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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROUNA, ?RIDAy, JANUARY, U 1912
Na35
LAST STAfID
Oil MIUUIE
HAN(VEIt OF COttlURCC MLf,
DELEGATED TO CON
0KE3 TO MAKE A LAST AP
PEAL. FOR GOVERNMENT PUR
)., CHASE OF iMAi. TO AMP CA-
t Tton Chamber f Caawcrca Ooaa
ntfttee composed aCDr.U B. Blades
V ' ; tfessra. B. F. Aydlett. 1. Q. A.
, ' Wgoa, F, M. Grice and Secretary B.
v larab, trill go to TTaabJngton, B
t bt time to appear before the Coo
eioaI committee next Monday
unrlag in regard to the recommen
jlAtiona ot the Albemarle and Chesa--
canal.
The Congressional committee
Meets at this place to consider the
( pott of the board of engineers rec
leimendihg the purchase of the canal
' a part of the Inland Waterway,
'flhie board hag made several trips
i rfcough - both can?! and have held
t everal meetings to consider the pur
chase of them. Elisabeth City dele-
; at!ons have already ' a .ipeared be-
, Tons Che board several times ad
.'Vjncing the purchase of the Dismal
V'wamo canal. Recently the board
f as given out that it Intends to rec
h!. na mend to congress the purchase of
.." ise Albemarle and Chesapeake ca
al. This statement has produced
' ;( unsternation among Elisabeth City
",' trainees men, as It is .conceodod that
tje purchase of the Albemarle and
a ' besapoafce canal will close; the Dls
'' mal Swa'mp canal to the great detri-
" X,Jt"nt. f thia .section J?eside,a pwrh
, -' mi act on' the pah congrtbsf will
. - - ifVactically confiscate the V Dismal
' . v Fwamp canal property.' , '
The business men have made a
. ' desperate fight for the. purchase ot
tie Dismal Swamp canal; and they
lave not given up the' fight. They
jropose to make the laBt stand next
Monday , -"morning in the Committee
room in the United States capitol at
Washington. Here the Elizabeth
City committed will meet face to
toe a with the Congressional commit
tee, which has the final recommen
; Nation, and jto this committee make
Ue final appeal for the purchase of
tic. Dismal Swamp canal. Nothing
will be; said to the disadvantage of
' tke ' Albemarle and Chesapeake ca-
'- sal and so fight will be made to pre
vent the United States government
v from-purchasing, bur" every effon
will be made to indue congress to
purchase, the Dismal Swamp canal
also that this canal which is a thor
....... togbfare of importance to the people
of this section, may be kept open
tor navigation to furnish transporta
; ' tlon to the people of the South Mills
v flection.
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, ( . "MEETING OF COMMITTEE POST- I
LITTLE CHILD
BADLY BURNED
CLOTHING CAUGHT FROM STOVE
AND IN SPIT! OF HEROIC EF
FORTS OF HIS FATHER SE
RIOUS INJURY RESULTED BE
FORE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHER-CHILD
MAY NOT RECOVER.
PON ED
Eldrldge, tha three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Old Hughes, Sr. , was
horribly burned at the home of his
parents In Hunter street lost Sun
day morning.
The little fellow was at play In
the sitting room, in the absence of
bis parents, who were out of the
room. In some way his clothing
caught fire from the stove; and,
when his father reached him, he was
enveloped in a mass kf flames. The
clothes oa one side of bis body and
the hair on one side of his head
burned off. Mr. Hughes caught him up
in his arms, ran out of doors and
rolled him in the Bnow to extingush
tha flames.
Dr. I. Fearing was summoned and
rendered medical aid. An examina
tion showed that he was badly burn
ed on his hody. He may not recover,
hit? wounds being of such a serious
nature.
. Mr. Hughes was badly burned
about the face and on bis, bands in
his efforts to 'extinguish the burn
ing clothing.,
THE ADVENTURES OF BETSEY
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SOURCES OF ANNOYANCE AND
EVEN DANGER TO PA68ER9BY,
THE iOARD PASSED AN ORDI
NANCE MONDAY NIGHT FOR
IDDINQ CHILDREN TO PLAY
THESE GAMES ON THE STREET
And. She's Kdepjng it Too.
