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t II .' ,4- E BEST AOVERTIS- A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR- v y CULATION MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. A Ma VOL I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 13 191 1 NO. 22 3 STRONG PLEA FOR LONGER CANAL PROMINENT SPEAKERS PRESENT ELIZABETH CITY'S CLAIMS 8HOWING WHY THE DISMAL CANAL SHOULD BE ,'--,,- . MADE A PART OF THE INLAND WATERWAY ' . ' ' The National Board of Engineers. " -. . .. j l wiiii. m n .11 . II ml IIMMll (II I .III. WllMXm I HUflHHII. . - Langfelt MaJ.' Herbert Deakyne, Maj. r.- vv. y. .tswraea, ana Mr. a-m. weoer, , ... . seerejtsry, arrived here, last, Tuesday . ' evening about 6:30 on the U. S. gov ernment yacht, McGregor through the Dismal Swamp canal, and held a hearing in the county court house be ginning at 7:30 o'clock, in regard to the selection of one of the canals as a part of the Inland Waterway route. A large number of interested citisena were present to hear the. speeches.., ' ' ; , Mr. E. F. Lamb, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce was the first speaker to present the claims of the Dismal Swamp canal to the board. . He did this In a very forcible man ner, clous, siausucs, ai lengw, u ' show to the board the importance of the Dismal Swamp canal to. the com , merce of this section, and how thati Elizabeth City's commerce ' would be ( crippled, should this canal be closed " aa it will be should the Albemarle " - an d -"Chesapeake "eanal -bm selected. He spofce at length, on what the ca nals means to the people, of the up ' "per Pasquotank, and how .they would , "be greatly injured in their, -enterprises ' ; and 4 their lands deprej' rted ! ir ' value on account of,?..the isolation that the closing of this canal would ntail. He appealed to , "hie mem 4 bera of the board , in behalf of the people of this of.y and s community .to select the Dia'nal Sw?nu c.nal 1 Mr. Lamb's speech was htard with a greit cleal of interest and the mem- bers of th board ?iae ihe- strbieafc atteuica to')t. . ' . Ex-Judge" -J. B. Leigh followed Mr. Lamb, snd spoke at length upon the relative merltg of the two canals aa part; of the waterway. He cited two rgasons especially that made the Dismal Swamp canal superior. They are i he shifting fcard ottoms of the ' Afbune.'-'e and Chesapeake canal and the exposure to the ocean, which w"iiM make it an easy prey to ene my in time of war. The difference in the length of the two canals, Is not enough to -ause any , preference to be shown to the Albemarle and Ches apealife canal. "Even if it does cost a few hundred thousand dollars to . build the Dismal Swamp canal," said Mr. Leigh, "what does that matter with the United States government, -when it is building for all time." Mr. Leigh "spoke of the Valuable lauds that will be reclaimed from the swamps and marshes along the banks of the canal, when it is made sea Ieve. He related how the Dis mal Swamp canal .will put Eljzaboih city and fats community in cIoeo 'ouch with transportation and put Elizabeth City nearer the ocean by twenfty miles, and how alt this will greally improve the prosperity of a very great numfier f peopie while the Albemarle end Chesapeake canal will help no one and devel nuhine "Mr. "Letsh wm followed by Mr. Aydiett who spoke advancing mny strong reason for the Dismal Swamp caal. Mr. Aydlett declared that the parpose of tlie government was to finance projects that would result to the m t good to the greatest num- k)S of peoP' nd ,n tnl c ne crater number of people will be ef 1 by the Dismal Swamp canal. f. chewed to the board how more thn S'OO people will be affected by twe decision of the bord In making selrct'on. If the Dismal Swamp r:'."!1 raute Is selected, these 20,000 : .. .apV wiil - be beaefited, but It MORE DELAY AND NO GAS i KNOCKED OFF THEIR FEET BY AN ANONYMOUS POTION THE CITY FATHERS POSTPONE AC. TON THE UNTIL NEXT MONTH, MATTER TO BE ADVER- TISED IN THE MEANTIME. At a call meeting of the board of aldermen Monday night, the petition of the North Carolina Gas Company for a franchise to ' establlsh' a gas plant here was . for the present at least denied. - f " The board justifies its action on the ground that the sdpulated price at whieh this company agrees to fur' nish gas is too high. Two facts prob ably led the board to this conclosion. In the first place, the committee to whom the matter had been referred brought' in a report unfavorable to tf anting this company the franchise. In the second, Mr. C. E. Thompson, fecting as agent for nobody knows who, put in a bid to furnish gas at a rate 25 cents IdWer than thatstlpulat ed by the North Carolina Gas Com pany. It was decided, therefore,, to advertise the fact that' Elizabeth City decires to grant somoSgas -company a franchise, in order that competing crmpanie8 may' be given oppovtu n'tjr to make offers, ' Nj-eajber Mh ar been ..set, for th U3.t; toenrinSi and it 19 hoped that a number of pe-. titiona'for th frar.cWse witl t tl.at fime be