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THE BEST ADVERTIS
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BETH CITY.
A NEW PAPER WITH
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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, F1UDAY, SEPTEMBER, 15 1911
NO. 18
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VOLI
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TO
GOING
AV
E GAS
NOT THE HOT AIR KIND, EITH
. .. i
ER, AS HERETOFORE, BUT GEN
UINE ARTICLE THE KIND
.'THAT BURNS.
Elizabeth City is going to have
sjas. 'This time It will be real stuff
that can be used for Illuminating pur
poses. Elizabeth City has already
had enough "gas" about gas of the
; noa-illuminatlng kind, but It all es
caped in the air. -
At a " meeting 'r Monday "right,"" the
board of Aldermen discussal the
proposition (o erant a gai frauc'.i'se
to some company to establish a gas
plant. '
The matter was discussed thorough
ry and, as usual when there is
proposition before our city fathers,
to considerable length. When the
meeting adjourned the conclusion
seem to be reached that a gaa plant
Is a matter of necessity for Elizabeth
City and the second Monday night
In October bad been appointed as the
time for talcing up and considering
applications for a franchise.
The question of price is of first
. Importance and Is causing no little
discussion. At one time, company
offered to establish a plant here and
ruraisk.,, gas for $1.10 per thousand.
This opportunity waa . permitted to
go by, and Just whether such favors.-
We prices, can he secured again re-
. mains to be seen,- .' ' " !'
The establishing of gat plant
during the past.' five - or; si
years, tot somehow. It always fell
through, and the 'people did not get
the gas. Prominent business men
say that gaa Is going to be reality
this time without a doubt; that the
present board of aldermen are in
the proper frame to grant a franchise
that will Insure gaa at an early date.
If this board grants a franchise it's
safe to bet that it will mean that the
company must make good or pay the
forfeit.
GOT JUDGEMENT FOR $17,000
One of the most' important cases
tried in Currituck court last week,
was Tauralt against the Carolina
Land & Lumber Company, in which
Tauralt was suing to collect notes
held against the Land and Lumber
Company. The Land and Lumber
Company set up a counter claim al
leging that Tauralt had failed to de
fend ttif title to a large tract of tim
ber land in Currituck county. ,
Tauralt hail sold to the Carolina
Land and Lumber Company a large
tract of land specifying the number
of siorea. After the sale was made
several gentlemen in Currituck es
tabTisHeJ titles to parts of the tract.
Tne Land and Lumber Company se
cured Judgement against Tauralt in
the sura of $17,000. Attorney Pru
den of Edenton, represented Tauralt,
an. attorneys Aydlett and Ehrlnghaus
represented the Land and Lumber
Company.
DOGWATCH" ;
ON THE BEACH
VETERANS OF THE NAVY OF
BOTH NORTH lAND SOUTH
,
PLANNING FOR GOOD TIME
NEXT MONTH.
BOOKS
The naval veterans of the U. S
and of the confederate navies are ar
ranging to have next month, some
afternoon what to the soldiers
would be a campflre, but fer sailors
Is a dogwatch (something like a
smoker). As beans and pork are
"de rigeur at a campflre so " no
Dogwatch would , be complete with
out "lobscouse and bonder-punk as
well as plum duff:" between the
coarses the main brace would be
spliced in due and ancient form.
, The banquet mom of cbe Mason's
hall at Virgin.! Beach has been
kindly placed at the naval vets dis
tosition and it Is expected that abou;
fifty men who did their duty on the
Merrimac, the Minnesota, the Shen
andoah, the Wabash, the Albemarle,
the Lancaster, the York town, James
town, etc etc.,. will be present
it is well understood that each
participant is pledged to spin a yarn.
sing song, whistle a tune, or dance
a hornpipe.
The committee in charge is: A. J,
Dalon; 29 Williams Street, and A. L.
Lowe, 103 Plume street Norfolk to
whom , all Interested can apply far
further particulars. .
PAID TAXES FIRST.
The tax books for the year 1811 are
aowy in tne nattd of , the sheriff and
his deputy; and these gentlemen are
now ready for your taxes.
The first man to come up and set
tle his taxes for this year was Plume
Glbbs, a colored man. Gibbs wanted
to go away and did not wanted to be
troubled aout his taxes any more, so
he walked Into Sheriff Reld's office
Monday and paid them up in full, ob
taining the first tax receipt torn out
of the books. Gibb's example is
worthy of emulation, even by the
white taxpayers; and. If others would
do likewise Sheriff Reid would be
greatly relieved.
D. OF C. TO MEET
The D. H. Hill Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet next Tuesday, Sept. 19th, at
the home of Mrs. C. W. Hollowell.
