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' , 4 r .1 . m m i 'a V V 1 V 1 THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH city. ; . VOL II it; "WITH ELIZABETH LODGE OF THIS CITY AND A LARGE GATH . ERING ASSEMBLES : GRAND MASTER OVERTON OF DURHAM WA3 PRESENT. "The District meeting of Odd Fel- iews was held hero Wednesday with wjizabeth Lodge. About twenty-five ii T G ii,- legates from the different lodges in district were present, i ne meei . .. ? was called at ten o'clock, .W, C. 4 .man of Savage N. C. (presided; ""Lesley Williams was acting as vlce jresldent; It T. Greenleaf, Jr., sec tary and treasurer, and Rev. E. F. BWyer chaplain. . -' Grand Master N. H. Overton of Dur km was present and delivered the rmcipal address. HIb theme was Kdd Fellowship." It was a very rclble address and greatly interest d his audience. The delegates from vavrious lodges made reports' on " i4 condition of their lodges. These A:iorts showed the lodges to be in I flourishing condition and that Odd VMowship is flourishing in this dis- -- jct- v.'. . '' - . 'i Wednesday night work in tlis EPS pi degree and third decree was dono . Y- the degree - team of Elizabeth . tfee. After the degree work a ban .uet was served. This was an infor- 'jal but very enjoyable affair. V i . , ' ' ' '' . -"V ' SUMMER'S SUPPER POSTPON t wr ma a o Ll jia account of the bad weather, the , Jwrnmefs Supper which was to have v ii given tomorrow night, has been Mttponed until Saturday night, Mar. $ke committee has perfected the . "plans and the funds to provide for it, "have been secured, so the supper is jured. ' The 'supper will be served at the Southern Hotel. It win be an infor mal affair, but, will be an enjoyable -event Just the same. . ne object of this supper, is to -cultivate a close acquaintance be tween the traveling men of this city -d the business men. ANCY GOODS ANO RUGS ORIENTAL' . Aa (exhibition of high class fancy goods nd oriental ruga has been fceld at M. Leigh Sheep Co' Woman Wear Store this week, TWa exhibit Included an elaborate array of fancy goods, laces, shawls; . etc , hand work by Japanese and Chi nese artists. There was also an ex hibit of oriental rugs, ranging in pri cw to $125.00. ELKS TO INSTALL ANNUAL FICERS OF- The following officers will be in stalled by the local lodge ot Elks th first Friday night in. April: : E. R. Spence, Exalted Ruler; Brad Sanders, Esteemed Leading Knight; I E. Old, Esteemed Loyal Knight; J. M. ' Harney, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; J. M.' Martin Treasurer; D. G. Broekett, Secretary; J. B. Flora, Jr. Tiler; J. II. Aydlett representa tive Grand Lodge; D.XB. Brafford, Al teraate; Dr. I. Fearing and T. P. Nash, Trustees. r-' RICE-WINTER Inward Austin Rice of ML Waah lagten, Ky and Miss Laretta Mar garet' Winter ot Baltimore were mar ried here last Saturady. ' "Justice of the Peace Mundea per femed the ceremony. Mr. A. F. Mca Kay of Norfolk accompanied the cou yle aid witnessed the ceremony. GANNAWAY-DEMINQ A. D. Gannaway and Miss- jMinnle May Detning, both . resideats if Nor fela, were united In Baarriag here lart Friday, Rev. J. D. CnadA pa- tr t ihe First SleOiodist f jiurch, thodlst 4 iiu PI LAST FRIDAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DE SERVES CREDIT FOR GIVING ELIZABETH CITY BUSINESS MEN THIS EXAMPLE OF ADVER TISING METHODS OF A BIG CITY Mr. C. L. .Welsh of the Cincinnati Commercial Club gave an illustrated lecture here last Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The lecture was well at tended, the Gaiety Theatre being well filled. ' The lecture was illustrated by more than 200 steroptlcon views of Cincin nati, the queen city of the West. These views showed many of the principal buildings of this city and many scenes from the different sec tions of the town, one of the most interesting features -of the pictures was a trip through a piano manufac turing establishment, in which the dif ferent rooms in the factory were shown and a piano in different sta ges of construction. Those who saw the pictures can not help appreciat ing a gooa piano more from having seen them'. .-.i ':'.. r " . Tfc6 lecture greatly interested the audience and Jeypry.