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paw w THS BEST ADVERTIS INQ'MEOi'JM IN ELIZA ' 3ETH v'TY. A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CtT ' CULATIO T VOL I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRiD AY, DECEMBER, 15 1911 A ' : - NO.31 w JUDGE WARIJi HAS RESIGNED XIS FORMAL RESIGNATION HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT IN TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE ELIZ- . ABETH CITY BAR RECOMMENDS . WASHINGTON MAN A3 HIS SUC- MRS. AYDLETT PASSED AWAY MOTHER OF PROMINENT FAMI LY FOUND DEAD TUESDAY MORNING. FUNERAL SERVI CES AT BLACKWELL MEMO- v RIAL CHURCH.' A Rhyme Within 'Reason CESSOR. Judge Ward, who has, for the past fcven jnears, been iuda,of the First Judicial district, has Ben t.,1 hi a resig nation to GoTernor Kltchla andvwlU tftire from the bench. Judge Ward, as been determined for some time 1or leave the bench, so that he might escape' the burden that the duties of his position placed upon him,; that he might" follow his profession and business affairs with more . leisure. Last Monday he took steps to put iis determination into execution Tie bar association of "this city was c stifled ' of the determination, and a. meeting was called for the purpose Vf making a recommendation to Gov-' rnor Kitcliin n hla successor. The association held' a meeting - Monday afternoon and the available candidates - were ' discussed. ' The . name of Hon. E. - F". Aydlett was rentloned as a suitable man to take J ndge ' Ward's place on the bench Mr. Aydlett was presettt f audi de clined the nomination stating that it was utterly, Impossible ; for him to iTCepf tjho position, should Governor Kltchin appoint him judge of the Firsf - tlstrlct., Ex-Judge' gr,;..:Bv.lfgh' ,r was '.Witlojjv! sucwsss'oc. ' - jjt , Judge, . Leigh . als declined the nomination. ' Finally Attorney Wiley "V. Rodman, ' of Washington.- N. C as nominated as the person to rec ctmend to Governor Kitchi for ap- yMBntmeht as judge of the. Jlrst DiS' fM for the remahader . of Judge Sard's term', nearly a year. The many friend of Judge Ward throughout 'he state will team with it, great deal of regret of his retir- r) from the bench., - , He has made a splendid judge and a won great reputation as an able ftarlst.'. In his retiring to private life, te state has lost one of the strong judges on. the bench. she wa STOLE HOLYARDS OF , ;: V TOWER SIGNAL Somebody his ii.red Coi. l'immori3 e! the United utiles weather bu reau a very mean trick, and 1f Mr. Simmons could find him out, he ' would have'the law on him. One night this week somebody ?le the halynrds on the storm sig nal tower and now the keeper of f,e tower can't get his warning flags pp no matter how the wind blows. StealingHs indtf-n'blc anyway hut this is the most Indefensible stealing to take place, in this" city et. It greatly .interferes with the proper display of Btorm flags. BADLY SCALOED Mr.' F. T. Wlnslow has been in formed that his mother, who re sides at Meanor, has met with an accident, in which she was badly scalded with boiling coffee. Mrs." Winslow is an invalid, and is incapable of helping herself, her 'imbs being drawn with the rheuma im. ' For more than eighteen years he has been helpless, even having 1 1 . be fed. In some way a eup of roffee was knocked from the table a ad ran down into her bosom, bad ly scalding her breast. . " " REV. MR. SMITH TO ' SERVICES CONDUCT Rev. -C. F. Smfrm will conduct Mi-viees' in St. Joseph' Episcopal .-hurcbNi Camden" county -tonight H alfcw onduot "eefcsviil next Funday services at afternoon at Mrs. Abner Aydlett, Sr., one of the oldest and highly esteemed wom en in eastern North Carolina is dead. Last Tuesday ' morning a servant la the home of her son. Mr.' J. H. Aydlett, was sent to her room " to call her to breakfast. No response was, received to the call, and an- in vestigation was made which revealed that, she was dead in her bed, hav ing passed away some time during the night. She was' in her usual health the evening before and spent some time conversing with her sons,. E. F. Aydlett and Dr. J. H. Ayr dlett. . She retired at the usual hour and nothing was noted by1 the fam ily during the night, that would,; In dicate anything but , that sleeping peacefully.