Bayside. The members are request
ed to be present
LOOK FOR
ITS SCHOOL TIE
THE ELIZABETH CITY GRADED
SCHOOLS BEGIN . THE FALL
TERM NEXT MONDAY LARGE
ATTENDANCE EXPECTED.
It's school time and there Is a
mighty ransacking In closets and out-
of-the-way places for books and book
bags hurriedly cast aside on the last
day of school In the. spring. Man
a dust covered reader and speller Is
being sought high and low, that the
members of the school brigade may
be in readiness to fall in line next
Monday morning.' 1 ,
The Elisabeth City graded school
will open its doors and begin its fall
session next Monday morning. This
means nearly a thousand boys and
girls representing, every class con
dition, and ambition from the dainty
girl In pretty frock to the "one gal
lu8" urchin' of the f reck led face va
riety, will fall In line for the march
to the school buildings, where their
year's labors begin.
The faculty is arriving and the
teachers will all be here by Saturday
when a conference will be held In
the Superintendent's office to plan for
the opening. Superintendent. Sheep
returned several days ago, and has
been busy preparing for the vent!
and when Monday arrive with Us,
great crowd of school children be an
tioipetes little trouble In starting of
the machinery of the schools. There
have been several ehacjres' made la
' faciySeTrollat4rea'
teachers hav retired and new ones
hare been selected to All, their places,
bat the high standard of the faculty
has been maintained - and even
strengthened.
superintendent Sheep expects a
large enrollment during the coming
term, and he 'requests that all at
tend from 'the first day of the term
so all pupils may enter the work of the
class rooms at one time. He be-
sires prompt attendance for he has
o patience with tardlbflss. It's the
plan of Prof, Sheep and all the
teachers to make this the best term
and he desires the hearty cooperation
of the parents to help him to accom
plish this. . -
A SUICIDE ON
CIllCH GROUNDS
CARNEGIE-LOWERY
George A. Carnegie and Miss Mai
mie Loweryr both residents of Nor
fork, secured a marriage license here
and. were united In marriage last
Friday afternoon. Justice of the
Peace J. Wr Munden performed the
ceremony.
SOW SEED IN THE FALL
IMPORTANT, NOTICE TO CON-
TESTANTS.
.
Today and tomorrow should be
the big days In the Advance's
Popularity Contest
Contestant should remember
that during thla time they wlU
credited with votes fer subscrip-
tton, Job work, or advertising
brought to this office.
. Some votes have come in but
tho relative standing of the eon-
.t-itsrta Is the same as last week.
e-TH contest is scheduled to
at six o'clock Saturday.
will be notified If there is
any change in our plans. -
"Wood's Crop Special" for Septem
ber, says: "It is always advisable, in
our opinion, for farmers to put in
as much of their land as they can in
the fall. We nearly always get sea
sonable growing weather during the
fall and the early spring, and crops
sown in the fall not only furnish a
cover crop for the soil, but are grow
ing and thriving at seasons which in
recent years have proved most ad
vantageous in our southern soils and
climate. We would therefore urge
our farmers to sow all the land pos
sible in suitable crops this fall, so as
for short feed crops another year.
"Wood's Crop Special" Is issued
monthly and gives timely and season
a be information about seeds that can
be planted to advantage and profit
each month throughout the year.
Write for sample copy to T. W.
Wood lc Sons. Seedsmen, Richmond
Va.
SAMUEL ALEXANDER
HAS PAS8ED AWAY
Mr. Samuel Alexander, one of the
oldest and most highly respected cit
izens of North Eastern North Caro
lina, died at the home of his son, Ed
mund Alexander, near Chase City, Va.
Last Friday morning. The funerar and
interment took place at that place.
Mr. Alexander was more than
eighty years old. He was a very
prominent citizen and was well
known In Elizabeth City, where he
resided for many years. He held
during his- long life a number of po
sition of trust and honor. The last,
public position that he Held vas
clerk of the Federal court of the
Eastern District. He resigned t!iat
position on account of old age.
In his old age he was a very inter
esting old gentleman. His mind was
remarkably clear and active, and he
had a vast fund of Information in re
gard to olden times and eld people.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
, A5WOMAN AT COLORED BAP-
f 1ST CHURCH ON ROANOKE IS-
I -11,
A sutclle and attempted murder oc
curred fef the colored Baptist church
on Koapoxe isiana last Hunaay nigm.
Afterrthe services had been con
cluded hy& the congregation was in
the , feat of leaving the
church grounds, several pistol
shots ri t out In the darkness of the
night, ' The congregation of colored
people Mis seized with a panic' and
confusloni reigned supreme. Upon In
vestigation it was discovered that
Fox Bowser, a colored man of good
reputation hitherto had shot a color
ed woman named Merclda Thomas.