received. The delay may re sult in cheaper gas, but it seems a pity that the idea of advertising did not' occur to the board four weeks earlier. - Some it seems, are oppos- in their power to work for delay. DECISION IN. TALBOTT CASE AF- . FIRMED Interesting and Hard Fought Case At tracting Wide Attention at Last Settled. , The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, has affirmed the judgement of Judge H. G. Con nor in the case of J, V. Talbott vs the Norfolk Southern Railroad Com pany. This case has been in litigar since 1904, arid has been fought with much feeling upon the part of the railroad company , to the extent of at tempting to put Mr. Talbott,' Mr. E P. Aydlett, his attorney, and sheriff Reid in contempt because of their ef forts to collect the judgeuent. Mr. Talbot is to be cop?ra;ulatetl upon his victory. $9O,CC0-ON STREET PAVING The street paving work is progress ing very rapidly, and most of the Work is already done. Last Saturday, when City Clerk Brochetf isshed the orders for the month of September, the amount that haa already been spent, totaled more than ninety thousand dollars. the Albmarle and Chesapeake canal (3 selected, these 20,000 people will be injured and no one will be bene fited. Mr. Aydlett's argument was very strong and convincing, and the members of the board listened with great interest while he spoke. He was followed by attorney ' J. Kenyon Wilson, who made a Very for cible spech In behalf of the Dismal Swamp canal, laying much stress upon the great impetus thil 'he nat ural drainage, of this cans, will give to lncreislnjr artificial tVe!nase. Congressman Jtiii II. Smsll. t.1h accompanied the board, made 'the closing speech. .He spoke on the de velopment of the Inland Waterway schme. and the efforts that he has made in behalf of the movement. After the hearln? the Board of En gineer; left on the revenue Cutter Frmlifo. . 7 CIRCUS MY JH 8ETSEV LaRGE'CROWDS WILL PROBABLY BE HERE TO-MORROW TO AT TEND THE JOHN ROBINSON BIG SHOWS "THE REPRESENTA TIVE SHOW OF THIS COUNTRY Tomorrow will" be circus day In Elizabeth City. The John Robinson Shows, which have been before the public for . mar iywirs will -appear here . and pro'oubly a great crowd from the city and the surrounding country will be present at their performance. ' If the -show given here measures up to the repU' tation of this aggregation, those com lag to the city expecting to see a first class circus will not be disappointed A statement provided ibis paper by the management of the show is as follows: The John Robinson Ten Big Shows Combined which is to beehere Satur day, Oct, 14th, is the only show of magnitude that haa not fallen to the blandishments of the cfrens trust There is no danger that it. is going to for should It do so it would only strengthen the syndicate' and weaken its own good name and' merit. . The trust has made all possible overtures to Mr, Robinson but in vain. He haa only had to laugh at both their threats and promises. Should the octopus of a trust ever succeed In getting the Robinson show within litiir Xoli' they "would"" then control the Wjjrld of tented aggregations. can only dictate to these and. cannot the three shows they now control and their power is so limited that they can onl dictate to these and cannot direct the movements of the others as they would like to do. . When one- considers the reputation of the indepenent shdw and that, of the ones in the trust the wisdom of Mr. Robinson becomes apparent. Of the three syndicated shows two of them are operated under the titles of men who have long since passed away from the successes they made In the world. The prime mover in the trust are men who until recent years were wholly unknown to the show world and whose epssmPdic el evation has been of n 'vudden and un certain nature. 'The Robinson' show haa been a fixture m the tented aggre gr.tions of this country for eighty- seven years. Its rerfectioii.hr.g thu3 not been sudden but one of a steady, healthy and permanent - growth. It Is the result of the work of many generations end the experience that had thus been gained the people of the pres ent day are profiting by. Long before any of the syndicated shows were ever thought of the Robinson show had established a reputation that the weakly organized . trust would like to strengthen itself with. Every possible thing that could be thought of to harass a reputable show1 has been resorted to by the syndicated shows to annoy their great Independent adversary. . All of this has been in vain and in every instance where the shows have met In opposition the reputation of the Robinson show has stood in If good stead and the patronage the trust sought to divert from It eame to it naturally. The result has always been that the trust has -received just what, they sought to hand the John Roginson Ten Big Shows. Combined, In not one instance of opposition, haa the Ten Big Shows been - damaged and this fact Is due simply to the reputation that it has made and re tained by fair dealing with