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' . ; i I ...... . ., 1 ... . ' THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION VOL I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROUN AFRIDAY, OCTOBER, 6 111 NO. 21 . - - "7i cur iwies F Visitors' given royal enter tainment AND BANQUETED LAST NIGHT AS THE CITY'S CUEST8. ' After a day l.i Moyock,:t where ev v ry courtesy was extenae'd tc them and where they had had opportunity 7 to observe the splendid crop grown on the rich lands W that section, twenty-three Ohio farmers were . brought lrfto this city yesterday after, noon by special train provided by the Norfolk Southern railway. The af ternoon wag spent la driving the guests in automobiles 'over the county roads and showing them the crops grnwn on neighboring farm. Last night, as guests of the city, they were oertained in the hall of the Improved Order of Red Men in .the Kramer building with a delight f ul .banquet, provided by the Cham-. - ber of Commerce and the business men. of the city, i To greet the visi tors, members of the Chamber of .Commerce and a large number of vlsifors were present. . When the various courses had been served, secretary Lamb, as toast master of the occasion, rose - and called upon Rev. C. P. Smith, in the absence of Mayp.r Flora, to welcome the guests In behalf of the (own. Mr. Lamb then gave the visitors wel come, speaking for the Chamber of ' Commerce. - ' ' '' , Responses were made byMr,, B. it. tsurae, or wortningwn, unio; ma jor (VA. Butler, and Mr, R. I. Fran Is, of Newark, Ohio. .-, Major Butler, big and Jovial, was peculiarly happy in his response. . "I am persuaded," ' he declared, that should cause ever arise Ohiang and North Carolinians would fight for the same cause. Why shouldd they not plow with the same plow ?" Messrs W. M. Kear, well known in this city, A. C. Hathaway, of Washington, N.-C. and Congress man Small and Mr. Rice of the Nor folk Southern Railway all were called upon and made appropriate remarks alon? the line of the idvai tages , -which North Carol ua ft.T-, to the me seeker. ;VThe BOns of North Carolina, Con- giissman Small said, had done much fuirslrhe development of Ohio. Why 'should: not Ohio now repay the dei.r? The visitors are expoct?d lo leave the city today. MRS THOMAS GUARD DEAD Mrs. Thomas Guard died at her heme', corner of Pearl and Water streets last Tuesday after a long Ill ness. "" . ; The funeral was conducted from : City Rood M. E. Church .Wednes day afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the inteirr.ent took place In Hollywood iSemoiery ;"; The ollowing were the pall bear ;-i vera:'-.' Messrs Amos Owens, Thomas . Hay man, Louis Hayman, George Bodgere J. C. Grooms and H. O'Neal. J r. The floral offerings were numerous an,? beautiful ""fis. Guard was 17 years old. She ,: i. ur "te4 by a husband, one son, ' ' Cast. A. wGuard, of Smithfleld, Va.. : twe daughtersjsMrs. Ernest Burton, a id Miss Cora OAjoard, and one grand son, Frel Glover, N tthls-city. She was a most estimable woman, was well known and heldn- high esteem. k. RECITAL TONIQHT Miss Alice Newcomb wlfj give a recital consisting of vocal and inslru" mental music In the auditorium of "the hfsh school tonight (Frlda-y.) The r iblic Is cordially Invited to attend 'he recital, the admiss'jon is frre. t t Th? rey'fcl Is . an opportunity (or I OHIO ARK t the lortJ-f good music to atttad a!Yu ere missing a lot by not eat- hiih clsJirerforrjance. . ... - LIIIEII SHOWER FOR MISS HARRIS Miss' Mary -Love delightfully enter, tained last Wednesday evening at her home in Erlnghaus, street, in a line;: shower in honor of the approaching marriage of Miss AgneB. Harris to Mr. Charles Toxey, which will be solemnized next Tuesday, October tenth. . Mrs. George Twlddy Jr., received. Miss Katie Reld and Miss Mary Love presided at the punch bowl. i ne party engaged in a guessing contest and Miss Estelle Clark won the prize, one of Harrison Fisher's "Brides," which ' she presented to Miss Harris. - After the games the door - bell rang and Grafton and Marion Love brought In a smalt trunk filled with linen, which was given to the pros pective bride. Refreshments were served and the guests, departed