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... v - t iv PPEH WITH f HE "JEST ADVERTI5 M0 MEDIUM IN ELliA 3ET5 ' ' 'TY. , AN 'NCREASINQ CIR CULATION mm ' r ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA:, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 19 1912 VOL II NO. 3 MS CITY TAX COLLE0T0E) "THE BOARD OF, ALDERMEN IN SESSION LA8T THURSDAY NIGHT FORMALLY DECIDED THAT UNPAID LICENSE TAX ES ARE NOT TO BE, COLLECT- ' ' D AND TAKE NO ACTION RE FLECTING UPON MR, BERRY. The ctaarge'waa made wme time geW public print, that City Tax Collector Milton -W. - Berry was bort -tn ; hi accounts. The report wholly untrue and almost un- .ftmnded. The board of aldermen, or n member of It, ever accused Mr. "Berry of misappropriation of funds or of dishonesty of any sort. But the board did take action order ing Mr. Berry to collect license tax 3 to vthe. amount of nearly fifteen hundred dollars which, they declared were due and unpaid; thus Imply ing that Mr J Berry had either been (negligent in the performance of his duty or guilty of discrimination" In - ' ihe. matter of collecting licanse tax. At a meeting of the Board of Alder ' men last Thursday night action was aken which means that' the attempt i. to collect the "unpaid" taxes will ' e abandoned. J Here Is the story in detail of how the matter' came up and'i of what has since occurred: Some .time ago there was brought to the attention of the board, through, one of Us , members, ,, the fact , that there '.. was a tailing off '-. in the" collection of license1 " taxes "to 'the amount of $1,458.00 in the year ' 1911 as compared with 1910. -The Tault, It was believed, might He w'th 'the laiy. xax touecior nun an w tr$ vestlgation was begun, ' 4, Tim Am InirAaHtratlnn Ktnnpt U' U 1 UC 111 DL IllTCDIIgllUVU - - w . v " --) the effect that Mr. Berry had : Tailed to collect license taxes to the amount of $1800 or $2000. Some of .this, perhaps, thre;was tlfen ho way of collecting, but the members of the investigating committee claimed that-It was still possible to j nave for the city something over a thousand dollars And Mr. Berry was ordered' to collect these' back taxes. But Mr. Berry denied that he had n any way been dlrelict in his duty or that It wag possible to "collect any thing like the amount that' the board specified. Ha demanded an investl . jcatlon to definitely establish the claims of the board or to vindicate himself. This demand the board granted, and a committee was ap ,clnted to examine Mr. Berry's books. Just here -it became "apparent that -, hat board d'd not have the' keen . jrtssr and nr.f.drce that had1 been theirs, when the matter fwas fira taken up. - Thev showed a dispo- itton' to lrt(the investigation drop, and "probably would have loft mat ters resting just where they were, vad not Mr. B . .!.J . rr.v jnsiMou u,,,. 'lefltiite repot" from the investlsinng committee. ' Varions - moftincra were held and Mr.-Brrrv fpvr thnf when; the state "nicb'nory mcC wns compared with h-j .city r -enue art :t besan to ap-j.. ;,ir f.ir8 ilAVMrA ,mf K!1t:B(i- cr- thn- c-rtain liren-i. tKes:i.,. vsfci..L-mn i::;!ii- f-uul.l not ! n- tiiis way. lesaHy competed; t'lat. ;iad frciu the fnit t tin f - t!2py Items t i'j alrefdy 1"' hat the aldri:f . ,, i were gome; to the city k' itf dwiVidlin? mitll J ?tere was practiciuy noihing to it. it any rat th Hnn! iiiectiiig was ,-Id on last Thursday nisht. -The ard seemed h'nlly lo k'low how ' meet the situation, hut after golns ;er each it-:m acain a motion was lde to excuse Mr. Berry, from furth ccllection of the unpaid license xes. To this motion Mr. Berry's torney offered