the pub lic ever since its organization nearly a century ago. It needs but a glance at the lfe of the John Robinson Ten Big Shows Combined to nee that It needs no f Itatioo w !li j other ag gve.vafloTi or ' of ' a ssregatlcns. Amerioi is truly .tnd suitably reprt- stnted In the John Robinson Ten Bis Shows Combined and would be ! detrimental net-alaaa -to the show It- NAGS HEAD II" HUE LIGHT ANOTHIR -INTERESTING KELtC BR0U6HT TO LIGHT STRENGTH 1 ENINQ OR; HATHAWAY'S THE ORY THAT LOST COLONY PER ISHED AT NAGS HEAD. Proof stilt 1 uutlame o -eome .from the Indian: village on Nags Head of the, probable movements and fate of the firstiliSngllsh colony that came to ; North Cftrollna. , ( .,:.: v , k . pt .': 3, tt'a Hathaway,-, who ist devel oping lnflb an archaeologist of reat ability, as well as a. tlreioaa -explor er of ntli of the fttdian villages of our coast country, brought back with him front last Sunday's trip to Nags Head, a j fishing spear, the like of wnign aas .aever oeen seen mis town onln Nags Head. ' That is what one . of oldest settlers of Nags Hew ays as to tnat pari or the couarryi It" resembles but very slight ly any Ifhd of spear or harpoon ever found hire or anywhere between here and th coast. , " ' . This srieaa or fishing book is a rod of : Iron, possibly - when ' new abeut three-foufths of an inch In diameter. Afone end of this rod, there is a socket rust eaten and partly gone; but enough there to Indicate thatj a wooden bundle wWs. fitted into it, On the otheij end of the rod 'there Is a pointed fitstrument, crudely Wrought, that. Is ia MLJs;zrzl,,!-V.rx.& .nn Indian arrow head:' - Thia instrument was evidently used in catching fish of considerable size. - - When this instrument was "shown tn a gentleman in this city, he ex amined it curiously and advanced the following opinion: "The Instrument is crudely constructed, the point of it shows that, and it was evidently an invention of necessity, quickly con structed, of material at band to sup ply an immediate n?tfi5 ' V'ho konws," continued :? gcntloiri in, but that the amunition of he i col onists became exhausted, and this was manufactured for the purpose of providing game and fish, too."' Dr. Hathaway informs us that this curious relic was found In clogg prox imity to the site of the Indian vil- age. "NUT TO CRACK" FOR THE COLORED POPULATION OT THE SOUTH Our colored friends In the South who enjoy the taste of cocoanuts from Thanksgiving to New Years, are up against It, : A Cocoanut Trustk has been formed by New , York and Philadelphia Im porters, and while cocoanuts are plentiful, prices are away up. Cocoanuts are. not easily digestible and the more one has to pay for them the harder a man will digest both nat and price. , Maybe the colored people will swallow and digest a suggestion how to "knock the trust on its 'cefcoa nut.' " by saving their money and di gestion for, the holidays, giving co coanuts the go-by for Thanksgiving. The dealer must realize on his coanuta because they spoil within a short time unless put in "tld stor age, and prices will turnip If the colored . people wiil digest this point, they will have ror.oannts In plenty right after Thanksgiving and at such low prices that thiv ran pul to test their digestion as never be fore. '" . , v ANTI-CpCOANUT Tttl.ST L. C. CUMM f-GS. New YorK ljc. 10th, 1911. self but to tbe whole United States to have this great enterprise in any other position ;han If Is the. repre- sentatlve. show of this country VICTOR BAUD I THIS ATTRACTION SO FAVORA- DLY RECEIVED LAST YEAR SE- CURED BY SPECIAL EFFORT AT NO LITTLE EXPENSE LARGE AUDIENCE EXPECTED. Music loverg hail with delight the announcement of the coming of Vic tor's- Venetian Band, which won great) favor on ts first appearance In this city. , The performance will take place next Monday night in the audi torium, of the high school building. Tickets are now on sale at Sellgs. This performance is a rare oppor tunity for those who love high class band music. It's a veritable feast of good things, that Elizabeth City au- wlll not likelytain etaol etaoin taoio audiences do not get every day, and they will not likely Jet this opportu nity pass by. c : v Victor's Band was a number in the Star Course last year, t.nd play ed before a large audience ' wh'ch pronounced it a splendid perfoiuriuce, It will be Just as good thip year or even better thun it was last. The program rendered . at .; the performance will be varied to7 suit the musical tastes of the most critic-. al audience. ' ' i -- Among other features are the Brass Sextette, and Miss Evangeline Heltz, vocal soloist. " ".-' t'- riils is not a. reirular nttmher in the SUr Course, and it bu,uiv,i by special efforts at coiiderable should appreciate .theso special hf forts on the part of Pro;:. Slioep to give them high class performance by patronizing liberally ills orii-'.