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THTv EST ADVERTIS.I a A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR- CULATION' ING" MEDIUM IN ELIZA , "BETH CITY. ...,v mm VOL I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 20 1911 NO. 23 . . v V ; ; : 7 ' t I 7- -7 ' - . v k i WILL DISCUSS IK Ml a E MISS OVERTON MM 110 OCTOBER BRIDE ANrjUAL MEETING WEDS MR. J. P. SAWYER WED NESDAY EVENING VN SAWYERS CREEK CHURCH AMID SCENES THE CONVENTION IS CALLED TO MEET ON NOVEMBER 1STH ; AND 16TH LARGE NUMBER OF INTERESTED CITIZENS TO BE OF FLORAL BEAUTY -..PRESENT. ' ; f rVn fmiirVi AMMiiCkl Aivftv&n tnn ft GRADUATES OF THE STATE UNI VERSITY GATHER INJVIASONIC HALL TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT. One of the most important events in Camden county social life, occured ' th -North Carolina; Drainage Asso- M Wednesday night at 8:3ft o'clock, .ill Vol n M-m wnea i ftnuis ureriun, uie cur V tElL 1 . Hit. cr uui tuia loin. v This convention will be the occas , Ion for the gathering of a large num her of the most prominent citizens In eastern North Carolina to discuss one of the most Important problems' that confronts the people of- this sec iionTheJ-eclamation . of the -, low lands from Vhe swamps and ijmor rasses , to convert them into farming land of great fertility and productive ness- Interest in this drainage move ment has grown wonderfully during :the past five years and the people are now interested to a .degree that they have never been before. Since the last meeting of the Association held in Wilmington, N. C, last year, many drainage districts have been formed and autual work in ar tificial drainage has been begun. In many instances, this work has made good progress,and this work has dem onstrated the practicability of the -movement. ' - A very attractive program has been prepared .for the convention, . and tured and accomplished neice of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bell became the bride of Mr. John P. "Sawyer. The event was solemnized in Sawyers Creek Baptist church in the presence of a large number of friends of the families. Rev. W. W. Sisk, pastor of Sawyer'sCreek church performed the ceremony in a very impressive manner, the ring ceremony being used. t M,rs. S, W. Gregory of thiB city ren dered the wedding marches. The bride costumed in a traveling suit entered the church with Miss Clark of Norfolk, a cousin, who gave her away. The groom was attended by Mr. J. G. Sawyer, as best man. Mr. Lloyal Berry and Miss Ella Pritch- ard were the other attendants. They entered the church and approached the altar through the opposite aisle. The bridal party L met at the altar wnere the word, was spoicen which made them man and wife. The ush ers were, Mr.- Howard Sawyer, of Newbefn and Dr. S- 'W.. Gregory of EilOS;NIS LIFE ' : VITH A 6011 ' MR.. JOH,rf M FROM iH I TO SHOOT UNDEN GOES AWAY OME UNDER PRETEXT man? nromnent statesmen and scien I n'9 tifits will dffimiR. th diffprpnt nha J"he cburcn beautifully deco. of i th "drainage; problem. : ; Among ated toT the, occasion, the: most ar- the 'speakers are Got. Kitchin. Hon. John H. Small, Hon. Claude Kitchin, congressman from the second dis " trlct,- Hour lotin M. Faison, congressl man from tie third district; Hon . 07 Elliott of the ofiJce of.; drainage ' . investigations of the United . States Department of Agriculture,' Mr.'J. O. Wright Drain ? Engineer of the State of Florida; 'Mr. E. F. Lamb, President of th? Norfolk Southern ' railroad . and many other distin - . 'guished speakers. ' The MattiijMsLoet Drainage Dis .i('ct of Hyde county, the Moyork rnrmge Dist-i of Currituck" coun. ty, the Bear Creek Drainage District, Chowan county will be represented. , . The' Southo-a Hotel viil be tho .headquarters of the convention and .""the do!egafes ate requesfe.l tc refcls ,. - ter vflth ' the secretary Immediately upon their arrival. 7. ; TIiq Chamber of Commerce and the Elizabeth City people are mjajklng 2 preparations for elaborate entectaln - ment of the visitors while they are .here. -7 ' tistic skill bein,g. displayed in the de signs, v ' ;' ' . . 7 . 7--' ' An . elaborate wedding supper was served "at 7:00 o'cloctC'aV the" Iioifi'e of the bride, Mr. and Mrs.s J. U. Bell." Many quests were present and participated in it."' , Mrs. Sawyer is one of the most charming young ladles of Camden county. She is very popular , in a large circle of admiring friends. She resided in this city for several years and is well konwn here. Many Eliza. beth City people attended the wed ding. Mr. Sawyer Is a prominent bus inesg man of Camden county. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer are spending their honeymoon at Raleigh, N. C. attending the State Fair. BIG LAW SUIT ON HAND Judging from the number of wit. messes attending, a pretty big law suit is being patched1 up between the Richmond Cedar works and the Pitts burg Land and Lumber Compasy over a part of a large trail of tim ber land in Tyrrell county. A large crowd of Tyrrell and Washington county people have spent the entire a week here attending the taking gf testimony and the giving of evidence. - The land involved la this suit is a large tract of swamp land in Wash ington and Tyrrell counties extend, from the Lake section to Gum Neck, the Richmond Cedar works claim ft ". H and the- Plttaburr Land and Lum-7- ber Companjr claim1 part of It. AJttoraeyg Aydlett PrudX and Mid '. gett represent the - Pitteburg Com pany and ' attorneys Meekins, Tillit A and Winston represent the Cedar works. Ea-Judge ( J. B. Ielgh pre. " sided over the court and conducted ' tte. taking of tfsrimoay. v . ' : 7 REVIVAL AT BLACKWELL 7 Greet interest hp been manifested Ji vthe revival servioes at Blackwell J Memorial Church during the past -Seventeen offered themselvea for bap r rjiineeday. RACE MEET NOVEMBER 2ND AND 3RD - 7 MMB Pjans for the race meet to be held here on November, 15th and 16th are being perfected for the fast est races v and the biggest time that th people of this section have witness ed yet. Some of the fastest racing stock in this section will participate in these races, and the peipli wli'. be treated-to some downri,;'. hjrs-.;. racing ihit will cause th'Sin' ' old (heir breath. There will be 3 races each day.First race, first ".14 trot or pace. The purse ! i-0.0' ecoiio rflre roadsters warked ; not better than three minute pace or trot, purse $75.00; third race first day, three year-old , colts, trot or pace," purse $50.00. Second day's racing will be: First race; 2:27, trot or pace, purse $100.06; second race, 2:35 trot or purse $75.00; third race, free for all, trot or pace, parse $100.00. There will be ether features such as automobile and motorcycle races for the interest of the crowd, which Is expected to be fully five thousand. ARM ALMOST TORN OFF A colored boy. named Otis Evans met with an accident ! yesterday morning in which he had one of his arms almost torn from his body.' While at work in the Dare Lumber Company's mill, one of hs hands was caught in a roller cog. The bone in the arm was broken to pieces; and, if he had not been rescued his arnl The one Hundred and eighteenth anniversary of the founding of the University of North Carolina was celebrated last Friday evening by the Alumni of the University of Pas quotank and Perquimans Counties by an' informal Smoker at the Masonic Hall. ' .University Day has become well known as the date on which the cor nerstone of the 014 East Building was laid at, Chapel -HJU on- October 12th., 1793, amid imposing .ceremon ies and this date has become as fam. oUs in North Carolina history as the. dates of the Mecklenburg Declaration and the Halifax resolutions which ap pear on the State flag. ' ' Throughout the world wherever two or three University men are gathered together they celebrate the birthday of the institution in some way. The local Alumni have cele brated this day by banquets and smokers for the past six years, some times' having distinguished speakers to address them and at other times having an informal' gathering of their own. This year the meetmg was or the latter sojrt as it was desired that a number of business matters pertain Ing" to the-University be attended to and at the time usually given for aT. ter dinner .addresses . be devoted . to a' purpose of .-mose ; direct benefit to the University. ' ,7'vV7--i 1-Tie-in pft tng, wa sTLcalled-toowderJ and ' presided over by Mr. .John. P. Overman, vice-president of the 'Asso ciation, and after an excellent supper with Some short speeches the ' mem bers gave a few moments from their festivities to pay due respect to their former president, Mr J. Heywood Sawyer, who had died since the last meeting. In Mr. Sawyer's death the Association lost Its most valuable member and at the request of ' the President the Committee atpointed by him to draw resolutions presented the following which were unanimously accepted: ' '7 J. Heywood Sa'vyer, a member of the class of. 1879, rn1 rh-3 I'renident of this AssocIntHii Trom its organ ization up 7to IiIb !