- The funeral services were conduct ed over the remains from Blackwell J Memorial church bn .Wednesday af ternoon at three o'clock, bjr the pas tor, Kev. I. N. toftin.- and the in teriuer. took place in Hollywood cemetery. A large congregation of sympathizing friends of the family attended the funeral. ' - ' : The following were the pall bear ers: Messrs :Al M.'fWilley' G. D. B. Pritchard, M. N. Sawyer'.'E. F. Lamb q. W, OrteerJX. B.. Bradford, T. P. Nash, T. p..WH8on,''C.:,vV':kStevei.v " MrsVdlefif-Vas; about r8l vyears old. She is survived by one daugh ter. Mrs-..: Noah Burfoot and by four sons, llewsrs, E. ; F - Aydlett, 'A. L. Aydlett,' J. H. Aydlett ard Dr.H. T. Aydlett. - She w a. moBt es timable woman, wtr'i known in this county and In 0 mdet county where she waa held ?n ' tha h'hest esteem. Everj member '?f he; family of children has made a successful ca reer, and they are among the most prominent both in business and in society. , v WW bon, oe mou wiser , : . j)f jho small is my sjze, , ;i Ahi L , I IIC WUIIU UU I IC4U, ;'. I just Advertise Si A WORD TOf Wl GROCUflNds , " BY CIRCULAR SAW' PAVING WORK ABOUT DONE BRICKS ARE NOW GOING DOWN ON PEARL STREET AND THIS WILL BE 1 THE LAST STREET PAVED AT THIS TIME. MEN DISAGREE ALDER- XMAS SpPING ,., : Clli't&fel l CTi :rf J" Iff Just a little Pearl street piece of paving Detween ' Martin a i i' a lOF THE xceptionall j weath 1. vvijinu 1 j mi it. J- holiday sho'nq; in Elizabeth City on mv umai, ana targe now Pcindexter streeta to nse ud the rei fCPwd of.vhwrs, some of whom Idue of brick and curbing, and ttf avf ben in the habit of going ( 1120,000 street paving Job will L. lsewhere. and home people throng ; ervime streets eacn day looking J UNFORTUNATE WORKMAN FALL O" 1NG ON CARRIAGE AS IT MOVES rOWARD SAW HAS HEAD COM PLETELY SEVERED FROM HIS BODY. CORONER SUMMONED. , .. I I MISS BURGESS' ENTERTAINS Miss Carrie Burgess entertained a number of her friends at her home in' Cypress street last Tuesday night Various games were indulged in'and a musical program was rendered by Miss 0ttle, of Uinton, W. Va. Those present werei Misses Kate Brothers, Lonnle Brothers, Mattie Ward, Lucy Burgess, Mae jChappelle, Bertha Chappelle , Sophia Evans. Courtney Jones and Goldie Cottle, of Hinton, W. Va., Messrs Paul Pugh, Walter Pugh, John Berry of New York, John Whaley, Ben Ansell, Em- mett Wynne, Robert Bemberry am B. Burgess. , The event was very en joy all a- A colored man named Perkins, ah 'employee 'of the Roller Mills, was cut completely' in two last Tuesday morn by falling in front of the circular saw on a moving log carriage, i , Perkins was engaged In moving the headblocks. ' He went ,0 swing his lever and stumbled and fell of the carriage.;- The sawyer threw on his lever withp'ut seeingthe predkiamenf, which his assistant was in.- The sawyer's carriage was steam fsed ; and, -when It was once started, , It could not be stopped. The moving carriage took .the colored man right up to the saw and the saw . passed through his body, entering it over one shoulder and leaving It under the other. The body and head fell aitart, the head on one side and the body on the other side of the saw The coroner was notified and a jury wag summoned to view the dis- Imembered body of the unfortunate man. lzen and bis tragedic death in this horrible manner is greatly deplored. MR. WRIGHT DEAD Rev. E. F. Sawyer of this city. conducted the funeral services over the remains of Captain ' William Wright in Shlloh BaptiBt church last Sunday ' aftenoon, and the inter ment followed in the family burying ground. More than a thousand peo ple were present to attend the fun eral services. Mr. Wright was 65 years old. He fs survived by a wife and ten chil dren. He died very suddenly last Sat urday afternoon. He made a visit to Elizabeth City on last , Friday and was in his usual health. He was a splendid citizen and tood high !n his county's affairs. He will be' greatly miBsed. riree o'clock. Mr. GUI Lamb, until recently sn- tierintendent of the Pasquotank coun- r chain gang, is very seriously ill t his home in this city. His con .'tion !s so serious ''that it Is doubt ful, if he will survive. RABBITS PLENTIFUL Huntsmen - report that there are mere rabbits in the "country this year than they have , ever seen. . There are rabbits everywhere. The. hunter with gun and dOii' is getting in good work, slaying them by the score. The smaIlboy is now