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Mi rag THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH .CITY. A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION VOL II ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22 , 1912 NO. 12 v SMALL FAVORS PARCELS POST .DECLARES THAT IT WILL BE.T(( THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND THAT IT WILL WORK HARDSHIP TO NONE POINTS OUT THAT THE EX RESS COMPANIES ARE BE HIND MOST OF THE AGITATION. The Chamber of Commerce and the 'Merchants' Association have received "lo following letter from Congress- in ;SmaIl -in reply to their, recent action relative to Penny Postage and the Parcels Post: HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, U. S., AVASHINGTON, D. C. March 18th 1912. Messrs. O. F. Gilbert, Pres., s.und E. F. Lamb, Sec'y.,' Chamber of Commerce, and B M. Jones, Pres., and C. W. Melick, Sec'y., Merchants' Association, t Elizabeth City, N. C. Gentlemen: I am in receipt of resolu tion of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Association respec ti7ely, favoring the reduction of post al on first class mail, which em braces letters frcun two cents to one wait. Permit me to say with resL Pct to this prososition that I shall In gratified to support such legisla tion when the financial condition of 1e Post Office Department shall ren- !r the same, permissible.' Under present rates of postage the Depart ment is barely self-sustaining, in fact waile the Post Office Department dur iaff the last fiscal year showed a net revenue, still this result was attained by a process of economy j administration wmcn many think : Mpafred Bomewhat "the efflciencjrof but- service, particularly ; the; rural service, and the. railway mail service. .I, does not seem possible to reduce the rate oh letter mall without in creasing the rate, on second-class mail, the loss on the latter consuming the profit on letter mail. While it Heema just to incrasethe second-class rate, still the newspapers and maga atnes have organized a very insistent propaganda against such action. The Hsghes Postal Commission recently reported in favor of increasing the econd-class rate from one cent to two cents per pound, and the Presi dent and the Post Office Department has approved the same, but'it is doubt ful at this time whether Congress will find it expedient, or have ' the courage lo make the increase. tn your respective letters of March 4i.u, em-losing copies of (he resolu f.iens adopted you each assert your "unalterable opposition to the Par cels Post Hill now Pending in Con gress." I have considered this prop osition quite carefully and have reach ed the conclusion that the pending J proposition to extend the parcels post ought to 'be. adopted. I make a brief acplanation and submit a few reasons r my position, tinder the present iaar the weight, of parcels which may fee carried in the mails is limited to ttar pounds, and the postage is 16 oeeta per pbund. Manv other ua iMns, including practically all those t Continental Europe, permit par cels of much greater weight to be carried in the mails and at a less rate f jjostatje. Isi fact ths United States has an agreement with a number of other countries embraced In what is -called the Iniernational Iostal Union, Tv by which parcels may be mailed hem any post-office ia the United States to any office ia all of these foreign countries with a maximum wt?ht of 11 pounds and a rate of MfLCnts per pound. To illustrate. ' . f: 1 Prion. It is also. proposed on r.l routes to permit parcels to e carried of a maximum weight of 11 pounds, with a charge of five cent for the first pound and gradually de creasing bo that the rate for 11 pounds will be 25 cents. I respectful ly express the opinion that this pro posed increase in the service, will be of great benefit to the people as a whole and will not injure any class of our people. It Is said that this increase will be only the entering wedge, and that it will lead to a further increase In the weight of parcls and. ..to. a. further de crease in the postage, rate. I submit that this further Increase will only be made provided it proves profitable and provided the people demand a further increase. Now a word upon the general prop osition. It appears to me that the carylng of parcels in the mails is a legitimate, function of the Post Office Department. Ordinarily one would be opposed to the Government undertak ins any service which might be per formed as well or better by public service corporations, but this partic ular- function is not one of them. 1 submit that this is in the line of prog rcss. Increased means of communi cation and transportation have al ways served to build up every section of the country. Just as increased mail facilities, the extension of rail road, improved highways, and the in troduction of the telegraph and tele phone have been the forerunners of pi ogress, so extending the par cels post ns t believe will be like wise a blessing. It is said that extending the par cels post will injure the business of the retail merchants, and that it will build up the department stores in the large cities at the expense of the mer chants in the smaller towns and vil lages. Who has pressed , this argu ment? Upon investigation it will be fouhdlhat it has been"pressed by "sev eral organizations ' under .. patriotic names have flooded the .. retail mer chants and the commercial organi zations of our towns with literature. They claim to represent the smaller communities of the coutnry, but I submit that instead of ' being altru ists, that they are actuated by sel fish interests, and whether- so intend- ed or not, that they are serving thex interests of the express compa nies. . We must not take a narrow view of this proposition. All of us recall the time when rural delivery routes were first proposed that the mer- j chants in jjjany small villages opposed their establishment They said it would keep the farmers away from the postollice and would deter them from trading with them. Yet "where ever rural routes have been estab lished, they have been a blessins. they have been in the line of progress. I wish the gentlemen who arc mem1 hers of "the Merchants' Association, end who are memCbrs of your pro grcs&ive Chamber of Commerce to know how reluctantly I have disa greed with any position they might take, or with any request they might made. I have endeavored to cultivate the disposition of serving in so far as I can the interests and the best inter ests of all my Constituents. This question of extending the parcels post has become a mooted one. I have received protests similar to yours in opposition, and I have received num erous petitions from farmers' organ!- NEW INDUSTRY FOR MANTEO Mr. S. A. Griffin, one of the lead ing merchants of Manteo and one. of the most wide-awake business men in this section was in the city recent ly, just returning from a business trip to Norfolk. While in Elizabeth City Mr. Griffin, tion by a representative of the Advance spoke, of a new industry that he is establishing on Koanoke Island. The people of Uoanoke Island, as a rule, are truckers or fishermen. While prices are good their fish and their truck products are shipped to the Northern markets, bringing good returns. Dut at the close of the sea son, when prices nave declined, it no longer pays to ship to the north ern markets in large quantities. At certain seasons, then, the fisherman has more fish than he can dispose of to advantage; at othei; times there is no market for the products of the farm. Mr Griffin conceived the idea of stopping this waste by providing a home market for fish and vegetables, lie experimented on a Bmall scale last year, enough to convince him self that the proposition could be made to pay. This year, with his son, Mr. C. L. Griffin, he has organ ized the Burnside Packing Company with a plant having a capacity to handle two million herring during the season. Later in the summer it Mr. Griffin's plan to turn the plant into a tomato cannery. J his will not alone give fishermen and farm ers a market for their product, but while the plant is .running up to its capacity, will give employment, to a'cout twenty-five operatives. The company takes its name from. th, fact that the plant stands . on the site of the, old fort which Burn- side occupied dunng the War for Se cession. Mr Griffin expects to nan- die not only herring, but other fish af: well, and also to can nering rce. The season has ben most unfavor able to the new enterprise in its be- inning. Bad weather prevented fish ing for many weeks and as a result herring are still high, too high for the Burnside Packing Company to handle to much advantage and very scarce. Mr. Griffin has a splendid record as successful business man, however, nd he1 will no doubt be successful in making the Burnside Packing Com pany 'a successful institution. DISCUSS HOOKWORM FISHERMEN ARE RESISTING LAW The Pasquotank county board of health, tomposed of J. B. Flora, Chair man; George M. Scott, Chairman of Board of County Commissioners; W. M. Hinton, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Dr. A. U Pendleton, Dr. W. J. Lumsden, Dr. Zemis Fearing, County Health Office and Dr. I. Fear ing, City Health Officer, will hold a meeting next Saturday morning at ten o'clock in the, Chamber of Com merce rooms for the purpose of tak ing some action in regard to the hook wnn campaign The Hook Worm Commission has mnde a proposition to the County Commissioners several times to open a dispensary in this county. The proposition has been refused upon the advice of the County Health Of ficer, because the people of this sec tion were not afflicted with the dis ease to an extent to warrant open ing, up the dispensary.- Recently a campaign has been ' conducted in Gates county, in which it was dis covered that a large number of people were infected with the hook worm disease and it has been discovered in other nearby counties. A num ber of people believe that the dis ease exists in this county and the campaign will prove that it Is more prevalent than it is thought to be. MEDAL CONTEST AT SCHOOL 29TH. HIGH A very unfortunate situation has duveloped off the Carolina coast, where the Dare county fishermen are wont to cast their nl. Fish laws are very stringent, and fishermen are for bidden to set thejr nets within a spec ified distance of the inlets through which the ii.