- person 1 present has now a more, comprehensive idea of idea' ot1 this great City. ." . The last pictures shown were hum orous. . They were the town knocker and his fate.' . These- pictures created a great deal of merriment. LEAP YEAR CLOSING SALE ' Owing to unforeseen conditions there are . left in Elizabeth City in single estate forty-eight (more or less) very handsome young ladies, agea near sixteen. This rare and extraordinary collec tion of young ladles will be sold at auction to the highest bidder for cash on Friday the 16th day of March, 1912. ' " . , . This sale is to occur at the store room formerly occupied by W. T. Williams, corner Road and Fearing streets. . Nobody should miss attending this sale and indulging in one of the big gest laughs of the season. Owing to the exceptional values of fered, the bidding Is expected to be fast, furious and Bplrtted. ; this sate win te conducted under the auspices of the Baraca and Phila- thea classes of the First Baptist church. . ' ' 20fL LUMSOEN V His many friends will be pleased to learn that Dr. Lumsden's condition hag improved so that he is now able to sit up. Dr. Lumsden slipped down at his home about two months ego and se verely injured his. hip. lie has spent the past two months in bed, being unable to move. Although he can sit Up now, he can not walk a step. His friendsi hope that his recovery will progress more rapidly and that he.. will soon be able to be out. TRUEBLOOD-HOLLAND Mr. Walter Trueblood and Miss Rose IsabeJ Holland, both of this city, were united In marriage last Saturday night at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Anna Holland in Skinner Avenue. Justice of ihe Peace J. W. Munden performed Ja ceiemony. MRS. A. M. WILLEY BURIED YES , TERDAY Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock over the remains of Mrs. A. M. wn ley and the interment followed in Hollywood cemetery. The services were conducted from the home in Main Street and a large congregation of sympathizing friends of the family attended. . Mr. Ossie West, a former citizen of thla city has returned from Bel haven and has accepted a position with Lavenein's Department Store. US GOOD ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH ""wl He's . Getting: Riled THE BEST WEEKLY IN OLD NORTH STATE Mr. W. J. Peele at the State's Capitol says taatthe'Ad vance is Ahead of Anything he Sees in the Way of a Weekly Newspaper, Deserves and Will Win Snpport, Raleigh, N. C, Mar. 12. 1912. MrUEditor: ... I want . to .congratulate you On tne improvement or your v per. It is the best weekly I Bee, and one reason is you give your own views about, every subject upon which you write Vand your flews are disin terested, I mean unpurchased by fear favor, or affection, , reward ox the hope ot reward, so far as am able to see. The position you took on tne parcels post will immediately cause every right-minded man in your com munity to sit no and take notice; if indeed he had not already taken no tice of you before, and whether he agrees with you or not. The point he will note is that you took your po sition contrary to the expressed opin ion of the merchants, in meeting as sembled, and contrary to a certain narrow view of their Immediate in terests. The onlooker , had already observed that it is from the mer- J chants you must get most of your ad vertising and that in spite of that fact you advise what you think Is to their ultimate interests, and if not, then certainly to the interest of the people at large. At first blush it looks easier to "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning" but in the long run it is a hard road that the flatterer travels and the Book of Books has said -that the way of the transgres sor is hard." Touching your posi tion I desire to add that you are abreast with the best thought of this country, and of -Europe where the scheme has been long tried and worked elL - If, you take your posi tion regardless of your pecuniary in terests In all matters of principle you i will have splendid success for there is need of, such a paper every where; and there will be demand for it too as you have established In the minds of all good men your reputa tion upon that point I do not mean that your success will be measured eivtirely by dollars and 'cents: these will come along In due course and will not. corrupt unless they come toe - fast or come Unearned ; but I mean you will make if - successful newspaper, one that reflects and voices the Intelligence and . integrity of your community and incidentally helps to upbuild' add strengthen yottr own character