pretty active with his rabbit gun. A trip out in the country and a dozen of these gunners can be found . setting at the crack of the fenca where a rabbit has been In the habit of cr-iw'Ing through. The boys here in town tpend a good part of their time manufacturing gums which they Bet in the branches near the city. Thov catch a sood many rabbits too. ' , ,, WEDS BRIDE - AT EIGHTY - ' . ' ' - ' f-. i- '" . ' f ' - "-7 "V ' " . ' WELL-TO-DO AND PROMINENT , CITIZEN. OF' THIS COUNTY MAR RIE$ AT RIPE AGE. ALREADY HAS ''GROWN-UP GRANDCHIL- DREN. Mr,- W. J. Spence, age ' seventy eight, and 'Miss JBarah 12. Jones,' age forty-four year, were united In mar riage ) last " Tuesday , night at the bride's home, n Newlaad township. Mr. Spence is a very prominent cit izen of this county, owns conndo aole property and is a man of -nuch in fluence.. Having the means at head to live leisurely, he has devot ed much of his time during the past several years to travel and reading and is one of the best informed men i. the county. He ''has been mar tied once before. He has grown-up grandchildren. His second marriage ar this advanced aged, comes-as a great . surprise to his many friends throughout the county. ' Mrs. Spence is an excellent woman. and Is held in high esteem in her community. completed. - ' ' . ' , 1 The paving ' . began -r early last spring and "the work has been push ed all the year. The contractor eiM pects to have .everything cleaned; up before Christmas. When the contrac tor began the first of this week to finish up his odd jobs, he foundthat the city had on hand a considerable quantity of. brick and some curbing so the aldermen met Tuesday nlght to decide what to do with it. There was not very much brick, not enonf to pave a street of any length, tl different members of the board stf gested different slreetp, . Mr, Lova, again insisting that the greatest1 need of paving was on Ehrlnghaus street. It , was finally decided, how ever, that Pearl street should get the brick. . , ,' , STEPHEN T bragAw FOR JUDGE FAVORED The friends in this city Of Hon Stephen Bragaw, , a prominent attor- uey of -Washington, K V, arc very active in his behalf In, his candidacy for the appointment as jude of the First Judicial District to'-.auceeed Judge Ward, who has resigned. They have learned that the endorsement of the Elizabeth City Bar association was not unanimous,- and that sever al members of the bar would be Just as well satlsfield with . him Judge. He Is an - able and capable lawyer and a very proper successor to Judge Ward. . His ca reer as a lawyer has been very clean, and his friends feel confident that, should Governor Kltchin appoint him, he would grace the bench with great judicial purity and dignity. Those informed best regard his chances ror appointment as Delng very bright. CAN'T SELL TOBACCO AND CIGAR ETTE PAPER TO BOY8 MR. STEVENSON DEAD Mr. George E. Stevenson, one of the most prominent citizens of Cur rituck county died at his home at Shawboro last Sunday after an ill-nt-ss of several weeks. . f The funeral and (interment took pi, ice Monday afternoon. Mr. Stev enson was about 55 years old. He ir. survived by a wife and four chil dren, He was prominent in the iralrs 01 his county. He was an excellent citizen, was well known and high-1- esteemed. ' " ' t MR. J A SAWYER ILL Merchants cannot sell tobacco and paper to boys to make cigarettes. Not many know that this is against the law, but ' several; merchants in th's city have found it out, and it cost them something over five dol lars to learn this point of law too. One day this week, E. M. Davis & Co.. John Cartwright, Overton Bros..' and J. T. Rayner,' all grocers, were up In Justice Court upon the charge of selling to boys under seventeen years of age a 'sack of smoking to bacco and giving them cigarette pa per with which to make cigarettes. The law says cigarettes or anything that can be substituted for cigar ettes. That is where they got picked up They were fined five dollars and cost for this their first offense and very likely It nil! be thei- last, fense. , John Lowry was fined five dollars and cost for- soiling cigHreries tj boys. PA8TOR GETS POUNDED STEAMER EVA SUNK The steamer Eva operated between points In Hyde county and this city Mr. W. I. Sawyer received a tele- by Captain Sam Spencer, sank Tues- gram yesterday from