-ili enter ih-a sound. It is claimed that in time past the enforcement of the law has been very lax. Some claim that the whole trouble is due to this fact, and that those who are causing the trou ble are the ones favored by thA form er commissioner. Others claim lhat the fishermen have no way of being certain when they are. violating the law. Forbid den waters are supposed to h mark ed off by bouvy and1 it In declare'! that many of these buoys were shifted dur int; the freeze of the past winter or nioved by some other agency and that the commissioner refuses to regard them as a certain criterion. So some fishermen who have set their nets in good faith ha-'.1 beci; t. impelled 'o take them up. This entails no little inconvenience and works hardship, in view of the fact especially that the season has been a very unfavorable one and the fishermen is hard put to it to make a livelihood at best. It is reported that in one or two instances Commissioner Vann, in or dering nets moved, has met with open defiance of. the law. He expects there fore to make his rounds in the govern i ment boat EI Frieda armed with spec jlal authority from Governor Kitchin. ONLY TWO 0AYS SUPERIOR COURT DELAYED BY BIG SUIT IN CAM DEN COUNTY FOUR DAYS LATE .AND FEW CASES WILL BE DIS POSED OF PERQUIMANS COUN TY COURT TO CONVENE MONDAY. A declamation and recitation con tet will lie held in the auditorium a', the hipli school by the pupils of the grader! school on the evening of March 29th. The iontest will be between, the pupils, (ft the high school and of the grammar school, in which four med als will be awarded by Superinten dent Sheep for excellency Two med als will be awarded to high school pupils, one to a girl for the best recitation and one to a boy for the best declamation; and two medals will be awarded to pupils in the grammar school. One to a boy for the, best declamation, and one to a girl for the best recitation. WELL ESTABLISHED QUARTERS IN NEW CITIZENS BANK WILL PAY FOUR PER CENT Since the first of January Laven stein has occupied his new store on Main 8teet, But, Jnjthe moving of a large stock of goods there IsTeund' to be considerable confusion, and be fore everything is in its place many changes have to made. And plans at Lavenstein's have been changed again and again since the new building was first occupied. Realizing that every effort would be made to get the stock in ship shape in time for the. spring open ing, an Advance reporter stopited in at Lavenstein's this week to look things over, To get inside was a real pleasure. PRUDEN BANKS UP FOR FORGERY Judge Sawyer had a forger up be ( ! him yesterday morning. I'rudcn Banks, colored, was tried uron he charge of forging the en doisoment of Mr. D. C. Perry to a cheek given by Mr. E, F. Aydlett. The check was five dollars given by Mr. Aydlett in payment for. coal. Banks was in the employment of Mr. Perry at the time. He sold coal, collected for it from several people, among whom was Judge Sawyer himself, and failed to turn the money over to Mr. Perry, but went to Norfolk instead. When Judge Sawyer paid him his ccal bill, he told Banks that if he spent the money and did not turn it over to Mr. Perry, he would put mm Abundant light, excellent ventilation Beginning April 1st. the Citizen's jard 8cru,,uiOUf, cleanliness combine Bank will raise the rate of interest ,r mae this store one of the most on savings account from three to j ilivjtn(r stopping places that -one lour per cent. Paying large divi- j roll(j .,, anywhcre. cieiuis to its stockholders, open on J Ka(.n (1(IH of floors is handsome Sal urday evening from six to eight ,y j,,,.,,;,,.,,! ,,1 special care lias been o'clock, this latest announcement is not a surprise to the patrons of thin prosperous bank. I be com fori (if nrecu Hid on th' stair- lose STEAMER JONES frup MAKE FIRST "t he new steamer "Jones" made her first trip to Kitty Hawk last Satur day This steHiuer is owned taken to piovidi' for -ustonit rs and visitors soft carpets in t he ;.isb s v;ts, cli'iir,; here and there for '.l.o nmy lire of slamlii.u, and up on !!r ticeond Hooi- a reetptifin and rl i-f.i in for ladies; who have finished liitir shoppin.tr. On the- first floor of this store will !: found the dry-goods and notions and also men s ready Spring term of Pasquotank Super ior Court convened here thjs morning with his honor Judge Bragaw pre siding. T he court has been very much belated and there will be only two days of it. The Camden county big law suit between Weston and the Roper Lum ber Company is the. cause of th de lay in opening-court here. This suit was begun the middle of last week -in Camden, county, and the remain der of the week of Camden court was consumed In the case. Saturday night little progress had been made in the case, and Judge Bragaw decid ed to continue Camden county court until the trial was ended. There was a'most an army of witnesses who gave testimony on one side or the other; and there are a large num ber of lawyers, the most able In North ' Carolina and Virginia who have fought every inch of the' ground." AH of tin5' has coi'sm.ed much of the Court's time. The case went to the Jury late yesterday afternoon, but the verdict had not been learned whe tho Advance xye-nt to press.' ' This suit is really between the Rich inond Cod ir Works and the Roper Lumber .Company, two big lumber coiporation adn a largo tract of tim ber land in Camden county is in volved. This tract contains a large quantity of valuable timber. This suit is on of the biggest law suits ever to occur in Eastern North Car-' oi;na. ;' . ; - .' '-. .' . ' .