objection, on the ound that the word "excuse" uld imply that Mr. Berry was at HOT "SHORT" If! AGGOUNTiS fault The motion was accordingly changed, and the . wording made to imply that it was tax-payers and not Mi, Berry who should be excused At any rate the motion makes it ap parent that it is the purpose of the board to push their investigation no further and that they are unwilling to go on record as censuring Mr Ber ry in any way. ' 'A " ' Statistics gathered and compiled by Mr Berry Indicate that his effi ciency last year was the real cause of the bad light in which the board of aldermen had placed him. The following are statistics prepared by Mr. Berry and furnished ' ; - to the board. - In the 'first table of figures it is shown that Mr. Berry , has 'col lected a larger sum from license taxes 'In the last two years than have ever been collected in an equal period of the" city's history. "In the second table Ihe exact Items to which the loss of revenue ' - during 1911 is due are set forth. LICENSE taxes post ten years: collected for the YEAR. AMT. 1900 ... ...... ..$2,624.82 1901 2,865.31 1902 2.98784 1903 ..... 2,456.82 1901. 2,776.25 1905 . . . . ... .... . , ..... 2,477.50 1906,' . . ... . .. . . . . . 1 . . . . 2,i62.50 1907; ........ 2.734.60 1908;.,.. 3,024.0 1909 ,'" 2,777.60 1910' '. 4,243.00 1911 ....;.T- rr.:..:rt,m.0Q Itemized Statement of Lo ties in Rev . enue and License Taxes ' Loss on acct of lower rate $1108.12 Judgement against county in 1910 3,680.09 tLoss in ' Restaurant licenses Id 1.00 Butcher's licenses ... 300.00 ' Near Beer licenses 300.00 Plumber's licenses 50.00 Show's licenses 165.00 Llyery Stable's licenses . 50.00 Bicycle license 20.00 ' Pool Table license 25.00 20.00 25.00 36.50 12.00 20.00 10.00 70.00 Junk Dealer's license. . . . Cigarette Dealer's license 8ign Painter's license . . . Fish Peddler's license ... Coal Dealer's license .... Ship Broker's license . . . Retail dish dealers license Pistol Dealers license Laundry's license Hotel license . Pressing Club license ... 10.00 15.00 25. ao 20.00 137.37 166.07 163.00 102.11 25.00 14.00 25.00 .1 B. Thomas collected less Judge Sawyer's court less.. Loss from cut'g weeds, etc. Loss from pick up tax - Loss of ' ' Bottling Work's license .. Boat Block license Electrician's license-...'. BROTH ERS-PUCKETT Wilson I. Brothers a?id Miss Mr. jKIla puckett. the 'rharmlnc daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. I'ueki tt of this i' in iN'or fo.ir i ; :rmed ! city were united in in-.i-.ia-jf.'k hist Monday ct;;: . ; o'eloHc. Itev. Dr. Smoi'i ' (l:r csrc 'iio'.iy. , tr.fre an. I I'ii;!;ik-!;ihia on an i x . . I'r::liers is a pronsineit j voting grocer "of this city. Ili i.s vr. tn()W- jn jJotj, business a ml' so cial circles and is held In hi'h es- t:ed young lady: is we'I konwn mid Is popular' jn a arj;e" c'rcie of ftlends. s - Mr. "and Mm. Brotheis will make their home in this city. DEDICATORY SERVICES Bltickwell Memorial church will hqda series of dedicatory services beginning on Sunday morning Janu ary 28th. . THE WEFK IN TYRRELL MUCH BUSINESS BLOCKED BY BITING COLD; ' BUT SKATING AND SLEIGHING MAKE THE HOURS PASS MERRILY ' AND HOG-KILLING AND DUCK SHOOT INQ ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO. " " - - - - -r - s On account of , th extreme cold (he Branning Manufacturing Com pany have shut down their mill. It is :. Impossible to , get logs ' from, the woods. '':' - ' " " ? Ducks have been " plentlrul on Scupi)ernongs river this week," owing tr the cold, rough weather. Some of the boys have done Bome good shooting. ;''.