THE GAS CDMPAfjV
ACCEPTS I FRANCHISE
O"
PAVING CONTRACT COMPLETED
i
'llae- i20,000 btrsot -'paving- cob
tract has been completedand an or
dei on the city treasury for the last
dollai-3 in payment of it has been is
sued." ' : '
The . board of alderman last Mon
day night passed an order to close
.up.jtbe account with tlie contractor,
Mr!Lawson, of Norfolk, and Tues
day -'morning, city clerk Brocket
made out his order on the treasurer
for nearly $14,000. The city clerk's
books showed that a little over $124,-
000 had been expended for paving
and curbing since, since the work be
gan last spring. The work will now
cease for some time, until enough
of the money to be received from
the property owners, has" been col
lected to warrant the aldermen to
begin paving again. There is $60,000
and the interest on the amount avail
able, but the property owners have
five years to pay it and much of ill
will not likely be paid until the ex
piration of the five years. '
The aldermen Monday night award
ed a contract to the North Carolina
Granite Corporation for about 20,-
000 feet of curbing to be used on the
streets.
AND THE ACTUAL WORK ON THE
PLANT IS TO BEGIN BY THE
FIRST OF MAY CAS WILL BE'
WITHIN , 61
MONTHS AFTER THAT DATE.
JVAILABLl
M6. W. G. GODFREY DEAD
::jr. (v.
PRITCHARD-PRITCHARD
' The Chamber of Commerce commit
lee, which is to go to Washington,
I). C, in the interest of the Dis
' ml Swamp canal has been notified
that the congressional committee
has postponed the time of hearing
nntil .Wednesday, January 17th.
The committee will leave here In
lime to appear before the committee
n that date. i ,
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MR. JENNINGS POLICE
At tbei meeting of the fcoard of al
tUrmen last Monday night, Mr. Zenaa
.Vnnings was elected by tbe board'
io a position on- the poliae force.
Mr. Jennings secured three votes
wad Mr. R. C. Gregory aecured three
veies. Mayor Flora castiae the de
tiding vote.
Mr. Jennings take Ue place made
A ant by the resigaatioa of Mr.
Uiams. Mr. Orogofy had been hp
Vointed temporarily t all th vacar
j.t. .
Mr. George D. Pritchard and Miss
Pearl Virginia Pritchard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pritchard, Sr., of
Providence township, secured mar
riage license Tuesday, and were uni
ted in marriage Wednesday after
noon at the bride's home near this
city. Ilev. W. W. Slsk performed the
cermony that made them man and
wife in the presence' jf)f p. number of
friends of the family'
Both Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard are
well known in their community and
are very popular.
Spite of vexatious d.elays and
many disappointments, it seems that
at last the having of real gas in
Elizabeth City is only a question of
a few months. The announcement
will doubtless be heard with a great
deal of pleasure by the people of
Elizabeth City.
The North Carolina Gas Company,
to whom a franchise was granted
some time ago, have formally accept
ed the franchise and are expected
within the next few weeks to put
up the five thousand dollars forfeit
bond as evidence of good faith.
The actual work on the gas plant
is expected to begin by the first of
May of this year, and the work is to
bo completed in six months; that is,
within that time at least six miles
of pipe must be laid and the gas
made available to people along tha
mains.
The franchise, as it was submitted
to the city by thie gas company, was
altered and amended by the board of
aldermen. The fact that the compa
ny has now accepted the franchise
after these amendments should elim
inate the last possibility of failure
to get gas in Elizabeth City.
G. G :dfrty d ed at hU
home Jia Cy street lat Mon
day ntu, afV :' leng .and 'lingering
- The fuTjrn; rv'ces Wer Conduct
ed over thiT-ici.'ains from Bbckv.-eli
Memorial cliu.Vi Wednesday at 11
o'clock byltev. t. N. Loftin and the
'Tiiern.ent took place in Hollywood
comttery. Tin- Odd Fellows, of
v.hWi order he was a prominent,
member, attend; a the funeral and in-ternu-nt
in a body.
M:. Godfrey was; a most estimable
i i;fzi?n. and w;m held in the hlgh-
t-sr. esteem.