-Kit:, hac bven called away fro.n us since our -lat meeting. If (h; U-rvcva"" proi!ii's high an! noble i.ua.'aU3rs, !. i wus, indeed, the best '.ypo of tho Univer sity Alumnus. Al-vnj' IcynJ tc Ms Al. ma Mater, alwnys speaking tn iW behr.lt, ahvays c'lin? what it was his opportunity tc do for lier r.il vancrment, living In the . stat? thi useful citizt-rj which It. is the highest function of the institution, to develop, he viis sur-h a man as Justified the maintenance, of higher state' educa tion. Living a life of constant and inflexible integrity, be shed honor upon the name of his Alma Mater. ' As President of this association he was ever an enthusiastic and teal- ous workeJor its usefulness and sue cess. As a Presiding officer at our ban quets, his like cannot be easily found. We shall miss him whenever ' we come together and feel that we hare lost much. Therefore, be it . resolved by. the Elizabeth City Ahrmnl" Association of -the University of North Carolina that in the untimely death Of J. Hey. wood Sawyer on August 25th last, the university has lost a noble son who fully exemplified her ft'thest idenls, the s h n valuable citizen. the association a splendid, Pr.-Hent n.l membor. atif its meuters a friend. " That these resolutions be spread supon "the minutes of the Association and that a copy be published In the University Record and -another be : sent to the family of our departed , SQUIRRELS . ' . ' a . ' SHOOT HM8ELF. ' ' 1.. i 'j.. ' ' ... Mr. John Munden, a Prominent far mer of thji Woodvllle section ot this county wds found lying in a lane near his Ufm7laal Wcdnerday after noon, deat) from, the effects of a gun. shot wound in his breast. ,1 Kveiy , lidiration points to suicide. Mr. Mundjn was.in bad health, and despondent; Wednesday ' afternoon he took tils gun and Informed his wife that he.-'was going into the woods!, to Bh6ot7squIrrel8.i A - small boy,- haulifag;ww)d '.found him some timo afterwardi lw" the ' lane dead. The gun as . lyihg near him and a forked shek, with which it is sup posed., he pushed the trigger to fire the gun af(er he had placed the muz zle against' his breast ., Mr. Munden was "(about thirty-five vanra nlfl : Via ia ''ii-fpvl vaA Kir xvf f 'and two children. H wna a hrnttior of " Mr. J. J W. Munden, register ol deeds of this county. ' v Tj?e funeral anirt;. Interment tool; plr.'-o yestejfday. ' ,77 ' FANCY SHOOTING ON GOAT ISLAND CRACK MARKSMAN WILL GIVE FREE EXHIBITION WITH PIS. 1 TOL, RIFLE AND SHOTGUN. HIS WIFE CAN SHOOT, TOO. Mr.' and Mrs. Atlolph Topperweln, ,the celebrated marksmen, will give an exhibition of expert and fancy shoo tin? he; I. 0,1 Coat Islaud next Monday a'teruoon, which everybody ought to see, as no such marvelous shootiny has ever been done in . I his section. Mr. Topperweln Is the ac knowledged dean of fancy and trick shots, and his man;.1 feats are of high. ly sensational character. Mrs. Top- This October l?th.', 1911. M would hT lee torm fn two. A mmber 1 Committee? -W.' P. WOOD, J. C B. EHRINGHAU3 J. KENYON WILSON. Mr. Chaii. Whedbee of Hertford re. ported tlia-at the,. last- commence- men the general Association had un dertaken tri raise 'money for "the erec tiou'of a- monumenfon.the campus Tit Chapel Hill in memory 'of those sons of the University; who laid aside their' studies in the early sixties to serve : their country on the field of battle, and announced that the rep resentative of the local Association present at that time had made a pledge of $100.00 towards the manu. ment. . ' 1 Mr. J. C. B. Bbringbaus also report. ed as one of the representatives of the local Association to the general meting of the Alumni that the gen eral Association had been reorganiz ed and placed on a more substantial footing than ever before. The gener al lan of organization may be interest ing to our readers and Is In sub. stance as follows: There is to be a general meeting of the Alumni at each commence ment to be known as the general As sembly , of the Alumni in which each local Association is to be represented in proportion to their membership. . There is a ycouncll of fifteen members known as theAlum ni Council which is io have charge of the- affairs of the Association during the year and to bring the various Associations, into concerted and harmonious action whenever their co.operatlon is needed for the University. Th!s council made at last commencement and appointed a temporary field manager to can vasi with the various Associations and secure their support to the general movement, and to make 'arrange ments for the final improvement for a general Secretary, whose sole bus iness shall be to look, after '.be af. fairs of. the Association and dhect the Alumni of all needed measures. This, of course, takes money anl the local Associations are expscted- to foot the bills. After these reporta from Messrs. Whedbee and Ehring haus the meeting was 'given over to raising the fundi necessary for these two purposes and the membership responded with commendabt gener osity. ;.:MSlilJ Iti Jllill- 111 7:, vf f m .0 7 ; ' .'''-'-.'