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uyra mi mem THE, BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. - A NEW PAf-ER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION VOL I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, lUDAY, SEPTEMBER, 29 1911 NO. 20 . ' Mm" .' '" J v -. i .V ACT DAGGER IS UHEART a, -ANOTHER INTERESTING RELIC DISCOVERED At NAGS HEAD THROWING LIGHT, PERHAPS, OH THE HISTORY OF THE LOST COLONY. ' The most interesting tell 3tfet we I have bad i onr.hand la many a day; and. perhaps, the wost vaioible ycUe to the state .of North Carolina, is how in the hands, of Dr. J. D. Hath . wfjrof. this city. It Is a relic Jry-m the" ruiiia . of . the . Indian - village . on Nags Head.' - V" 'r It's a dagger or ahort aword, which resemble an old English dagger of the period of Edward IV, known aa san anlace. If it eould be reproduced, there is not a particle of doubt that It would be antexact reproduction of this ancient weanon. - Though rust eaten and . caked in rust with a part of the-edge broke0 away, it now re sembles a picture of this implement -more than anything else we hare HE ..' Aeeen. ' - ; - ' , ; As before mentioned, this curioua . ; dagger, which was, evidently, a very ' . unwleldly lnstrument-rbut a very ef '. fectlve one, if If ever landed on the "I cranium of an enemy, was recently .'' taken from the sands of Nags Head, ' -but 'ot the ruins or this ancient set- Ttlemenjt. This village and 4he forest N ', 'tor miles around, in thelong ago, when the': print of , the . white man's . trot -.was,' aUoni iajrffl'oA-a faynn a prey to a mighty conflagration, -which Wept every thing 'before it. ; Great rnasees of charred and barned -wood can be found everywhere ; long " buried, in the sands, needing but to be unearthed to reveal a secret long lost. ' . ( , -To fight the enemy that fired the ; settlement, 'he inhabitants gathered here- to fight to the death and here can be found numerous relics that tell the history of these people and ' of their ' ime better than the casual observer suspects. Indian pottery, tomaha?,l skinning knives, arrcw .lieads a?;d sue things fas'. 'o:. 4 In crudely by Indian hands have J7 lain for hundreds of years, mingled in 5 confusion with instruments of the white, man's tra.le. The moBt interesting of all of them ; Is this dasser. i, Where did 1c come from and how came it there?, is the question upper - .' -most in the mind of the serious mind ed spectators as he turns it over and carefully studies it. This" is the l-''A white man's implement of war of the . ; vj long ago, suddenly brought to man's i gaze in the 20th" century mingled . with the tools of the red man who . quit the country long ago. How ig it that this rello of the white man's make, suggestive -of the ancient .English lay Juried In this lonely spot? . """ Here Is a possible answer. It was the English that lived .with the In dian at Nags Head; and it was the English' that died with the red man, " or fled with him from the burning village by the .sea when all was lose . . When you behold these relics and . learn the history of their finding, in tuitively, you conclude that the .white man at whose side hung this dagger was no other than a member of White's ill-fated colony, the first o come to North Carolina: and disappearance has all these years named rne search or tne ni;o rlan, land the archaeologist; and as you rad 'j'er ihe names of the'm'i.n berg. the colony, you can almost inUftlmiy imagine the name of the owner c; s curious reltc. Ti way has given much time to the ezr loraffon of these ruins and alned' possession of many rel',k ' at is a safe bet one will. w-i't; tne t few year?, refute his- to . Croatan and will p'ove thit ih lost colony, Virginia CANAL QUESTION 10 BE SETTLED A LARGE XTTENOANCE DESIRED AT HEARING TO BE HELD IN THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN THE POST OFFICE WILD I NO ON OCTOBER 10TH. Mr. Lyons of the District Board of Engineers of . Norfolk has notified Secretary Lamb 5f the - Chamber "tof Commerce that - the National Board ot Engineer .of Washington,- D. C. will be here on the tenth of October and will hold a public hearing la re gard to the selection of a canal for a part or the inland Waterway. Mr, Lamb has advised the business men of this city of the coming of the the board: and the data 'is being prepared to present the claims of the Dismal Swamp Canal as a part of the route. The people from Ibe South Mills section will also be requested to come nere to attend the hearing and to. present their plans as to the Dismal Swamp CanaL The people of this section- are greatly interested in the selection of this canal as the selection of the Dismal Swamp canal will mean much to the advantage of Elizabeth City. The selection of the Chesapeake and Albemarle canal, which