for their homes, each declaring that they had exper lenced a most enjoyable evening. LAST PEA PICKER SOLD .The year's entire output of Gordon's pea pickers has been sold and still the orders for more pea pickers come in.. This is the statement of Mr. G-rdon, the "iiajicacturer yesterday a! rnoon. c'uld have nlna.iy sole: a dozen xaor ' If he liV ,ia-e had them. Last year Mr. Gorden estimated how. many, he would need to supply the trade and had that many built Wen the pea picking season opene, the demand for these machines be came so great that his stock, which he Jhoughi was--erdM Decaiu"!; exhausted. Mr. Gorden . la mahlufr an estimate "for his trade next year, will compute it on a larger scale than be did this year and will boild many machines. ENTERTAIN IN HONOR TER OF SIS- Columbia, N. C, Oct.. 2. Mrs. W. P. Hayman gave a delightful recep tion last Tuesday evening, In honor of her sister. Miss Lena Dean of Franklin county. Refreshments consisting of rream cake etc., were served." The following guests were pres ent: Misses Madge LIverman, Clara Mae Spruill, Martha Alexander, Cora Cox, Addin Litchnali, Messrs Clyde Livernan, Herbert LIverman, Clyde Pritchard, Floyd Cohoon, Joe Alexan der, Johnny Jones. ' The event was greatly enjoyed by those present. CARRIER WINDOW OPEN Postmaster J. P. Overman has no tified the patrons of the postofflce tliat the carrier's window in the. post oflio-i ' will, hereafter, remain open from the time the first carrier re turns to the post office, until six o' clock. This ruling is iu i e lo: the con venience f ; ! o Une deliv ery routes that they may get their mall after the carriers have made their last delivery for the day. This does not apply to Sunday. The following from the Charlotte Obsehver seems to us very apt and timely: 8peaking of the back-home move ment, it strikes us that the mo'. powerful Impetus would be afforded by remedying the freight rates which discriminate against North Carolina so outragi ously. Thousands of peo ple have been driven into Virginia and other states that they might do business with the neighbors whom ihey left behind." Rev. J. D. Bundy has gone to To. ronto Canada,, to attend the Ecumen ctal Conference of the Methodt ical Conference of the Methoiit "bout ten days. Rev. J, Y. Old will jpcct!jy his pulpit next Sunday. ; " , . ! a rr t r i. i i , log wjtue vi i ran nurns kuu gruu. AT FOURTEEN!) !p4, : Readin' and 'Ritin' and 'Rithmetic Taught to the tune - of a hickory stick. THE FIRST ACTUAL TRACE Found In The Hills, Relics Mingled What became of the lost colony; the first English colony to Come to North Carolina? ' V The historian tells us that it is a mystery, hag been a mystery for hun. dreds of years and nisst forever re main a raystery. for the 'traces of the movements of this colony have been exceedingly faint. The fate of little Virginia Dare has 'been a mystery that's true. That the fate of the col ony is a mystery now, is partly :ue, but that the fate of those Eng lish settlers must remain forever a mystery is not true, for the evidence has come to hand. In a most remark able manner to prove their move ments and the.ir fate. God hides in the bosom of the earth his secrets, and reveals thera to man when he sees fit. This is amply Illustrated in the remarkable discovery in the ruins of the Indian village on Nags Head. or a number or years tne unso phisticated natives have repeatedly picket up out of the sand curious relics only to gaze at them and toss them aside as mere ' worthless toys, with no thought of the tale - they told. They knew full well that the shifting Bands of the hills laid these relics bare. A change In the wind changed the direction of these exca vations and t tore "lies. wer found. This summer Dr. J. D. Hathaway of this city, a man of genius too, es. pecially fitted with an Inquiring mind to catch the silent message of the secrets of hundreds of years aget hap penetf to be rambling In th's partic ular spot, and he too began to make observations and Inquiries. H studied the relics. The first thought that occurred to him was. White's lost colony. He began elaborate re searches In North - Carolina history while he prosecuted his search for the history