. s. T . t s . - . ARE- PLEASED WITH DECREE aesaBsa s" SOUTHERN GROCERS ASSOCIA TION MAY CONTINUE EXIST. ENCE RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED BUT PRESIDENT OF COMPANY SAYS IT IS SATISFAC. TORY. Montgomery, AUw Oct. 17. In a consent decree handed down by the circuit court for the northern district of Alabama, today, 'the Southern Wholesale Groeers' Association, pros-, ecuted under the Sherman law Is ' Mr. ADOLPH TOPPERWIEN perwein has no equal among women for adeptness In 'shooting. Ladies are especially urged to go and wit ness her astonishing skill with shot- gun, rifle ana pistol. In the most remarkable exhibition of rifle shooting ever given, Mr. Top perweln shot for ten days at 72,500 2.V inch wooden blocks thrown Into the air Ly up. as-iHr.nl. 1.1: m'ijJ only 9 nut of th? iniir? lot nd only four ut of lU first 50.000 During the shooting he n.iu e straight runs of 14,540, -Z o', 13.-2 13.213 r.R. l"".1 LITTLE CHILD BURIED The remains of the five months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Louis U Vaker, of Hertford were oro'ili' ' ere yes terday afternoon and nere Interred. in Hollywood e?nctr ' 4J 7; it v. Mm Mrs. ADOLPH TOPPERWIEN The shooting outfit he used was two Winchester Automatic rifles and Win Chester cartridges, aad the loading of the rifles was done by himself. Considering ' the almost Incredible score and the tremendous strata of such incefsant shooting, It is unlikely that this record will ever be beaten. Mrs. Topperweln, who shoots to demonstrate the superior quality of the American Powder Mill's "Dead Shot" smokeless powder, is undoubt edly the premier lady shot of- the world. Although she took up shoot ing only a few years ago, t-he has. startled the shooting world and enter, tained many thorn-amis cf people by her great skill with rifle, shotgun and pistol. Shooting comas natural to her. and without seeming difficulties foitldden from coercing manufac turers to sell only to association members or Ihosewhoni ltrecog nizes as wholesalers and is pre scribed against conspiracy to main tain or to coerce manufacturers to fix ' limited selling prices. -The injunction case against the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Asso ciation; was instituted by the United States government in Birmingham,. June, 1910, for the purpose of re. straining the association from cer tain practices alleged to be in viola tion, of the- Sherman antitrust law. The government is satisfied that its purpose Jn bringing the. suit has been accomplished; that the decree will prevent th. further interference and coercion of, those . engaged In rnanufactuing and selling ' grocery products and that the-association and Its members will comply with the court's' oVder. 0 -7 7. ;77 ., lw:7-7..A ;'7 J, H.McLaurfn, Jacksonville, Fla., president of the Souther- Wholesale Grocers' Association, s'ays the decree of -the circuit court '"Is "wholly satis. -factory to the association, in that It has given legal approval to the op eration and maintenance by those engaged in similar lines of work, of an association for the proper protec tion and advancement of their inter ests and the general betterment of trade onddijlons." 7 .' Prsident McLaurin also denied that the association was engaged in any of the forbidden- acts enumerated In the decree and for this reason assert edtthat the prohibitive features would not effect the methods and rules of practice of the organization. President McLaurin . expressed gratification that "while the bill fllod by the government charged the or ganization with being illegal and op erating in restraint of trade and prayed for Its dissolution, yet the 'Je- creee rendered, not only noeB not dls. solve the organization, but on the contrary approves its existenc9. VICTOR'S BAND PLEASED AU DIENCE Victor's Venetian Band gave a per formance in the auditorium of the hight school last Monday night be. fore a rather small audience. The pro gram rendered was a splendid one and It as greatly enjoyed by the lov ers of good music who were present. This Is the second visit of this popular band to Elizabeth City. It came here last year as a number In the Star Course and greatly delighted " a large audience. .This year It came as a special number and pleased the audience e'n more than it did the audience ne less than" it did fast - year on the previous occasion.' . - she masters various klads of sheoting quickly. Her first public appearance was at the world's Fair In St. Louis, where with a Winchester automatic rifle, she broke 967 out of 1,000 2- 1.2 Inch flying target's; and later, 1995 out of 2000 with a straight run of 1437. This attraction, which is free to all has been secured by Messrs Aydlett Bros., Co. The shoot will take place next Monday, October 23rd. The ad mission is free and every body Is In. vited to witness It. Goat Island will be the scene of the sfabot. t t. 1 . I
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