now seems to be - favored .. by the war depart ment will result , to . the disadvan tage of Elizabeth City, and especially. me souio alius section. . MC9Hst5T;tf,?YEARS" Raymond Moss was found, guilty of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to flrteen years in the state penitentiary. Moss was tried upon the charge of killing another negro named Walter Jones several weeks ago. The mur der occurred st midnight, while the steamer Alma was in the act of leav ing the Norfolk Southern dock on her regular trip to Hdye county. Moss fir ed the shot from the stern of the steamer. Jones was standing on the dock. Moss was arrested by Captain Spencer and turned over to the sher iff of Dare county at East Lake. The row thatMed to the shooting was over ten cents. POPULARITY CONTEST CLOSES' (Written for last week). The final standing ot the contest ants in the Advance's Popularity Contest, conducted under the manage, ment of he United Contest Company, was as follows: Votes Miss Leona Lewis Mrs. C. B. Parker Miss Beulah Gallop Miss Jennie Rhodes Miss Mary Wynn Miss Beatrice Armstrong 103,500 99,000 70,850 44,300 22,400 7,500 The final vote of any other contest ant will be published on request. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS Whites at the Courthouse. Thnn day, Oct.. 12th. Colored it the Nor mal School Building Friday, Oct. "W. M. Hl.VfOv live with friendly Indians that they might be pear the,sea to watch for the ship that, never returned. Dr. Hathaway discovered these ruins a year or two ago and he has shown his ability as an archaelogist in piec ing together history as it is recorded In the broken pieces of pottery and such thfngs. It's interesting and in structive to hear Dr. Hathaway talk en the subject upon which he Is so well peste !. He will contribute his collection to the state historical society and the work !'! te taken rp by thit orjaj- LETTER FROM MR. PARKER HE GIVES INTERESTING INFOR MATION IN REGARD TO EXPER IMENTAL WORK OF STATE DE PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.. Mr Editor: I have Just made a visit to Ra leigh. The men who have work con sisting of eiperimipts with- varieties of corn,, of cotton .of fertilizer, -tests and of the copping of cotton. - These men' are Messrs F, B. WhltehursL S. a Scott, C. W. Ives and W. Ifc Up ton." ' : '' -' .' . v " :" ' V-. Most farmers misunderstood the purpose of these experiments, even to criticise it, because the results are not enormous yields and often times. even yield less than adjoining fields. A word here may be wise. We are conducting such experiments tn over half the counties of t he state. In this way we hope to find out which variety of corn of cotton and which fetillzing ingredients are most bene ficial and which are least so, on the different types of soil grown on. The farmers , will appreciate the tact that by a visit to these places, which are right here at the county seat, he may in a , few minutes see with his own eyes, some results which have heretofore only - been found through v farmers' bulletins. These results are not on paper; hn on the soil of farmers here around Elisabetn t! yar-. worked by your dwa 'tOTiewltf meeUesr' Let us go Into eaeh experiment better. -' '; '-.-. Mr. Whitehurst ' has twenty varie ties .of corn each of which is grown in Carolina. We find. some old farm ers who are puzzled when theyutt up against these experiments, for ac cording to their views each variety must have been planted 'on a differ ent phase of the moon's life, because some varieties have large and tall stalks while others are slim and low; some are yet green while oth ers have been dried up for some time; rome have only one ear each while otners are proline, some ears are large with many rows of grains, while some are small or slim and may have only a few rows of ker nels. Some grains of the 'corn are large and blunt while others are slim and narrow. In the case of cotton, Mr. Upton and Mr. Scott have fine results for study. They each have twenty varie ties which show marked differences, some of which may be either tall, low, sMm, bunchy, large leaves, small and pointed, early or late maturing, The bolls may be either large, small. pointed, round, or a medium. The lint Is of varying length and. quality from short to long staple. Two va rieties have tint that sells for over 25 cents per pound. Mr. Upton, who lives in Camden county, between Elizabeth City and Camden C. H has an experiment with fertilizers which is well worth a twenty mile trip to see. The soil is poor so the results are most con spicuous. Here were applied several different, kinds of commercial fetiliz ers. The results are amazing. y The results from the same kind of experiment by Mr. Ives do not show such marked results. We know that each experiment sta tion mentioned had exactly the same uniform treatment in the way of cul tivation, all during the . life of the test. T . FRANK PARKER. ; Assistant. NOTICE After Oct. 1st. 1911. my friends r?.d customs mill find me at E. S. CSessoa Cos. Will be g'.ad to tee oj nad prom!5e to do my bfsi to Sr!?;,s. , S. S. BARCLIFT. PLilT WILL REMAIN HERE mr. Oi .vis Will secure anoth ER JUILDING AND IN8TALL A NEW PLANT WITHIN NINETY DAY! The, Pepi-cola -Bottling Works will stilt remain in Elisabeth CJty : Mr. D. W. .Daris, 8r member, of the flrna of D. V Davis - and .