He &r4 two shots into Iyer body,
one In tie bead and the other into
the neakl He then fired a bullet
through! his head.. Bowser died dur-
in in sugni. ine woman rained
from the? effects of the shooting and
has bee, taken to a hospital In Nor
Jealously Is assigned as the cause.
When th0 Thomas woman .was leav
Ing .the church Bowser asked ber to
let bint: speak to her..' She refused
saying IrWt she did not. want to hear
anything he said. The. shooting to!
lowed Jthese words.
DRAINAGE
mi
VEHTIOH 10 MEET
PROMINENT EXPERTS COMING
HERE TO DISCUSS THE DRAIN
AGE PROBLEM IMPORTANT
MEETING.
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OODVILLE (TEMS.
peoK Meeting at tyeedVilte
V Woedvllle, N. C. tept 11.
A great meeting closed at 'Wood-
ville September 8th. Rev. C. A. -Jenkins,
pastor of the Memorial church
of Norfolk did the preaching for Rev.
A. A. Butler, the pastor of Wood ville
church. 1 Brother Jenkins preached
eight of the best sermons we ever
heard. . .He came to us a stranger
but we all learned to love -him at
once.. May God bless him and his
work wherever be may go. May God
bless every effort that was made to
bring the - lost to Christ, and may
those that have not surrendered to
Him have time and opportunity and
do so. There were ten additions to
the church. Seven by baptism and
three restored.
We did not see the editor of the
Advance at the meeting. We would
have been glad to have had him
with us..
Mr. B. F. Humphries, who has been
down with an attack of paralysis
since ast December is no better. He
is with his brother, Mr. J. I?. Humph
r!rn (it Woodville. -
Much Interest is being taken In
the Drainage Convention, which will
meet in this city some time this
fall. The plans are being perfected
for the meeting and a very interest
ing program is being .prepared. Some
of the best experts on the drainage1
problem will come , here , to address
the convention, and a number of
prominent cltlxens will participate in
the proceedings, while a great num
ber of people -throughout this . sec
tion will come here to attend it. The
date has not yet been announced.
This convention will be the most
Important meeting to be held here
this year. It will deal with a sub
ject, which Interests the people of
North Eastern North Carolina. Much
interest has already been awakened
In drainage and the work of drain
ing the low lands has already been
commenced and In several sections, it
has ' reached considerable 'develop
ment. . In the Moyock section, the
Dismal swamp Is being converted into
a wilderness of corn, Instead of ,ra
wilderness of briars and bramhlei
The purpose of this drainage con
vention is to Increase this ln'ereat
and to educate the peopli to the
necessity of drainage, for Iralnaet is
the salvation of Eastern North Cere
Una i ';viti bog ;Bifctfr
ironJerful fertility v , CUttM
'. A specir inviUUo wig 1 be ex
tended to the people of Eastern North
Carolina . to come to the Drainage
Convention.
in
SECOND DEGREE
NEGRESS WHO OWNS CONSID-
ERABLE
PROPERTY
SERVE LONG
TENTIARY.
TERM IN
MUST
PENf
"Aunt Mary Wilson has done got
convicted." This is the comment of
the Camden darkies, some sadly and
some otherwise, for aunt Mary had
enemies as well as friends, who re
joice in her down fall. ...
Mary Wilson is the conjure woman
famed throughout all Camden and
Currituck counties that was tried1
this week before his honor Judge
Cline in Camden Superior Court, and
it juBt about took the whole week .
too to convict her of murder in the
second degree. She has been sen
tenced to three years ia the peni
tentiary. She is the. woman who beat to
death of an old colored man named
Jim Morrisette in Camden county
several months ago. She and Mor
risette had a falling out about some
rabbit gums, which Morrlsette's boys
had been pilfering. This caused
man's hip. From these injuries be
died.
Mary has been a famous character.
She bas lived for many years la a '
flae bone, ' and has been greatly .
feared by all the superstitious U
Camden county. But she bas worksf
ber undoing and sow ' she Is shen t
of" the ; peirer. . ... ' ,4
Mary-to coneerre : v strong dislike
fc5,Werrlsetie.j 'tM'' ty af'
ternooo, " ! Lid bias .;; sVUr -;
cudgel and jumping up la bis' cart,
she gar tin ' good' ' resouadlag '
whack over be bead. Tbe lick of
course glanced and broke th old'
LOVERS HAD TO WAIT.
FINED TWENTY DOLLARS.