-' '! i i ''.' '' - The young people of our town en joyed last Sunday snowballing, skating and sleigh-riding." On account of the freezing weath er work has been stopped on the new " bank : building which is now under construction. Work! will soon be resumed, however, and the build ing, it is hoped, completed In the near future. ' ,it The roads of the county have been la very bad condition so much so that the Gum Neck mail has missed making Its .trip several days this week. - V ThJe. weather la the roughest seen here for many seasons, but It doesn't met -too cold for Tyrrell farmed To kill hogs, and ship them.' Many are still letting them go. A large numberof our farmers, too, are holding cotton for higher prices. We are glad to see that the price s gradually working up, and we be lieve we'll get fifteen cents yet. Mr. W. H. Hall, principal of the Columbia High School, returned Sun" day night from Greenville, N. C, uiere . he has been attending the meeting of county superintendents. Mi. Clyde S tailings, of Washington N. C, is in town this week visiting friends. Miss A. L. BfeLon, aft'er spend ing a delightful visit with Mrs. C. W. Tatum on Water Street, left Tuesday. for Plymouth, N. C. ' Mr. A. S. Cohoon was in Tyrrell tnia week on his regular trip. Mr. C. A. Etheridge and Miss Etha Dutcher of Currituck county, af ter spending' a very, pleasant visit! with friends and relatives here, have returned home. Miss Lida Taft has accepted ,a po sition with the Mercantile and Farm ers Bank. We. Harper Woodard,. of Hound- side, has gone to 'Elizabeth City this week on business. Misses Mildred Johnson, Luia Tones and Eleanor Ohessbn spent several days In Roper this week vls 't'UP.Mtes Carrie Ca:?on ?ind the. Misses Ella and Margaret Harring ton. They 'rejmrt an havint a very i'!'Rt time Irdecl. Mr. G.'X. Hurdle rf I'r'ii'es A"n'e ff-unrv. -Virginia, In? hmir.nt th? hi-uif i'nr! lot owtied ' by Mr, J. V. Went en Hovrd s'reet and wMI move hr'e it an "n'rly (Jntf We weleome JMr. Hurcl! and his family to nr ?rowini? little citv and with fo- him siieppss in the business which he is to ent'T. HELD DISTRICT MEETING The Improved Order of Red Meh hi Id a district meeting w ith t hfc Pas quotank tribe yesterday afternoon and a banquet was given iast.nUht. A number of the delegates from the i for his recovery, tribes in this district were In at- o tendince. . . Mr. W J. Saunders, of Weeks Mr. H. O. Hill Is rapidly Improv-j viile, was Jn Ihe city Thursday on Ing ftom an attack of pneumonia. buflness. ( THIS FREEZE is IIEVEII SEMEN AND IT'S THE WORST IN A GEN ERATION PASQUOTANK RIVER . i ( - . -. ..... WAS. FROZEN ENTIRELY OVER '- " AND ALL WATER TRAFFIC WAS SU&PENDED SLEIGH RIDERS ON THE STREET AND 8KATER8 .roH -JrHit,. river. f Fpr e J past week this section has teco iield In the grasp of one of the hiost severe freezes that has occurred alnCa the winter of 1893., I" A more disagreeable combination p' sleet, snow and Ice can. not be rmaglnojl than that we have exper ienced n the. last several days. Be sides, it haB been'bltterly cold, the theromter;down at about nine or ten degrees, and ! a northwest wind chilling the atmosphere all the time, fee began to form in . the harbor Monday,, and Tuesday it . froze up. Oh iasf " Sunday steamers, - tried to get out of thei river, but ran Into solid ici and had to come back to the duck. Since then no boats have left this port except, iron tugs, and !t was'i bis task for them to break their 'tray down the river. Sunday night I sleet set in and Monday morning everything was so slick that a horse could not stand on the streets. It was with a great deal of difficulty that pedestrians could get about. All