-, The Court here to-day and to-morrow will be devoted to the jail cases, there are a number of them, mostly blind tiger caHes. , Court will adjourn Saturday night and Judge Bragaw will go to Hert ford Monday to convene the spring term of Perquimnns county court. SMOKER MONDAY NIGHT im mailing a parcel weighing four pounds from Elizabeth City to Hert- tord . we must now pay qixty-ftrar cents, while the same package may Ve carried from Elizabeth City to London or Berlin or Stockholm or any other office withia the Postal ;Vaion, for forty-eight cemU. The law which has been reported by the com - mittee and Is now pending before a vongress, proposes ia oar aomesuc W errice to increase the postage to 12 l h Rents Der Donnd. This ia the same now prevails In the Jetfraattoaal . . . . . . i ... in jail. Banks laughingly toia mm zations favoring the same. All my that my. Perry should have the money constituents had !-a right to demand I ajj rjght under these circumstance that I study the problem with the sole purpose of getting at the truth and pursuing the course which seemed to be right and in the interest of the people. This I have conscientiously done, and I have given you my conclusion, and a brief resume of my reasons therefor. I am, most respectfully. Your obedient servant, j JNO. it. SMAIX C, W, V. CLASS HOLD ENJOYABLE SOCIAL The C. W. V. Claaa of Black well Memorial church held a very eijoya j me social lasi lueaaay aigau MRS. C. H. FOREST PAINFULLY IN- - JURED Mrs. C. H. Forest was run down by ft street car In Norfolk Tuesday night and was very painfully injured, and probably seriously hurt. Her mother, Mrs. Vetie Morgan, of this city, went to Norfolk Wednes day morning to be in attendance upon her. Til alighting from one car she was struck by another moving car. A se- cash was made In her head and her body was covered with bruises. She was taken at once to a hospital where she received surgical atten tion. Reports from Norfolk yester day stated that she was doinj very well with her tajurtes- boat Company. a sharpie, in Beaufort and has been j rebuilt Into a commodious freight I and paspenger steamer, eepeclally j adopted for the route between Eliza. bth City and Kitty Hawk and inter mediate points. She will ply regu larly on this run and will maintain an every other day schedule, leaving Elizabeth City one day and returning next day in time to make the proper connections with the Norfolk South ern Railroad. . Capt. W. J. Tate of Kitty Hawk Is master of the Jones. . tha .department Norh, River and Pasquotank Steam-j J floor )je foun, She was purchasea , ; .., ,,0r,,i l II e lauit'n it-auj-ivntMi . , and that of boy's clothing. A special millinery department will also be MERCANTILE BANK ADVANCES RATE ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS fcund on this floor. Plans for the use of the floor space la .the. third floor are not yet com plete. Announcements of the spring open ing of this firm has been carried in the advertising columns of the last two issues of the Advance. The man agement promises that the event will b a revelation in the matter of pri ces, variety and quality. At any rate tbe opportunity to see the store at its beat advantage will be an excep tional one. DRUMMERS' The Mercantile Bank, commencing April 1st, 1912, will pay four per cent interest on time deposits. This bank has never paid one de positor more than another. Has al ways treated ita-customors alike; the smaller one receiving the same as the larger one; and will continue the same policy. O. M. SCOTT. Pres. SUPPER SATURDAY NIGHT The Drummers' Supper will be held Saturday night in the dining rooms of the Southern hotel. Invitations have been Issued to all of the traveling men In Elizabeth City. A very In- . flood cigars, good fellojwship, good spfeches, and a good spread these were some of the good things that went along with the smoker held by the local merchants' association In the Chamber of Commerce rooms last Monday night. The attendance was rol as laive as it should have, been bin uiherwisp no detail was lacking to the voninii, a vwy enjoyable out. SIm iI and informal addresses were made by St.-.le Organizer W. F. Eller, I ;;;( r of the association, by D. M. .frne- and K. F. Jamb. George J. Spciice, tbe recently elected attor-, ney of the organization was welconv-' ed to the association, and made am ' appropriate response. Editor Peele was called on after the spread te explain his position on the parcel post; but intimating that his views had already been set forth at some length In his paper he took the occa sion to speak of the value and worth o' the Merchants' Association. Mr. Eller's address was along the line of the need or organization in all business and the relation between the local and the state association. Mr. Lamb urged the worth of co-operation and noted how much more could be ac complished by a number of men work in together as a unit than could be undertaken by the same number working separately. ENTERTAINED EMBROIDERY CLUB Mrs. Claude B. Williams delight fully entertained the "Three-thirties" embroidery club at her home oa Road street Wednesday afternoon of this week. Those present were Mrs. Bill C. Sawyer. Mrs. Everett Thomp- sen, Mrs. Wayland Hayes, Mrs. Roa- teresUng program has ben prepared. cxtfl PoPeman, Mrs. J. O. Fearing. Mrs. A number of prominent busfness men I r, Fearing. Mrs. H. P. Walker, will make short addresses r- I llfi Mig eulah Fulmer.
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