71 MARRIAGES LICENSES
Register of Deeds J.. W. .'Mundeu
broke the record issuing marriage
licenses during the month of Decem
ber. He issued seventy-one licenses
during the month. The majority of
the couples were local. There has
never been a month of so many mar-
r rgt s in . the history of the regis
tor's offlefc. ..
Aa ordinance has bean passed by
the aldermen prohibiting "snowball
ing" on the streets of Elisabeth City,
also the game of "shindy" iB pro
hibited by the same ordinance.
ine oramance proniDiting enow
bailing came aa a result of
some of last Sunday's capers of tbe
boys and girls. They thronged the
streets pretty much all day and pelt
ed every pedestran that came along.
These young people did not seem to
have any respect for age or any
.liiiig elde, but plied their sport to
!ho discumfiture of the people who
walked the street3.
The game of "Bhindy'i is a great
favorite among the small boys and
its a dangerous one too. The won
der of it is that a dozen legs have
not already been broken. The ordi
nnne.e. If it is enforced, will be a
great relief to parents. .;
" ELIZABETH
CITY'S
SALE"
GREATEST
FRIAS-BALLANCE
MARKHAM t JONES
McCABEi AND GRICE
McCabe & Grlce announce in this
issue of the Advance the approach
of their great sale. It will be to the
interest of our readers to read ttii
ad.
Mr. Alex Prias of Camden county,
and Miss Maggie Ballance of Cur
rltuck, secured a marriage license
here Wednesday and were united in
marriage by Rev. I. N. Loftin at his
home ins Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr. arid Mrs. "i Frias returned to
their home' in Camden county on the
atternoon train. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Frias are well known in their com
munitles and are bold in high es
teem. '
FOR RENT Building, Poindexter St
26 X 80 with large lot and build
ings in rear. Recently occupied by
Broughton Buggy Co. Will rear
range to suit party desiring " to
rent Possession at once. Also
store 20x80 adjoining above prop
erty, now occupied by W. S. White
Co. Possession February 1st.
J. P. KRAMER.
ON 'NSPECTION TOUR
The steamer Carolina of the I-ife
Saving Service under the command
of Capt Thomas Guard has gone
down the sound this week on an in
spection tour. 'L,
Capt. Toby and Lieut. E. W. Hall
of the service were on board.
Markbam A Jones, cut price furni
ture" dealer have an ad in this is
sue of tbe Advance which announces
their removal to the store corner
Main and Water Streets, formerly
occoi 'o1 bv A F. Tbxey . Co. In
their enlarged quarters they are bet
ter prepared than ever . before to
serve their patrons.
FOR SALE New Iatacuational Dic
tionary. 'Apply at Advance office.
AUTOMATIC GRINDING MACHINE
Dr. J. D. Hathaway has Installed
in his labratory au automatic grind
Inf machine, with which he pre
pared to grind all lenses for;specta-
a anil vc frlnHHaa Rhsnllltllv POf-
Or dictionary will be given for first ; w '
' ciud of ten auoscnpiions erougu
to tbe Advance eSce. Same dic
tionary as advertised elsewhere la
thla issue.
Hurry It the watch word at Mitch
ell'. Big Sale,
"Elizabeth City's "Greatest Storo"
has now inaugurated "Eliaabeth
City's .Greatest 'Sale. One of the
most' progressive merchants in ' the
c.'iy, Mr, O. F. Gilbert, proprietor
of heTVeb irive" IJarJlliorougWy
awake to the truth of' the adage, It
pays to advertise." Within the past
two weeks he has undertaken and
carried out an advertising campaign
without a parallel, perhaps, in the
history of Elizabeth City. All east
ern Carolina has been covered with
advertising matter announcing this
Treat event in the mercantile annals
of the season, and the Advance has
brought to its subscribers an an
nouncement of profitless prices not
on a few specials, out on an entire
tock, and that one of the largest
n the city.
But though the adage, "It pays
to advertise," sets forth a general
truth, everybody knows that in order
to pay in the long run, advertising
must be backed by actual prices.
Many merchants advertise sales
without producing a ripple in the
regular stream of customers, because
their so-called sale prices are just
about tbe same as everybody elso's.
From the beginning, Mr. Gilbert
made it evident that his was to be
a bona fide sale. All prices quoted
were evident - and unmistakable val
ues. And on Tuesday of this week,
a force of thirty-three clerks were
set to marking down the goods, and
until after nine o'clock on Wednes
day morning this work kept them
busy.