and reputation. ' What does It profit a man if lie gain the whole newspaper; world and lose his own character his self respect, his sense of brotherhood to his fellow man, whom be was put here to serve, his championship of the poor whom ho was put here to defend? By the way, this is a great age for persecution in business. Many so called great men believe that they have a right to bring a pressure of interests to control opinion and con duct in matters in which all men should be free. The law books are not wanting in cases where the fath er has prescribed his religion-his particular brand of it to children old enough to judge for themselves, and disinherited them If they hap pened to believe a little more or a little less than he did on Bonie tenet" of faith or denominational predilec tion. To the Christian (?) man who seeks to control opinions by patron age" (as the newspapers accuse Mr. Taft of doing), or by fear or favor, I would say, as I have long been of opinion, that he "hath the mark ot the beast" spoken ot In Revelation J for there is a significant hint in the Divine discussion to the effect that none should buy nor sell save he that hath that mark" in two very con splclocs' places in bis thoughts and In his deeds. Perhaps the Rerelator had his eye npon these latter times. Persecution in business Is the trade mark o the "beast," and the Chris tian (?) mho wears It would do well to read the Judgements pronounced In that remarkable Book. ' A newspaper is not all news. Tho tood people of your community want; 15, 1912 to know where you stand on living questions, and even when you are wrong, as you often must be, they want to know whether you will give the truth fair chance in your columns. They want a decent newspaper, one that can go in their homes and will not have to be censored at the door steps to see whether it contains mat ter too scandalous for decent people to read. Such a newspaper has a good Held in every live -ommunlty in North Carolina. The preachers will be your friends because they know, it they are wise, that you have a pulpit for righteousness far more powerful than theirs. By the way, speaking of pulpits, reminds me that I ought to Buy that the Common People's Christ now ap pearing in your paper from week to week is the best and most condensed literature that is now being published in , the State of North Carolina. You wiU hare to watch the printer's devil particularly in printing things like this for some times where you allow him to get one word wrong you may spoil a whole sentence and mar a.Y thought. . I thought 1 would say this much though. I doubt not that many more modest persons have said it' in their hearts. I heard so great a man as Dr. Curry once throw away his 'mod esty, pro hac vice, and say to his au dience at' the. State University "I am sorry you diu not applaud thls-sen-timent." Ho went bac!t'nnd' took a running siart and a Uttle ripple of apjilauso followed his crescendo. Then h3 gatheivd himself, up and in his vehemence he. brought 'forth all his strength by land and sea and wave after wave of applause shook his mighty audience. 1 hope some things will not fall Uiil bom amidlhe placid waters of Eastern North Carolina. If they do we have need of a new news paper here in Raleigh and above aH a newspaper editor. We have only eighteen newspapers here the last time I took the census. They have largely made Raleigh what it is but there Is no one of them that could not be improved. There is not one of them that would not be improved by the addition of anothes livd virile edi tor who can call his soul his own. But It Is a hard . thing to pull a young man away from Eastern North Carolina and I will not tempt you too much though we need men more than we need money here and we have not a few in your business. W. J. PEELE, MR. ST. CLAIR DEAD; DIED TUE9- " ' DAY MORNING ; fir, 's Clair Pugh, one of the most prominent and ' valued . citizens of Dare county, died . at his home at Wnnchese," last Tuesday morning at fcur o'clock after a long illness. - The funeral serlces were conduct ed over the remains Wednesday morn ing at eleven o'clock and he was in terred with' Masonic honors. Rev. A. W. Price, pastor of the Methodist church at that place conducted the services. The Masons, of which or der he was a prominent member, at tended in a body. ' Mr. Pugh was fifty five years old. Ho is