Gum Neck, Tyrday in Alligator river. .. She was load rell county, stating that his brother, ed with a caro of peas bound to J. A. Sawyer, was critically ill and Elizabeth City. Xo details could be was not expected to live. learned bf the cause of the sinking. The membership of City. Road Methodist church gave pastor Buffalo a pounding party last Wednesday night at the parsonage. The members of the party ' left substantial tokens ofy the esteem in which he Is held by his membership, In the large collection of pantry sup plies. No pastor In Elizabeth City Is more popular with his membership and the people at large than pastor Buffalo. BROKE HIS LEG Mr. Cleveland Jackson met with the misfortune to have one of his legs broken Wednesday morning. He was in the act of mounting his horse, when the horse slipped down, falling on Mr. Jackson. Mr. Jack son fortunately escaped more serious injuries than a broken limb. ' 1 streets for holiday goods, and . Christmas ' presents, xne joyous spirit or t,xne Wiristmaa times has infected thn snoppers, ana tney are a merry crowa, good natured, and jolly, men women 4 and children, strangers and acquain' tances, jostle each other with their burdens of, boxes and packages, all - out for the best tjjit the stores con tain' for them. O Ner before have the stores in ' Elizabeth City displayed' such tiag- intent stocks of geneijjj merchan- se, novelties and holiday goods as y now have on exhibition,. Thefr ka are' complete and the aiippers L J,here verythiajjUhat1 they can possibly want,(lfor their holiday sup-fc! pliesf and, at prices too, that can not be surpassed In large cities. The ' stocks of merchandise carried by the local merchants are of such proper tions, that' selections' are limitless. The country people from the adjoin ing couritie'r" wall rware of these facts; too," an ,iey are "coming here to do their luypping, because Elian- betlt -CIty Words lCoi:the dva. ' tages offered by larger cities and T more; inasmuch as Elizabeth CUy - , is nearer to. the people and offers more convenient traveling facilities, v ' The ' Bhoppers in , most ' loealitle ml t1 ' this section can- make the shopping trln and return hnmi th nam An-r The holiday . shopping has oegtwi early this year. . Thls'ia 'delignt ;"' the accommodating . and obliging ' merchants and their faithful clerk. wuo ion 1 rurn eariy in iue morning until late at night to please ' the shoppers in their selections of per- - cbandlse. Early shopping, is mpst . satisfactory both to the merchants -and to the shoppers. It . affords ' -more time on the part of the shop per to select their purchases and it gives the sales people more time to er and help him to make his selec tion. Nothing Is more' unsatisfac tory than trying to shop on the last days when the rush Is almost a scramble. If the early shopping is kept up this season, It will be uni- . form and there will be no rush. The Advance urges Its readers liv ing away from Elizabeth City to make their shopping trips within the next few days, Just as early as possible and to come to Elizabeth City, for anything and everything that you cn possibly want as it can be attained right here. The advertisements in the Advance will afford you a relia ble guide for your shopping. From now on' many of the stores ill be kept open during the even ings for the bjeneflt of the home people. ARCHIE RUS8EL DEAD BRAY-RANDOLPH Mr. Robert. L. Bray and Miss Viv ian Randolph, both residents of Cam den county were married at the par sonage of the First Baptist church In this city yesterday afternoon. Rev. E. W. Stone, pastor of the First Bap tist church, performing the cere mony. . A number of friends of the cou ple accompanied them end witnessed the ceremony. Archie Russel, the seventeen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Rus sef, of this county, died last Tues day1 afternoon at five o'clock at the home of his parents about five, miles from the city after a long lllrpss of typhoid fever. v ,' ' The funeral-services were conduct ed over the remains Wednesday af-' ternoon and the interment followed in the family burying ground. STEAMER ALMA LATE The steamer Alma down this city arrived had a break enroute to on her regular trip. She here yesterday mornlag this .week .iwhile twenty-four hours lute.
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