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M V1C 1", ind Canal & id. Transportatlo kroond Towl OT9 ilil the best .Advertis ing MEDIUM IN ELIZA , BETH CITY. A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION i :v si vol i ELIZABETH CITY, NdltTH ClAROtilNA ttftfDAY, NOVEMBER, 17 1911 NO. 27 Water) ng Col ' v a - u mm mm m 4, W i . "V , . T 1 . t ; f. v - m-. AGED WOMAN : IITAII V Willing mm - LOST HER WAY ON VISIT TO A . V'J'J .' NEIGHBOR WHEN FOUND HAD V "tEEN DEAD SEVERAL DAYS ;.- ,'EURIED LAST SUNDAY J - The "bodjr of . Miss Mary Sjogren, .- an agd Swedish woman, was found .'.last Saturday at. 2 o'clock near the old Truck road on. the Fountain tract P of Woodland in the Burnt-Mill seo ; tio of Camden county. ; , :" The body was , in such condition " 'i to indicate that she. had . been , dead for several days. 'The funeral sevices ' ;:,-.-.werBv'--teonducted last Sunday after 1 '-:nn at 2 o'clock from the home of ''TeAei Rigga and the remains were ; , eerred in - the , burying ground at : , tht plaice, ' More than' a hundred : eple, Attended the funeral and ln .vv'limient. Mr. Butler Munden made ' "i'iBliort talk during the eenrices and .teli of the excellent qualltiea of the ; woman and of the high Esteem In wlBjch she was held In her neighbor- . Mjw ; Sjogren, cam from Boston ' t &aatv'flneen years ago. Mr.' L. . P. Watea of this city, .who was a 'rea Uenf of Camden county at that time . , gare ber a small farm, this farm she nat br home, and lired there a , past of- the time. The remainder of 1 te m'e she spent in Tisiting her , ? ne5rtbot. Bhe was , very religious I aaf attended church . eny opporta JnHajl'siten making considerable Joui 1 nef e to get to the church- ' ' Cn n Sati!- 'ay,. two weoks before the ho ly was ound ' in the woods, sai was seen at the. home of a col- - onS woman named. Hunt " She' stat " -ed that she was going to "Wliam Jeaes near South Mills and she start j ei on her trip which was about five i -or six miles. This was the last seen , K -of her. Her prolonged absence and ,"V her failure to arrive at Mr. Jones' 1 caused , the. neighbors to get appre tensive about her and to. make in f,H-5ries ' concerning her. Searching " parties were organized and several ,'jf 'days were spent in searching for her , The body was, found in woods so thick that a path had to be cleared before. the coffin -could be taken to the body. She had evidently wan dered . from the road into the thick woods and could not find her way : v out again. ,sne was seventy two . She was noted for her kindness to all and was esteemed by all her neighbors. Her visits were always appreciated by her neighbors. J The funeral expenses vere borne y Mr. Wadsten of fuis cUy, who hati knewn her for many years in Bos ton. ' .. . "- . ' " GRAND MUSICAL TONIGHT There will be a grand musical en tertainment tonight at the itab-i.'r. Betel, , in which a very choice pro gram of instrumental and vocal mu sic will be rendered. The orchestra, composed of .a number of , string in ' sWaments will also aagfst in the en tertainment , This entertainment is given by ttae Uiiee of the City Road Methodist rfcnrch and the proceeds will be do nated to the parsonage fund of that Jirch.- The public is cordially ln vtted to patronise this entertaln cat ahd assist the ladles in Increas ing the parsonage building fuad. PASSION PLAY Mr. 'A. K. Kramer has 'informed ' th theatre going public that the pasefon play will be presented at rte Gaiety some time in the near fu The" date will be advertised. This' Picture, or rather pictures for , , it iavn three reels and takes an jfv' show it, will be one of Mhe J ritM e tfccr. shown here: - ' j GOOD ROADS FOR THE SOUTH THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE WILL HAVE THE GOOD ROADS TRAIN AT RICHMOND DURING CON GRESS OF AMERICAN ASSOC I A ,TION FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVE ' MENT. . ; , - .Carrying the campaign for im proved highways out of Richmond, Va.,' after the close of the Ctmgress cf the American Association for Highway Improvement and its allied organizations in that city, the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad Company on November 24 will send on tour one of the most complete good road ex hibit trains that ever rode on rails. 