day Monday , and Tuesday, every kind of business" was tied tip. , Ni delivery system of any- WWiJt lidMBlJnljJniuU. of the groc & had to be carried by hand, and coal and wood was hauled In hand carts. Fuel ran short in many homes, and many suf fered for the want of fire, In spite of the disagreeable side of this freeze, the young people got In on the happy side of It, in sleigh ing and skating and the creeks were thronged with the merrymakes whirl ing away on skates, and the streets were full of boys, end girls sliding about oh the slippery streets. If we get nothing worse this win ter the freeze we have had this week will be long remembered tar i s severity. CARRIERS WORK HARD TO DE LIVER MAIL The mail carriers, both city and rural, deserve a great deal of credit for the effort they made this week ti give their patrons prompt serv ice' in rpite of the snow and sleet. All of the city carriers made their regular trips every iay. Stafford 'and Hairris, two of the nil county carriers, mnde their trips Monday, though the roads wre re garded as beini; impassable. .Every body in that section stayed home ex c pi these two plucky carriers. Culpepper and Perry made the greater 'part of their route on foot in! carrior T .n Harris made his qti tiri' noute on Tuehdiy. ''airier .Tui'iyj. .Tannines mPdc his 'fire- r.Mtit- Tuesday. TtfO'lay vr..f :i 'd d:iy !". anil fe y pro; 1.' stirred A o n 1. ' - Mil. MOXTKllS T.VU'ROViXC. The m.'n;' fri" will lie iei ;;!) cd condition of " .Vr. raoM'v .'tnprovin? ,-is of the 7;T;iTlty "1 "lesrii- thai-'ihe ii. T. Ver.lris :s and that his chanrcs f'ir ucn mplefe recovery an5 very bright. V. r.. Ve'Xers underwent an if ra tion 'n St. Vl'iecnCs hot-pilal sewral deyn a?i for attack of p;ieidi cltiK. H! casrt? wIib a critical one and, at flirt -there was- little; hojie F. INST TUTLS u TO IN CURRITUCK, PASQUOTANK CAMDEN AND COUNTIES MEETINGS FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND MANY, TOPIC8 OF PRACTICAL INTEREST TO BE DISCUSSED FARMERS' 1 WIVES SPECIALLY INVITED. Elsewhere in this issue of the Ad vance appears ay letter from Con gressman John H. Small calling at tention to the Farmers' Institutes that are to be held in this and ad- Joining counties next month. In or der to keep the dates of these meet ings before the readers of tha Ad vance this announcement win De run every week until the date of the Institutes. Since receiving this communica tion from Congressman Small, the following additional information has come to this office through a letter from Director T. B. Parker to Mr. H. M. Prltchard: These meetings will .be held for men and women and, it is hoped, will be made practical and helpful to all. Those who attend, are urged to come prepared and expecting to "sk the speakers questions along the lines that are .to be discussed. Separate rooms or buildings will be provided for the women, in each case. The meetings . for men In Elizabeth City will be held , in tBe rourt house, and Mr. Prltchard is authorities to get permission to use ne federal court-room, in the post-1 office building, for the women's meet tng. At Salem It is understood, Mr. Prltchard thinks, that the men will hold their meeting in the church, while the school-house will be open to the women. It is hoped that the attendance on these institutes will be unusually large. Details am. to the meetings In Currituck county and Camden county will be gladly published It sent to this office. CALENDAR PASQUOTANK CUPERIOR COURT. January Term 1912. FIRST WEEK Monday January, 22nd. 1 Morris vs Maston. 2 Bradford vs Griggs. 