-, Sons, owners Jot the plant tttatas" burned1 last Friday morning stated this morn ing that -tew quarters would be se cured ,t once, and ' that the -plant wilt. bflC. ro operation within ninety days..,' adera of "the Advance have earned of the destruction of ola plant last Friday morn Ing.abont two o'clock,In which the entire contents of the buildlnir were completely-destroyed. ' x The PJant was evidently a subject ot burglary and it was fired by bur glars "afjfer the safe had been robbed. The Combination of the safe was drilled out. and the aafs ononml. Ahnnf S1AA fn fturrAnfv was afnlan and the. books were destroyed. A three-gatlon kerosene can was found la the rutted building, after the fire. No such can was owned or used in the .building. A man was seen to run out from behind the building and run down .Water street as if satan was after him. - A stranger inquired at the' passenger station Just before the arrival of the 10: train, , the toeatfori 3 til fthe'ollce-,iuaig.' No clue was left that will help to apprehend the guilty parties, and no hope Is entertained of ever being able to have them arrested. About a month ago eomebody tried the com bination on the safe and battered it all up go that the safe door had to be sent to the machine shops. The loss falls heavily on Mr. Da vis as the insurance ig not sufficient to cover it, and the loss of his books is greatly bothering him, too. CELEBRATES 6TH YEAR -'Rev;- C. F. Smith will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his rectorate of Christ church (Episcopal) next Sun day. Mr. Smith will preach a special sermon and there will be special mu sic. Mr. Smith's ministry at Christ's church has been eminently success ful. The work has made great prog ress and Mr. Smith has greatly en deared himself to his membership.' He has made him very popular with the people irrespective of denomina tion, and has proved himself a lead ed of men and a moulder of higher sentiments. Elizabeth ! City is blest In having Mr. Smith and men of bis caliber to live here. READY TO BEGIN WORK Mr. W, G. Perebee, of Gregory, re ports that an engineer was on the ground last Tuesday, ready to begin work upon the plan for draining the new district just formed. This Is the dstrict In regard to wheh an election was held on Sep tember 14th. It contains approxi mately 25,000 acres, seventy-five per cent of which under present condi tions cannot be cultivated. So by an adequate system cf drainage twenty thousand acres of land Incalculably rich wo'Id be opened tor settlement. It is hoped also that the district may be extended so as to include the South Mills section. TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS Mistake are likely to occur In adding the list of new names that we have on hand to our subscrlp- tion list. Any. subscribers fail ing to receive their paper are re- quested to notify us promptly, Thefe already JI the Peak COY CUPID Hp FIRE ilpllTEO COUPLE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM EAST LAKE TO BE OISAP- POINTED WULD NOT SWEAR AND COULD NOT GET L'CCNSE. Cupid struck a snag early yester day morning, when Alonzo A. Holmes and Miss Lugeal Creef. he'h of East Late. N. C, applied to Ke,Iter of Deeds J. license. W.. Munden tor a marriage This couple arrived early In the morning and were waiting for Wr. Munaen When he came to his office. The young man went In and annlted for a "set of licenses." Everything went along all right and the young lady's age was recorded as 19 years. When Mr: Munden got the Bible to swear the young man as to her age, he got shaky and said that he rather she would do the swearing act. Mr. Munden called in a friend who ac companied them. He said he knew the young lady, bat was not sure as to her age. He had rather she would If lIlA BVAoHnff hAMatr Mr. Munden got skeptical on to her age and called In the girl. She was willing enough to swear to her age, but Mr. Munden had become unwlfi Ing and would not permit her to swear. Mr. Munden declined to Is- . . .L. 11 . I . sue uie license ana tne couple were forced to depart in the state they came, that of, single wretchedness. -The last heard from them, they weire4 heudi hg-f-- caaideaTaa lrisf a safe bet they knew when they got there. what to do WILL CELEBRATE 5TH ANNIVER SARY Rev. I..N. Loftin will