Uufus Gorman, colored, was up
before Judge Sawyer Wednesday,
upon the charge of forcible trespass
and assault on a negro woman
named Mary Davis. Judge Sawyer
first sentenced ' Gorman to two
mcr.ths on the roads, but changed
the sentence to a fine of twenty dol
jlnrs and cost, because the negro
(.nulil nroVA a ennri rhnrAptAr.
WILL PATENT DITCH
ING MACHINE.
Mr. C. Nixon Morgan of the New
land section, has just been notified
by the patent authorities that his
ditching machine heads anything that
was ever sent to the patent office.
Mr. Morgan has been working on
this machine which will prove one
of the greatest inventions of agri
cultural implements of the country.
This machine will he capable of do
ing an enormous amount of work,
and will do it too in a very perfect
manner.. As soon as the patent is
secured Mr. Morgan will likely put
his machine on the market. ,
GRADED 8CHOOL TEACHERS TO
HOLD CONFERENCE
The teachers constituting the fac
ulty of the Elisabeth Cil7 Graded
:. J will d a conference with
FuD-r.'siec n Sheep In ij office in
the iilh f-Icoi building next Ratur
!v morning at ten c'c'.'.v. rte
purpose tf this conference Is to
plan for the opening which will take
place next Monday SepL 18th .
PETTREY-HUBBARD
Clarence McGuffle Pettrey of Kim
ball. West Virginia, and Miss Beulah
Virginia Hubbard of Lynchburg, se
cured a marnlage license Tuesday
and were united In marriage by Rev.
J. D. Bundy. ,
Failing to get the written permis
sion of mother, to wed, caused a
great deal of inconvenience to a
youthful ML Herman couple Wed
nesday afternoon, and delayed the
edding until a young brother
could return home to secure the pro
per credentials authorizing register
of deeds, J. W. Munden to Issue
the license.
Mr. Paul Jones, a promising young
farmer took his fiancee,
Miss Bessie Harris, daugh
ter of Mrs. Clinton Harris
of Mt. Herman township; accompan
ied by her younger brother and a
girl friend, and came to town to wed.
When the question of the Young la-
die's age arose, it was given under
18 years. This caused a hitch and
Mr. Munden could go no further, un
til the . consent of tho young ladle's
mother could b secured. This ne
cessitated a trip to the home of the
brido'g mother about three miles In
the country.
- The written consent- was secured
and Mr. Munden hastily performed
the ceremony that made them man
and wife, making . the third couple
that he had married on Wednesday.
Mr. Munden considers three wed
dings in one day a good day's business.
iiaac's si;o;7
DIED WHILE 8ITTING ON PORCH
Sam Sawyer, Sr., an aged citizen
of Elizabeth City died very suddenly
last Sunday morning, while sitting
on the porch at his home in Williams
street The interment took place
Monday afternoon in Hollywood cem
etery.
Mr. Sawyer was about seventy-five
years old. He had been afflicted with
asthma for a number of years and re
cently has had several attacks.
He was as well as usual just be
fore he died and the end came quite
unexpectedly.
Mr. John Kessinger of Washington,
N. C.,-wa here this week on busi
ness. '
The Warren County Times, Mc
Mlnnvllle. Tenn., has this to say' of
Haag's Show which la expected la
Elizabeth City on Sept 26th.
Hagg's Mighty Show gave two ex
cellent exhibitions to good sized au
' idlences last Monday. Tbe show
doesnot claim to be one of the big'
gest on tie road, yet the porftiv-
trances was one of tbe best sees here
In Tears. Many of the acts alone
wtere more than worth th price of
admission and would have been a
credit to the largest aggregations.
Mr. Ernest' Hagg, owner and mana
ger, is a gentlman of the highest
type, and made lasting friends of all
who met him. Unlike most of the
traveling aggregations, Haag's tShoW
is free from graft and gambling ad
vices, there being a standing forfeit
of a largt amount for any person -or
persdns who have ever been defraud
ed out of a penn around his tents..
His show had never visited McMinn- '
ville before, and yet all who attend-
ed the exhibition went' away friends
of the aggregation and feeling that
they had never before been treated
nicer, or seen a cleaner, or fore mor
al show. The announcement of a
return engagement to McMinnvllle
next spring will be hailed with delight
SUNDAY SUBJECTS
Rev. I. N. Loftin will occupy bis
pulpit at Blackweli Memorial church
next Sunday nt both the morning
and evening services.
The subject for the mornleg ser
mon will be, "The Use of Power."
The subject for the evening sermon:
"The Powerless Christian."
RAPIDLY MATURING
Reports from the various section of
this district state that the cotton
crop is rapidly maturing. The cot
ton is opening and In many instances
the cotton fields are white. Every in
dication points to aa early aetean.
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