written in the relics u. the sand of Nxgs Head hills. Unusually favorable w;nds this sum mer laid bare many hidden seciv" of the hillside, which covers the site of this Indian vl-iage. and tfr. lt sway's discoveries have been exceed-l-irly' valuai)!e. The facts s? far'h 'n this a fi-lv : prove tbi Wliitt-'s colony -went io Xa;s itoa-:. vA M-.ere perished were secu--d by Dv Hpth-'way thr- -'n l nil's In those starches i'l r.vl'l In his researches In history. - A pe; sen dees not have to be a hi. torlaa to know something of 'he SCHOOL DAYS Sporting and Flirting and Atheletics mm And an optional in Gymnastics. OF THE LOST COLONY Shifting Sands of The Indian and White Man Together Tell the Story of attempts of the English to settle on the coast of North Carolina ' long years ago, and, especially, 'are ' the people familiar with the legends and traditions that surround the birth and doath of little Virginia Dare, the first white child of English speak i.iK paronU born in America, for her ,;;):!'; is perpetuated in. the granite slab that stands in Roanoke Island. WhPc b. ought them to Roanoke Is land' and left them. That was the last seen of them by English speak ing people. What became of them? In the ruins of the Indian village recently laid bare to the gaze of man In the 20th century, ' Dr. Hathaway has found relics of the 'Indians' tools, arrow beads tomahawks, pipes and pottery mlngd in confusion with iin piemen's of the white man's make. Broken- pottery crudely.' made aad broken onrthern ware, of English do. sign. The toniiihitwlc and the dag ger lying in the same ruins, evident ly both placed (hercat the same time, have remainoi? together all these years, Whence came the rel ics of Indian pottery? That Is not uncommon. It 1b often found. In the ulna of ancient Indian villages. Whence came the bits of English eaithe'rn ware, mingled - in the mound? . That is not found every, where, in ancient Indian mounds. There is no record that such a mound has ever .been found before'. Whence came the arrow heads and the tomahawks? They were the Im plements. of the red 'man's weapon. Their presence In the Indian vl'.fagi excites no surprise cr curiosity. That is what one wouid naturally ex pect to find there. Whence came - the double edged dagger of old English design, an in strument of warfare of the period of Edward IV, a weapon known as the aniace? The answer comes naturally that the Indian and the white man lived here long years ago. On the one hand, in these relics, everything Is English; and on the other hand, everything Is Indian. The ruins of this village Indicate still further that it was more than an Indian village of wigwams, for a reliable citizen of Nags Head, and an Intelligent vnian. toe. informed Dr. Hathaway that a . - ew years ago. the violence of the winds made' a greater excavation han pvI, and the sills of a group or hoyses were 'a!d ba-e right in AT TWENTY - 1 s$?tv V m nf it m course I J Of Nags Head's the center of this Indian village. The winds shifted and ' the ruins . were quickly , burled by the shifting and they may not be revealed again in a thousand years. A few years ago a great number of brass buttons were found lying in the sand. These have been lost, and the testimony Is like. ly lost forever, save that they proved that the white man lived there. History records that W'hlte'.s col ony whs on the north end of Roa noke Island, and history records that they disappeared from there. and ntvr this history ha bean for ever silent on the subject, save to advance a few theories weakly . sup ported by fragmentary legends. These colonists had to go somewhere, they had to make a move, for no trace of them was ever found In or around -the fort. Now, which way did they go and what became of them? History says that It does not know.. That virtually there has never been any trace of them found. When the colonists entered . the sound they sailed in through an Inlet that hag long been closed. This in. let was at Kitty Hawk, and that part of the coast country upon which Nags Head is now situated, was known to the explorers and first set- tiers as Lordl Admiral's Island, not barren sand hills as this section Is J today, but an Island of forest