The people know when unusual
values are being offered. So before
the doors of the Bee Hive were open
ed on Wednesday quite a crowd had
collected to be among tbe first to
take advantage of the opportunities
of this remarkable sale. From that
time the store has been crowded and
the whole Brmy of clerks have been
busy. Judging from the many cus
tomers of the past two days, the re
sults of the sale will Justify Mr.' Gil
bert's most sanguine expectations.
CITY'S BANKS
ARE rnERii
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE
EST IN THE HISTORY OFRfS
LOCAL BANKING iNSTITUTlOjii'
DIRECTORS OF VARIOUS
BANKS ELECT OFFICERS.
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THE) FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The banks of the city during the
week have held 'their stockheldam'
meetings and have elected directors
for this year. j
The First National Bank reel ec tea
tho old board of directors, which 1s
composed of the following: Charfea
H Robinson, L. S. Blades, J. B. Flora
D. B. Bradford, P. H. Wlltosts,
Win. T. Old, M. H. White, M. R.
Daniels. L. C. Blades. O. F. Ollbert. '
A.' Kramer.
The directors' electod the follow
ing officers: Charles H. Robinson,
president; L. S. Blades, vice-presi
dent; Wm. T. Old, Cashier, and W.
G. Gaither, Jr.. assistant cashier.
Thlsv bank carries a deposit ef
$447,260.34. During the past tweaky '
years, $166,500.00 has been paid im.
dividends and the surplus and proflta
are, 67,500.00.
The First National Bank
the strongest institutions
tern North Carolina.
is omo
in ' eas-'
CITIZENS BANK
ed;
The Citizens Bank held ' a 'a&ck-'
holders' meeting Tuesday afternoon
tcv elect directors for this yeijr. Tike-
old board was reelected as follows
Dr.' McMulian, W. C, Glover, F. If.
Grlcu,'M, Sawyer, T. 1. IU
F F,-Bpencer and H. T. GreeiUh-,
Sr. '
The folllowin,? officers were elect-'
Dr. 'o. McMulian, president;
W. C. Glover, vice-president; M. R.
Griflln, cashierj and E. Ehringhaus,
teller.
This Hunk has had a very pros
perous year and has made great ad
vances in financial circles',. It ia
one of the most progressive balk
ing institutions in the state, and ifl
one of the strongest banks in eastern
North Carolina.
SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COM
PANY 1
The Sayings Bank and TruBt Com
pany held a stock holders' meeting
this week In which the following
board was elected: W. T. Old, B.
F. Aydlett, L. S. Blades, Charlee
H. Robinson, J. B. Flora, A. M.
Wllley, C. E. Kramer, P. H. Wil
liams and J. W. Foreman.'
The directors have reelected the
following officers: W. T. 01d
president; E. F. Aydlett, vice-president
and II. G. Kramer, cashier.
1 A semi-annual dividend of six per
cent wap declared on Jonuary 1st,
This Is an advance of one per ceat
over the former rate.
Last year was the best year ia
the history of this bank. It has
greatly prospered, and is in the froat
rank of banking institutions.
MERCANTILE BANK
MR. HANDCOCK'S HOME BURNED
Fire broke out in the home of Mr.
Ed Handcock Jn Southern avenue
last Tuesday afternoon' and did much
damage before it was extinguished, olina.
TA fire caught in the roof and bad
gained much headway before it was
discovered. The roof was burned off
flie stockholders of the Mercantile
Bank held their meeting this week
and elected the old board of direc
tors, a8 follows: Geo. M. Scott, W.'
.1. Woodley, T. W. Williams. J. H.
White, J. Q. A. Wood, D. E. Wil
liams, II. H Lavensteln. Wm. E.
Dunstan and J. W, Di'iricksou, Jr.
This bank, though the youngest
in the city, has made rapid progrese
aud is to-day one of the most p
gressive banks in Eastern North Car--
The Mercantile Bank mew
bat over. two thousand dollars ef
undivided profits on hand. Las.
year's business was very prosperous f
the building. Much of the household (TheofflcIals expect to make th'g tke
Igoods were destroyed.-
greatest year In Its history
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