-' tainment. M. C. A. WORK TO OPEN S"0 Steps nre now being taKon to I'n- lsh the Y. vl. C. A., to tha- the uctiu- "gaaizatinu ttii :e.' ) its work af ter a suspension of five years. The building haa been completed for several months. All that Is nec- CBry now is to furnish the building, install a heating plant, and the Y. M. Crj.-is-reftdy togitLitswbrk. It is estimated that the sum of four thousand dollars will be necessary to eo.uip the building properly for die work and to provide a secretary. This amount can very likely be se cured from a collection of the uti bald pledges, that are considerably past due. s A meeting of the directors was held several nights ago, In the par lors of the Institution. Secretary Huntington was present at this meeting and helped the directors to plan for opening of the work. It was decided in the meeting to begin a canvass to secure the collection of the -unpaid pledges; and the collec tors ar now busy collecting these funds. . The directors feel confident that they will experience no difficul ty in getting the money necessary to start the Y. M. C. A. work. The board Is now on the lookout for a .first-class secretary for the Y- M. C. A.. At the meeting several names were suggested, but none ved satisfactory. By the , time the building ia properly equipped, the board is confident that It will have secured proper secretary. The five years suspension of the local organization haa most, forcibly impressed upon the people of Eliza beth City the need for such an In stitution, and the absolute necessity for Its Existence in our midst. Tbe young men are Y. M. C. A. hungry, and will hail with delight Its opening, which It is hoped will take place In the near future. . ' "Generosity does not giving money or men.'' ewe to man man." cneit In worth. Wi Emerson.. . ioir FEDERAL COURT Id SESSION (SEVERAL IMPORTANT CASES TRIED BEFORE JUDGE CONNOR SAUNDERS PLEADS GUILTY TO 'CHARGE AGAINST HIM GETS OFF WITH LIGHT FINE AND A WARNING. The fall term of the Federal Court for the eastern district of North Car olina, convened last Tuesday morn ing In the United States Court room in this city. The morning session was devoted to organizln g the court The follow ing is the list of jurors f W. H. Hampton, James E. White, R. A. Kohlass, S. W. Morse, Will Stanton, W. W. Burgess, S. T. Pin ner, Kindred Parker, W. J. Simmons, T. W. Blount, Roland Spruill. T. S. Robertson, R. J.' Poyner, Hugh Cope land, John T. Williams, L. R. Howell, James ' Key, E. Overman, W. J. Broughton, W. E. Whaley, A. F. Stanton, W. . G. Morgan, ,W. R., White, .'IF. L. Belanga Joshua T. White, Vic Hotter, J. W Parker, L. F. Zeigler, H. B. Burgess, Elijah Saw1 yer,.HwA. Tarklngton, R. F. TutUe, . L, Decormla, J. F. Gray, Charles Las iter, 8. Jaffe,' Willis Owens, L. D. Bond, J. S. Creef, lL C. Hewitt, F. M." Gordon,- Edgar' Reynolds," 'Web Has- sel, Owsland Bal linger and S. ' G.; Pit::h.-'. , ', -; .... - ' '", cf T"i" day, and h greater, part of the morning session' of Wednesday' was devoted to the case of UnlteLfltatea against W. E. Bateman, post master at Gudger, N. C. -;. , Attorneys H. 8. Ward and R. W. Turner represented the defendant. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and Mr. Bateman was dis charged. This case grew out of illeged Ir regularities in the post money order department of the Gudger postofflce, In which th postofflce inspector alleg ed he was short $255. The money was paid by Mr. Bateman more than a year ago; and he has been retained as post master ever since and !s po master now. Mr. Bateman !s auian - i t Kood character, and has the confidence of the people of hls community. Al- though these charges have been pressed against him by the inspector, yet the United States government still has confidence in him, or . he would not be retained as postmaster. In the case of United States against W. O. Saunders, publisher of tbe. In- , dependent, upon the charge of using the United States malls for the cir culation of vile, vulgar and indecent literature, attorneys for ' Saunders asked for a "nollo contendoie." DU tr let Attorney Sewall refused1 to ac cept this, and demanded that Saun ders should plead "guilty" or "not guilty", whereupon attorney W. D. Pruden entered a plea of guilty for Saunders and Judge Connor fined him one hundred dollars and the cost of the action. . ' ' ' Judge Connor took oucasion to lec ture Saunders severe) npon tbe ne tiousness of hla crimo and rtclivr-red a most scathing dcriinclatlo:i cl oned n the most bea..:iful language, that was ever' heard In a court bouse . here. Judge Connor said that as this was the first time that Saunders had been In his court, that he would make the fine very light, but that Saunders must not be led into the error of re garding his crime as small one be cause the fine was small, for should the attention of the court be called to offenses of this nature. again; a severe punishment would be Imposed. He said that! he hoped that this would be a lesson to Saunders and that be would not be guilty of such a serious crime again. Judge Connor ccntWed. saying that he could not Continued on page eight.) 4
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