and splendid vegetation, containing three wonderful fresh ponds. A tribe of In dlang lived here who were the first to pay their respects to the colonists on Roanoke Island. White left his colonists and sailed sway, so history says. ' It s easy to imagine that loneliness seized them. Then they despaired, and fled from Fort Raleigh for some cause, possibly to get nearer to '(he ocean to watch for the return of White's ships. It wouid.be natural to suppose, if there was no other evidence that Nags Head had . for them three attractions; 1st, an opportunity to watch the sea for the return of the ships; 2nd., to have the compupy an, aid of 'lie f .'endly Indians; 3r ::!e counlv v as a gooil;" one n I 'e dista.'-;? wi.b short. In which mm.;- the v-unty. Now take thr- i deJ:idioi um snhsta i.fte them jthe tangible evidence In hand, in the I , j of 'he Indian village: and you (Continued on Page E'rH do ALL READY FOR THEJIG FAIR NDICATIONS POINT TO GREAT EXPOSITION AT VIRGINIA'S CAP ITAL THIS YEAR. RlCHMOND VA.. Oct. 2. After months of preparation the Virginia State Fair will open its gates on next Monday, October 9th for the the run of six days and nights. All Indications point to one of the greatest expositions ever held in the State of Virginia. The various de partments are full to overflowing. The agricultural departments will dts. close the most complete and diversi fied collection of exhibits ever gotten together In the State. The stock de partment will disclose to view and Inspection many of the prize winners of the country including the Morris prlzewinnlng draft horses, which have taken prizes in two continents Horticulture, Floraculture, Manufac ture, Art, Science, Domestic Msnu. fact u re, and all the other depart ments will be filled wl,th Interesting things which will be worth the time ' of any one to study and observe. in making the exhibition depart ments of the Fair complete, the man. agement has not. overlooked the amusement end, and at" the expense a! In, nA.t . . .. - i oi more man tto.vvv bo 'ne o; me best shows in tiio coun.r? huve been engaged. This does aot Inc'uJa . the - Pain" fireworks" dlspla jnnor the - cost of securing the the congress of ae rial devices. The. forme. will cost $6,000, while the latter will cost " al most ten thousand dollars. The fireworks display will embrace three spectacles and pageunu "The Last Days of Pompeii," "The Battle in the Slouds," and "The Destruction of a Itittleship. by nn Airship" It . will lequlre two' bun.Vcd ;eople, in. one hundred dan ti- prod' these FOfftacles. There will be four specimens of aerial devices the aeroplane, the di rigible, the gas balloon and the hot air balloon, with eight parachutes. Exlbition of these will be given sev- era! times a day, and all will be In the air at the same time, presenting a most fascinating1 scene. SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY AT MO- YOCK . The Baptist Sunday School at Mo- yock, in an effort to increase interest In their work, had prepared and on last Sunday presented a splendid pro. gram of attractive exercises, in which members of the school of all ages toCk part. Addresses were made by, Mr. Winston, superintendent of one of the Baptist Sunday Schools of Norfolk and by Mr, Peele, Editor of the Advance of Elisabeth City. A large crowd were present and four. teeH new puplu we,e enred- ENLI8TMENT DAY . ' Next Sunday will be Enlistment Day at the First Baptist Sunday School, and a large attendance to desired. It hoped that every eo-.tr- ber of the Suadcr School will be present and that many new pupils will be enrolled. A splendid program has been prepared and the exercises promise to be of quite unusual Inter. est These exercise begin at ten o'clock, and everybody Is extened an invitation to be present. REVIVAL AT BLACKWELL A meeting of a number will begin at Black well of days Memorial Church on next Sunday. Rev. F. D. King., pastor, of., the. Fayettevllle Street Baptist Church of Raleigh, 7. C. will assist Pastor Loftln'ln this The public is cordially in ited to attend. Don't go by the European Hotel, ;when you are hungry. The best meals !uia:in'able are served there
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