3 S., A. Jennings vs F. W. Lowry 4 M. R. Fletcher vs J. C. Blount and E. C. Harrell C G. W. Whitehurst vs Railway et als ft W. T. Ix)ve vs Caleb Harris 7 S. E. Scliull vs Southern Express Co. 8 Alice Bell vs George Bell 11 Sarah Jane Brothers vs James Brot iters . 12 Dora - A. Johnson vs Simeon L. If in Wt ( k - JollllMMI -' I,. IHiitm nti R ton, E"-ni )Vt, vs John P. l.V-W. (). $aiipi:'e:s vsjlivr I". Cii- !;- -W.. U. HauiHlers tvl wito j t, ;; r ii jiji'n 17 Jjoh'n Tirink k vs Map f!a"ks i IS-Yi'iliio . li(41oitii!l i vs l:i -Ceriis "FeaviaV. 'Jr., vs Karn:'-r.i j Mfs Co. ' . jr" Ali. e K Sykes vs V. Lynch I Tuesday, January 23rrt. C -.T. II. Townsend el n's vstclan Conblrurtiim Co.. et a's. 14 F. W. Heimiek et ala vs D. E WiMMiins el a!s. SI Mary ('. Perry vs Peter Perry 22 I. H. Johnson vs Maria John- feOIl ' 2.V-0. F. Gilbeit vs G. C. Hayinan rniiiiui BE HELD SOON Wednesday January 24th ' 26 E. L. Burton vs C. L. Burton . 27 C. W. Reld vs Norfolk-Southern, railroad 28 S. L. Sheep vs J. L. Strahl 29 T. A. Crank vs Mopslkov 33 E. S. Gaskins vs Foreman' Blades Lumber Company., THURSDAY, JAN. 25TH. : 13 Eliz. City Iron Works & Supply Co. vs W. H. Ward - ' 36 Liquid Carbonic Co vs W. T. Deans 34 Graded School Trustees vs R 1 L. HInton et als. 37 W. A. Brittlon vs Wilson MoT' t rls 38 Jack Moore vs Wiley More 40 Wilson Wood & Lumber Co. vs East Carolina Railway Co. FRIDAY, JAN. 26th 46 W. T. Old, Receiver, LeRoy Steamboat Compuny. 39 E. R. Daniels vs J. H. LeRoy Co. ,42 S. H. Spencer vs Automatic Machine Co. 43 J. C. Perry vs Elizabeh City 44 J. A. Parker vs E. R. Daniels SATURDAY. JAN. 27TH. 32 Carrie B. Blount vs Joseph C. Blount 6ft W. L. Cohoon vs W. M . Price 8ECOND WEEK ; I MONDAY, JAN. 29TH. 20 C. P. Weston and R. C. Works vs Roper Lumber Company,,; v TUESDAY, JAN. J0TH 7 51 T. S. Onley vs Norfolk ' South em Railroad . fiuP-Ss-wyer'-and "Brooks Executora, vs W. H. White et als. 63 J. H. Aydlett, Sec, vs J. Boyd Anderson 54 Royal Typewriter Co vs C. B. Ma son WEDNESDAY. JAN. 31st : 55 H. D. Newberne et als vs Peo ples Navigation Company 57 John Crank vs L. B. Perry 58 John ArEvans vs Louis Riddlck 59 E. V. and,W. E. Hinton vs Mrs. Lillla Price , Q0 Pailin vs Thompson ,.' N. B. All cases sat for trial dur ing the first week and not reached before the end of the week will take their regular place on the calendar after the case of Weston et als vs Roper Lumber Company.. No. 20, v COMPANY AUDIENCE CONCERT PLEASED The third number In the Star Course was presented last Friday J night in the auditorium of the high I school. A good sized audience was present to witnes this performance. r This number was the Apollo Con cert Conipsny and Bell Ringers. It was a high class production and It pleased the audience Immensely. The different members of the com pauy performed their lart in a very pk-aFing.. iii.ttienr and oach member on the protframwas called back sev e'.il titiKH. The Hell Rhv rs. was a novel L iitine that d' Hyhted th au-' "a ik-.' and had f!.' i"'f -.-u.-s-s nib- i ' 1 1 1 -'1 to the !:c 'r"; t-T.ev H-i:ld ti." ni.'bt. i:("-Tr'n" ! ; r t o Silts Sprint?, in her part :s read- V ai'd . irt'p .-.son; t; :, c-! -i'( roils 'epliliiUe. and ! v, a the hoi'se in tl- ! when' 9i fornol "V1i,i ! ffrih vo broi'ght' : t rosp'-'nso .aid it and What II Said." T.his was undouhiedk' the niOKt this pie.-si!" person. nt'i'ifcticn prtFenii-d JUDGE BRAGAW WILL RESIDE The January term of Sujierior Court for tb tri3l of civil cases will convene . here next Monday, morning. . ' H!a honor Jude Stephen Bra?uw will .reside. This will be - Judge Bragaw'a first vist here as a judge of the sperior court. 0
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