1 Equipped partly by the railroad and partly by the United States gov ernment the tram will carry the work of educating the people to the commercial and social importance of Improved highways, into . nearly all the important cities and towns of Virginia, North Carolina, South Car olina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, addresses made by President Taft and other distinguished' guests; and will then be able "to see a practical demonstration of every kind of road building, road maintenance and road improvement. : . The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ,Company with the -cooperation of .Director Logan Waller Page, of the government Office -of Public -Road, who Ib. also president 6f the Ameri can, ..Association' fpr . Highway Im provement, will send its Good Road Special through Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flori da and Alabama.. There will be on the train Kdir-D. h;iVer, a? urginl zer and lecturer for the American As sociation for Highway .Improvement; and, representing the United States bfflce of Public Roads there will be With all the eleectric models of .the United" States Office of Public Roads on board, the .Good Roads Spe cial of the Atlantic Cost Line Rail ,road Company will be stationed on a sidetrack at Richmond during the progress of the great road congress of the American Association for Highway Improvement November 20 t 23. It will be open to the inspec tion of the visitors. Admission to the road train, as to every other fea ture of the Congress, will be free. Thousands of farmers, "eading their concerted work on the roads near their form? which was one of the leatures of ho Grod Roads, preceed ing the couverlicn, will o in Rich mond to obtain the benefit of the practical experience of experts from all over the country. ; They will hear lectures from government and state officials;' will learn the advantages -that come to . the s country generally from road building as a result of the L. E. Boykln and M. E. Worrell. All of these experts will deliver lec tures and give practical demonstra tions of road building. , - A CRUTCH IN THE MAIL Uncle Sara Is always equal to the emergency when it comes to trans porting articles through :,the, mail. Just ; so the article doeshot. weigh over a certain number of pounds, and there is nothing, dangerous In it; or it's not objectionable to the postal authorities, the United States takes it in its mail and even deliv ers it at your door. . This was amply illustrated one day ' (this week, " wheh jetty carrier' Whitehurst made his regular round with a six foot crutch of the ordinary wood kind hung on his mail bag. Thq crutch bad been sent through the mail to some party in this city and i' was being delivered At .his door. The sight was a novel one and it'at- trnofed a sreat deal of attention, anrf. b. sides, it showed to the people that your UnC Sammy is "onto" Nr Job and you just can't phase him, ,,v. fc Z . I1IIU .. KUIIil One of the MoiO of the F6urth Annual Delegates Frblcri alt Present. Elizabeth' CJtyv has had held in its miastJtnifl .ween oue.oL iu muni, im portant meetings to he held in the state 'this year.- This meeting was the annual session of the North Car olina . pralnage : Association, wmcn .convened in the county courtnouse last Wednesday; at' 10:30 o'clock a. m. andWai' is sesslpn for two days. A large cfowd pf .delegates represent" ing very section . of northeastern North Carolina was present to par ticipate in this -inee ting. The openW session was begun with' a prayer by Rev. E. W. Stone, pastor ' of ' the first . Baptist church, and the address of welcome was de livered by Rev. C. F. Smith in be half of Mayor Flora. Mr. Smith's address "was In his own inimitable foray and' he expressed in choice sen timents a hearty and cordial wel-; ."if . A : WN11 . t. i 1 . come to tne . visitors to xsiiiaaoeui City"- and, Its hospitality. ' The re sponae was made by President J A. Brown of the Association, and his speech . was,,, beard,; w JH ,greate8t of interest .'. -ft v, A , v': : After : the u formal - opsningex --t cises had been concluded, ,Dr. seph Hyde" Pratt made his annualre rort as secretary tof the association. His report dealt with the growth of the drainage work in North Carolina, since the last meeting held in ;Wil mington a year ago. At that time there were about twenty dralnaga districts in the state and now there are flfty-four. The number has been more than doubled during the past year. Many of the drainage j dis tricts formed at the last meeting of the association have been perfected. The legal work establishing the dis tricts has been done and the actual work has either been commenced or will begin in the near future. ' Dr. Pratt discussed a number of phases of the drainage problems that are now confronting the people of this section. He showed how that drain age was the one vital issue to the people of the low land country and the people of the piedmont section, whose lands are overflowed. " In dis cussing the rapid progress of the drainage work and its widespread ex tension, be stated that sixteen of the drainage districts are in the pied mont section, and the balance of them are in Eastern North Craolina. Hon. C. G. Elliot chief of drainage investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, followed , Dr. Pratt and spoke on the essential j feature of drainage in North Carolina. tiis address dealt witn tne various j kinds of drainage material that is being used to clear the lands of wa ter and of the kinds that ought to be used in this section. He spoke on tile drainage and showed how