survived by several sons and daughters. He was a leading citi zen of this community, and was closely Identified with ' everything tbat pertained to the moral and indus trial progress of his county. He was noted for his many kind acts. He was always aiding his neighbors in every way possible. No man has died in Dare County that has been missed more than Mr. Pugh will be missed. riNED 115 FOR ASSAULTING HUS- BAN D . Penny Barnes, colored, was up In Justice Court Tuesday morning' upon the charge of assaulting her husband, Andrew Barnes with a club last Sun day. Barnes was in court and he presented a rather battered up ap pearance. He claimed that she carved him up with a hatchet She denied this and stated to the court that she used a cudgel on him. His wounds leave evidence that he had received a good beating. Judge Sawyer lined her $15 and the cost A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIRCULATION NO. 11 BAN AGAINST PUPILS FROM FECTED HOMES REMOVED ACCOUNT OF FAILURE IN. ON OF MANY PARENTS DISEASE. TO REPORT With the permission of the city health officer, Superintendent Sheep of the graded school has raised the quarantine against measles which has been existing for some time, and all school children who have not go the measles are allowed to go to school. v The school children got infected with measles several ' weeks ago.' Superintendent Sheep adopted the quarantine measures provided by the State Board of Health, but, in spite o all his efforts the epidemic has continued to grow, until it has be come widespread and the school au horities are unable to cope with it Lots of cases of measles have been1 concealed and the school children from the Infected homes have beea sent to school in defiance of the law prohibiting same. Superintendent . Sheep has been' unable to prevent them, because they - denied having me-Tlos in their homers. Although- tiio epidemic' has been wide spread, very few cas-es tova been reported tj tho health officer, although it is a reportable disease, ., After a conference between city health officer, 1 Dr. I, Fearing and ' y Superintendent Sheep, it was decided; to 'raise the quarantine, ' and let the' school children come back to school and take chances, as the epidemic is spreading all the time. Superintendent Sheep says that ha does not think that it is right to pro , hibit children from school, when they are willing to comply with the, law " and report the cases, while other con ceal the caseB and continue to inoc culate the school. J ' - ,. .- BRITISH WOOLEN MILLS TO OPEN 8TORE HERE Mr. O. E. Lane, of Tyner, N. C, will , be manager of the new store of the British Woolen Mills, which Is to open here. , Mr. Lane Is well known here and , his many friends will be pleased to ' learn that he will locate here.. ' The British Woolen Mills, of whoso new store' he Is manager, karo , stores located throughout the TJnlted r. States, particularly the West. Now they are opening up stores in eastern ' portions of the United States, taking : la the best cltlea. Elizabeth City to ;,. fifth on . the list which Is complimen- ' tary to us. '; ".' HAS PRETTY TOUGH . IENCE ON TRIP EXPER- Messrs. T. II. and Paul Lamb spent several days' last week in the coast country the guests of Mr. Charles Martin of Nags Head. While on this trip, Mr. Martin and his guests took a little fishing trip In which "they had a rather unpleasant experience. . These gentlemen, -one afternoon started up the sound, to visit some point where Mr. Martin has a fishing interest When the boat got about ten miles in the sound, the engine stopped and refused to work In eplto o all their efforts to get It to operate. After drifting about in the sound for some time they decided to make a landing and rowed ashcre, a Ions and tiresome task. When they reach ed the shore they found that it was an unbablted swamp. They rowwd buck into he sound. After awhile they made another landing and found that part of the shore destcrted alas. A member of the party decided to t In search ot habitation. After ram bling a long time, he found a negre shanty, but ita occupants informs fore could not relieve their distress, fere .could not believe their distress. The search was continued and after awhile a farm house was found where assistance wng secured.. III! (Illfl Bill N!IE A6AINST MEASLES tiirmj the ccv
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