRoy died at her home in Columbia last Tuesday morn ing after a brief illness. The funeral sevrices were con ducted over her remains Wednesday afternoon over her remains and the afternoon and the interment ok place In the ceiietjrj near Columoia. Mrs.' LeRoy was sixty-two years old. She Is survived by two sons, Messrs J.. H. LeRoy and J. M. Le Roy of th's citv. ind by two da .ut ters who resided with her. She was a most estimable woman, was well known In Tyrrell county and was held in the .highest esteem. Prof. W, M, HINTON UNDERGOES OPERATION ' His many friends will regret to learn that his health is such that Prof. W. M. Hinton has been forced to go to St. Vincent's hospital to un- go an operation. The operation was performed yes terday morning. Dr. O. McMullan at tended Prof. Hinton, and was pres ent when the operation was per formed. TOOK LITTLE DIVE: TO DIVE NO MORE "I am going to take a little dive," said John Warrens last Sunday after noon, to his companions, and with that statement he jumped overboard. This was the last of Warrens for he never rose to the surface, but drowned instantly. Warrens was a negro booze artist and stayed pretty full nearly all of the time. Very likely he was drink ing last Sunday when he jumped over board Into the river between the Park and the old Cropsey place. Par ties of negroes searched for the body ail Sunday afternoon and pretty near all day Monday. The body was re covered late in the afternoon. ELLIOT-BRIGHT Robert Lee Bright and Miss Katis Elliot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Elliot, both residents of this city, secured a marriage license Wed n eg day kill were united in marriage by Register of Deeds J. W. Munden. FOUND GAME III ABUIIDH MAPLE GENTLEMEN . KILLED 4 BEARS, A RATTLE SNAKE AND RABBIT ON A MORNING'S HUNT OVER N CURRITUCK A correspondent at Maple, Curri tuck county, sends us an account of a remarkable bear hunt In that sec tlon that took place several days ago. A gentleman was sitting on his porch at ten o'clock in the morning, when he heard one his pigs squeaL He seized his gun and went out to investigate the squealing. He was Joined by a friend, who had also been attracted by tne squealing pig. This friend had a bull dog. They had not gone far when the bull dog came running to wards them with a big bear after him. One of the gentleman shot ana wounded the bear, which was a fe male and very ferocious. The dag engaged In a fight with the wounded bear, and was being "worsted." un til one of the men shot her again. After the bear was dead and while they were looking her over, one of them looked up a tree and saw three more bears up the tree. They shot and killed two of the bears. Then their shot gave out and onu of the gentlemen stayed to keep the bear up the tree, whila tfrhhseu ol bear up the trea wo He the. -)tir went hce to get fome mo.e shot. As soon as the bear saw that' he had only one man to deal with he began fight He was promptly knocked in the headl, the breech of the 'gun be ing used for a club. . So the last of the four bears was dispatched. Then the gentlemen heard a pecul iar noise, and looking around he spied a big rattle snake. The snake was killed too. and leaving the woods he also killed a rabbit. Rounding up his game, he had four bears, a rattle snake and a rabbit, Is the result of his morning's hunt. M. LEIGH SHEEP BUYS FALL AND WINTER GOODS Mr. M. Leigh Sheep has returned from a trip to New York, where he has spent some time buying his win ter and fall stock of womens wear goods. Mr. Sheep is an expert in selecting the goods that will suit the ladies, and on this trip he has done his level best 1 Such an array of woman's wearing apparel as he will exhibit this fall and winter has not been seen here In a long time. DELEGATES TO WATER WAY CONVENTION The following members of the Chamber of Commerce have been ap pointed delegates to the meeting of the Inland Waterway Convention, which will be held In Richmond on October 17-20: E. F. Lamb, Dr. J. H. White. D. . Jones, J. P. Overman, C. H. Robinson, J. B. Flora, C. E. Kramer Dr. S. L-. Blades, W. J. Woodley, Dr L. Pendleton, J. Q. A. Wood, I. Meeklns, J. H. LeRoy Dr. O. McMullan. E. F. Aydlett Wesley Foreman and C. Wr Melick. SPECIAL SERVICES , AT BLACKWELL SUNDAY Rev. I. N. Loftin will conduct a pec eta I services in Blackwell Memo rial charch next Sunday both morn ing and night The morning will be devoted to a special "Labor Day service. This will be aa important service and the charch gcicg pub lie is cordially invited to attend. There wfll be a special musical program. ' BO LAWYER i; IS PASSED AW m AWYER, ONE OF THE OLD- MEMBERS OF ELIZABETH CI BAR SUCCUMBS TO BRIEF ATTACK OF ILLNEES. Thi community was greatly shock ed JalLjFriday morning when it was toarnw that J. Heywooa sawyer uu passel away at his home at 6 o'clock a. m Tnei funeral services were conduct ed ovr the remains Saturday arier- noon t Tour o ciock, irom iu ouuw bv RV. J. B. Ferebee, and the Inter ment Stook place in the family bury ing ground. The pall bearers, were compsed or the members ot tne local bar. MrJSawyer was fifty- four years old. le is survived by an aged fath er, p. Jeremiah Sawyer, 77 years old, oy a stepmother, three sis ters i nd two brothers, Miss Narcis sa Si wyer, Mrs, L. E. Ziegler, of Edenl n; Mrs. Roy B. Wright, of Ox ford; Ernest L. Sawyer Judge of the count cotrt, and L!.'?d a youth about ten years old. Mi !"jqt. -jt woo nri. of the. mo?f proml lent lawyers of Eastern North Carols na. He was admitttd to the bar n ore than thirty years ago, and since that time he has practiced law in Eli Jabeth City. He was an, excel lent iwyer, learned In law and had a larj a patronage. He was very popu lar wl b the members of the bar, and was' eld In the ! highest esteem by alU a Aait , a. lakes JUXS&SXJlL I"", mate friends among whom he Will be greatly missed. 1 1 , At a meeting of the-Chamber of Commerce held Friday night, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, the city has lost today a prominent and enfluential citizen in the death of J. Hey wood Sawyer. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of this association be requested to attend bis funeral In a body. Be It further resolved that, our en- Hnnmnmt of hia rreat services to the city during' an active public ca reer of thirty years, be made a part ef our records as a memorial and a just tribute to his character as a praise-worthy citizen. I NIPPED BURGLARY IN THE BUD. Sheriff Reid made a good haul Wednesday night; and, no doubt nipped in the bud our regular epi demic of burglary, when he arretsed John Cabarrus and Weldon Sutton upon the charge of robbing Sharber & White's hardwre store last Sunday night and stealing a lot of pistols. Wednesday i.iorning Juige Sawyer had before him three negro boys upon this charge. One of them, Lonnie Hampton was held for the grand Jury After he had been remanded to Jail, he got to thinking to himself that it was just as well that his accom plices should euoer too, so be Inform ed on them? Sutton and Cabarrus, both old of fenders are now in Jail awaiting the meeting of the next grand jury. Sutton) is one of the mots noto rious criminals that ever infested thi section, and be can't keep out of trouble any more than he can keep from eating. He has spent a good part of his time In the chain gang and has been out of it on good be havior for some time. Rev. anl Mrs. F. D. Veighe and lit tle child spent several days here Uls week visiting Mrs. Velhe's parents. en route from Virginia Beach to their home in Mebane. Mr. W. E. Sheeley of Baltimore, member ef the firm of Rucker tc SneeleyCa, has been sere this week assisting In perfecting the plans for the opening1 of the-new company. PON COUPLE WED III DECEMBER THE ENGAGEMENT OF MISS IT- TIE BRIGG3 AYDLETT TO MR. MINOR OF DURHAM ANNOUNC EO AT LUNCHEON. On Saturday, August 26th., at a six course luncheon, Miss Evelyn Ay dlett announced the engagement of her sister, Miss Etta Brlggs Aydlett to Mr. W. T. Minor of Durham, N C. The wedding will be celebrated in December. The color scheme of the luncheon being pink, the effect was carried out with pink tulle, pink La France, roses and pink carnations. During the luncheon a telegram was read announcing that the roses held a se cret. Upon this each guest pulling open their streamer of roses, found hidden there, the ennouncement on a cord of most unique design. The guest attending were: Misses Mary McMullan, C. C. Capehart, Ev elyn Etheridge, Hattie Harney, Loula Briggs, Pauline Sheep, Mrs. C. P. Brown, Mrs. S. S. Lamb, Mrs. S. H. Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Worth, Mrs. P. Greenleaf, MJsses Ettle Brlggs Aydlett and Evolyn Aydlett W. G. : Godfrey has returned from a trip to Washington, p. C. and Bal timore. . . -., Fiiij.i.iiur.Ktruiii -up iut1"""""" TREASURER OF PASOUOIAHK CD ..A report of the receipts and expenditures of the funds of the Pasquo tank county public schools for the RECEIPTS AND SOURCES. 1. Balance June 30, brougnt forward 1910, t 23 V 11. Couifty Funds for Year General state and county poll tax 3287.05 General property tax (20) .. 8366.11 Fine, forfeitures and penal ties 1496.77 From sale of school property 79 Rents 2.00 Chowan County 28.00 Total County funds for year (Do not Include balance.) 13215.68 4. Funds from 8tate: From $125,000 appropriations 894.19 For libraries IS. 00 Total funds from State 909.19 S. Private donations: For libraries 20.00 For Increasing School term 274.12 Total from private dona tions 294.12 Total funds from all sources 14442.10 Postage, Printing, etc f 1S.7S Institute 159.25 Livery : .00 Reg. Deeds 1.50 GOOD HE AT MR. PEELE TELLS OF A PLEAS ANT DAY AMONG THE HOSPIT ABLE ANO KINDLY PEOPLE OP THIS COMMUNITY. There was a most enjoyable pic nic atShlloh Wharf on Thorsday ot this week, given for the members ot the Baptist and Methodist Sunday school at Shlloh. An exhilarating breeze was whip ping up the whltecaps on the river, and the crowd that had assembled by eleven o'clock could afford to forget that It had ever been hot. Shortly after twelve o'clock dinner was served and a sumptuous and prodigal repast it was. Everybody en joyed the dinner to the full, using the word in a very literal sense. Before the crowd could recover from the dinner Ice-cream was serv ed. But Bomehow everybody seemed equal to the emergency. The re porter s"!w ncbody refuse hia share. By this time everybody felt like resting awhile, and an address by Mr. Peele gave the ' desired oppor tunity. About the time that this was beginning . to grow tiresome a merciful shower scattered the au dience and broke the monotony. The shower did not last long enough to i prevent a ball game and other amuse ments in the afternoon. Mr. Peele will speak of the plcnlo in more personal vein in the edito rial columns next week. ! - ' . i ' fliseal year ending June SO, 1111. - f. . EXPENDITURES 1. Spent for Teaching and 8upervls- ..ion: ..(Include no 'Items for Public High Schools.) County Superintendent .... 333.38 White teachers '.3786.00 Colored Teachers 1691.77 Total Spent for teachers and superintendent 5811.12 2. Spent ior building and Sup plies: Include no items for public high schools.) Fuel and janitors 339.86 Furniture desks, shoves, Blackboards, etc 151.01 SuppJies Broom's, Buckets, etc 30.20 Libraries ., 60.00 Insurance and rent 308.45 Installment on Loan fund . . 367.00 New building, repairs and sites (White) 17.04 New buildiigs, repairs anl , sites (colored) 832.65 Total spent for buildings supplies 2106.21 8pent for Administration: (Include no Items for public high schools) Treasurer, 2 per cent oa dis- bursements 282.63 Mileage and per diem of County Board 75.60 Census and Committeemen. 51.98 Other Expenses .....7. 7.... 186.50 Total spent for adminis tration 596.71 5. Paid to City Schools 5900 00 Total Expenditures for all Purposes ..... ...... .14414.04 To Balance en hand 28 09 . .Total 14442 10 A SHILDH Total 13S.60 Total tax on each Poll ....$ 2.45 Amt devoted of each poll to schools .'. 1.50 J. P. THOMPSON, Treasurer.