that the tile system was practical; be cause it was efficient and at the- same time lasting. The afternoon session on' Wednes day was devoted to five minute-reports by the representatives of the different drainage districts. Mr. Lu kens of the Moyock district made the report on the progress of the work in this, district This , district was formed more than a year ago -and actual work was begun about a year ago. This work has progressed very rapidly, and much of the work has bwn comnltd. MariT araua rf Innrt that have, been under vatr. slnca time immemorial hare been culti- vated this year, and the yield has - been astonishing, - and at . the same . reifiMQQinnMPr 111, VIII Illllllll III 111 Ml VUUVCHUIl IIUITL. SessiofY Over State A- K time Cultivation of these swamp lands hap1' demonstrated the' practicability-tithe drainage theory.' . Mr, jpifeltj reported the progress on the' several districts in Wilson and other coin les in that sectlou of the state; an 'also the Mattamuskeet dis trict inHytfe county, which he char acterlzeataS one of the most gigan tic feafe tof engineering ever under taken Ijorth Carolina. The legal phases,? fj thj's district, have been practic4ll jsettWd and the work will begin &WHt ' J. O.'.'Chrig'ht, drainage tnginatr of Florida Vaji present and made an ad dress. M, Beard of the . Norfolk .Southern ,rIroad spoke on the im provements, of, the health cenditiods of , Eastern 'Ifiprtix Crolina when these .aramage projects nav oea eimw out": Bevertif other gentlemen made short epeechpa, on the drainage work. The booit. Important social feature oi the' meeting was held Wednesday night in ibi JMosonic hall, when the citizens borough . the Chamber of commerc'tef'uerid"tr "'ocafeg and VisltorR,'aV elaborate. . .. ".''iPros-. Wentow jreaidnd over the' l... Hon. John 1L Small, Dr. J. H. Pratt, Dr. J. H. White, Rev C. F. Smith, Mr. Bugg ot 'the Norfolk Southern railroad, J. Kenyon Wilson and T. J. Markham made impromptu speeches dealing with the drainage feaures of thedrainage movement. The layout prepared by the chairman, LouIb Se lig and his committee composed of Messrs . .W Woodley, C. O. Robin son, M. Owensi and O. F. - Gilbert! was a sumptuous one, and the guests did full Justice to it The Thursday morning session of the meeting was devoted to. the question box, and many different questions that arose in the minds of the delegates - were discussed by speakers.'-' Hon. John H. Small made an address; He spoke at length upon the drainage ' work that has been projected.' He declared that it was necessary , to agitate the proposition to get , 'the people interested in it; that agitation, will result in the edu cation necessary, to get the people of Eastern North , Carolina thoroughly interested in the drainage move ment r' . Just bfore the morning session ad journed "' at noon, the resolutions drawn by the committee on resolu tions,. were read by Hon. J. II. Small, foP Mr. Prevott, the chairman, who was" absent, and they were adopted by the association. These resolu- tlcns are for reaching in other alms and if,, their objects are secured, drainage will receive a fresh impe tus., 'i The first resolution was a petition to the next state legislature to make an appropriation of six thousand dol lars to provide a fund with which to employ drainage engineers in this state.1 Florida and other southern etatos ' hav- drainage engineers em ployed by the state to assist in per fecting' plans for drainage districts. If tals.'plan is adopted- in North) Car olina, the work , will be greatly ex pedited; ; ' ' Another resolutioif provides for a movement to have a chair of drain age' engineers established at the Uni versity of North Carolina, and at the A. b If. Colloge for the purpooe of iivHis 'instructions in this particular f branch." ; Mf. Small in commenting on this resolution, stated that the field ' (Continued on Pags Four) GOOD PROGRAM TUESDAY NIGHT AN -ENTERTAINMENT OF UNUS UAL ORDER TO BE PRESENTED WHEN CLIFFORD DEVEREUX APPEARS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ON THE 2lVr. Clifford Devereux, is coming on the evening of November 21st. and will give his very interesting enter tainment in the auditorium of the high school under he auspices of the Woman's School Betterment Society. The entertainment Is a novel rne, something out of the ordlnaryrand he can not fail to interest the people. The proceeds deTlved from the en tertainment will be applied by the ladles of the society to a debt in curred in making improvements on the high school grounds and in adorn" ing the walls of the rooms with pic tures. The patronage of the public is solicited and the ladies feel that they ought to have it,, too. It is for a worthy cause, and the people should show their appreciation by attend ing the entertainment Besides, the entertainment is a good one, and, the patrons get their money's wortht The following program will be ren dered by Mr. Devereux m ts-i