celebrate the fifth anniversary of his pastorate of Blackwell Memorial church next Sun day. The Btibject for the morning ser mon is, "What God Has Done for Me in my Pastorate." Subject for Sun day evening. "My God and My Peo- pie.. I here will be special music at both services. mr. ijoiuns pastorate nas oeen a very successful one. During the past five years the seating capacity of the church has been doubled, the church membership has been doubled and the congregations 'increased to more than three times the size of those five vein am. Ainn flnAnnini iina great progress has been made. A debt has been paid off the origin al building, and an annex posting 112,000 has been built and paid for. Mr. Loftin is greatly beloved by the membership of his churah and Is held in the highest esteem by the people ot Elizabeth City regardless of denominations. His prospects for a continuance of his successufl min istry are exceedingly bright. GRANDY GALLOP DEAD The remains of Mr. Grandy Gallop, were buried In the family burying ground at Sbawboro last Saturday. Rev. I. N. Loftin, pastor of Black- well memorial church, conducted the services. A large number of sympa thizing friends of the family were In attendance upon the services. Mr. Gallop was about forty years old. $5,000 FOR 130 ACRES OF LAND A real estate deal of considerable size was made last Tuesday when Mr. C. L. Lester and wife sola to Mr. Wiley E. Sanders trcr of land containing one hundred and thirty acres for a money considera tion of $5,000. In connection with this, deal Mr. Wiley Sanders sold to John Sanders tracts of land for the sum ct $2,250 and also a tract of land to Mr. C. L. ' BOAT BUD MISS BESSIE MIDGETT, AGED 18 AND ENGINEER CASEY VERY AOLY BURNCOrLIVIS ARE SAVED BY HEROISM OF LIGHT HOUSE KEEPERS-FIVE BAGS OF MAIL DESTROYED ALONG WITH THi VESSEL. Manteo. NCf ?pt 27.'-i-Two per- . ' i i . . . l"ns. were aeriout.f. Burned, six oth- r U8tttlBe PifuJ lnjurlee and five I "aB Vl w"" aestroyea wnen ltb ten-ton gasoline steamer Edna My Dlw UP o'clock , a. m., Tuesday just as she was leaving the hoor of Manteo, N. C, on her way to Hat teres and towns along the sound. The little steamer had Just cleared her wharf and the engineer, Sam Ca sey was about putting on full speed for the run to her. first landing. Sun- denly the ' was an explosion which shook the vessel from end to end. There w?ra isht passengers aboard and thij -snovfUly found themselves forced o il'li.g fiom the Edna Mv which was in flames from the ?uo- line and Was fast setting. v Engineer Casey was very badly burned and the injuries received from the, blazing gasoline by Miss pessle MIdgett, aged 18, of Manteo, wre also of a severe nature. The I other members 'of the party escaped : ,:J4aTousli-al'l vtor$rf. evidences of their terrible experience. That Miss Midgett did not lose her life was due to the heroic efforts of , the keeper of the Chicamicomlco Light who promptly came to the aid of the imperilled ones and rendered the most efficient assistance. The Edna May was absolutely de stroyed, nor' have the searchers been able to find any trace of the mall which was aboard. It Is thought that all must hwe been burned before the steamer fank. There Is no known reason fo-" the explosion. It is thought that the Injured ones will re cover. The "Edna May" seems to have been an ill-fated craft all along. Only a year or two ago, she caught on fire from a gasoline explosion while in the Albemarle sound. The flame created a panic among the passen- gers; and Miss Cora Midgett Jumped over and drowned. A Mr. Miller Jumped over board to rescue her and Jcame' near drowning. FOUR PRISONERS GO UP Sheriff Reld went to Raleigh Mon day night to" take four prisoners to the penitentiary. Ashley Stakes ac companied him. The prisoners were sentenced by Judge Cline in list Week's term of court -They are, Dave Morris, five years, for larceny; John Cabaras five years for house breaking; Tom RIddick, three years lor house breaking and Raymond Mosi, fifteen years for murder In the second degree. BOAT LINE TO COLUMBIA Jerry Lytchfleld. of Tyrrell county, has secured the gas boat Robena and has establshed a schedule between Elizabeth City and Colombia, twice a week, leaving Columbia Tuesday and Thursday morning at 7 o'clock, and arriving here at 12; 30 o'clock. Return Ing, he leaves Elizabeth City on Wed nesday and Friday at 10;30 o'clock a. m.r and arrives at Columbia at tour o'clock.. Mr. Lychfleld prorates in freight with the people's line for con 3";nnents to Norfolk and beyond. The Robena is a splendid boat, well furnished and commodious for passengers. Mr. Lychfleld is receiv ing liberal support. ' "Be of good courage; that is the main thing." . Thoreau. r"e. an J all. rent to Nags Head to itation. Lester for 900.
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