enter tainment in the auditorium ol the high school on the evening of the 21st He will be assisted by Miss Edith ' Levin at the piano and Miss Mabel Irwin Sauer, soprano. ,f - DUETS a. Passage Birds Farewell. Hlldach b. ' It' was a Loer and his " ," , Lass .......... !, Walthew Mr." Devereux and Alias Sauer a, Tom; the Ilhyuu r b. Down Among the eDad Men , , . Mr. Devereux ' " MODERN SONGS (English.) I a. Prelude (From the Cy cle of Life) ......... b. Summer (From t,he Cy cle of Life) ..' c. Who'll Buy My Laven der Miss Sauer T. Dyer Ronald Ronald German NEGRO SONGS, a. The Old Boatman ..... Freer h. Sing a Low Brainard c. The Banjo Song Homer Mr. Devereux MODERN SONGS (American.) a. Danny Deever (Klp- 1 ling) Damrosch b. The Boat Song .:. Ware c. Invictus Humn d. Fuzzy-Wuzzy (Kipling) Whiting i Mr. Devereux OPERATIC EXPERTS a. "My Heart at Thy Dear Voice," From Sam son and Delilah . ... .St.-Saews b. . "One Fine day." From Madam Butterfly .... Puccini Miss Sauer RECITATION TO MUSIC Robert of Sidy (Longfel low) Cole Mr. Devereux CAPT. WILLIAMS WOULD NOT HAVE MARRIED Miss Hattie Wilkinson, of Colum bia, N. C, a sister, of the late Capt John Wilkinson, conductor of the Ner folk Southern railroad Company, who was killed several days ago, requests us to .make a correction in the ac count of the accident published in the Advance. In' the news item it was stated that Capt Wilkinson , was to hava been married soon. His sister denlor this report vx! bays that he would not have, bee i married soon. Our Informant was. mistaken and led u.i into an error i i making this report Miss Nellie Gayle. of Portsmouth. spent some time here this week vis- ting Mrs. A. K. Kramer. SNEAK HUNTERS BREAKING LAW SHOOTING QUAIL BEFORE THE SEASON OPENS ON DECMBER 1ST MATTER REPORTED TO AUDUBON SOCIETY QUICK AC TION WILL BE. TAKEN The law is being broken over and over again, dozens of times each day In the week." This is the statement made by several of the local sports men in regard to shooting quail out of season. - ' The open season for quail shooting iirlVorth Carolina begins on Decern-" ber 1st, and Pasquotank county 13 no exception to this law, even if some of the sportsmen are inclined to think so, and they will likely fia out If they persist in breaking the law. , The most of the shooting is done by non-residents, who sneak into Norsk Carolina and Pasquotank count?, get thelr meals at a restaurant and then sneak out in the country unob served, to shoot out of season. One of our most prominent hunters, we is law abiding and proposes to obey the law, says that these sneak hunt ers are working havoc with t the quail, which is very numerous $ this county this year, and that If the authorities do not stop the, : there will not be any birds when Us season opens, for law abiding sports men, who do the right thing. These non-resident "sneaks" do not even pay the tax that the law requires non-residents. ( There ' ' is a whole bunch of these sneak hunters sneak-1 ing in here every day and when they t cf TV !leth City they car- y- i ' (C '). i i.' . i i ij ,..,..') ;i i. !' t r - - Utm living In ti.e c. . y : I i here in town too, who are guilty or this offense.. ! . ; This matter has been1 reported to the officials of the Audubon socio ty and also ' to the game warden,' and steps will , be taken at once to suppress these acts of lawlessness. ' Wholesale arrests! will be made at once unless these sneak hunters get out of the state and stay out until the season opens; and then they must pay the annual tax before they . can shoot quail, iThej local hunt-' era, too, bad better look out oh. the ' game warden will get them. BEAR WEIGHED 286 POUNDS Messrs Sample and Pritchard, two mighty" young hunters last Monday morning captured a huge black bear, by the aid of a bear trap, on the Suffolk and Carolina railroad about seven miles from this city. The bear was caught in the trap by one of his feet andUhe-dld a lot of tearing' up the dirt; but, when the hunters ar rived on the scene. he became frfmt ened and cowed down, so that hev "as easily dispatched with a snotgunU He was brought here Monday and shipped by express to some northern city. He weighed 286 pounds, which is pretty good weight for a bear. TO DOUBLE CAPACITY OF CRYS TAL ICE PLAST The officials of the Crystal Ice Csst pany are making preparations U ' build a new brick building for their plant in Water street, and to doubts the capacity of the plant ; j, . ! The ground is being broken for A new brick building and the order for the brick and piling has already been placed. 'Work will begin . the building in the near future. ' The capacity of the plant will be Increased from 35 tons of ice per day to 7fl tons per day. Thia rouble ' ' capacity means that there will be plenty of ice all , the year around for both home people and the fishermen Of the down sound country. --- - -- r ' :.- i 'Eyfeeme Bad CdA
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