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. i M 'I THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR! CULATION 'Is. VOL II ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1912 NO. 13 .1 r UGlZJ : UPERIOR G T THIED FEW CASES TERM SHORTENED ON ACCOUNT OF BIG SUIT AT CAMDEN AND ONLY JAIL CASES DISPOSED OF, There was only two days of the lring term of Pasquotank County Superior Court. On account - of , the ; feiay occasioned by the. big law suit iM Camden county, Judge Bragaw iid not convene court until elevea o'clock Friday morning. The court . vas qutekly organized and the cases taken up. Only the jail cases were disposed of. The blind tiger cases of which there were about a dozen had Jo go over to the fall term of court. None of the blind tigers were jailed. Those who appealed had given bond and the others had accepted their sentences and had gone to the roads. iNeison vvnitenurst, colored, was tried upon the charge of stealing Mr. Tom Williams , Iron safe out of his store in Poindexter street The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and "Whitehurst was dicharged. The crime for -which Whitehurst was tried was committed several months ago. One morning several months ago, Mr. Williams went to h's store and rotund- that ' his big P iron safe was gone. He found it up an alley badly battered up. A num ber of negroes were arrested but all 'mere acquitted in the lower court, ex-: w.'ilte man named Roeten was ried upon the charge of assaulting another white man named Cale Par ser of the , lower part of the county. J The first charge against Roeten was fttted. : The Jury returned a verdict ' Vf1. not guilty and the defendant was pleased from jail where, he had spent several months, - A negro named Pruden Banks was tried upon the charge oi forgery. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, lit was rearrested upon the charge of embezzlement in connection with the same case. The jury also ac quitted him of that charge. Banks "was for several months in the em ployment of Mr. D. C. Perry. He was engaged to haul wood and coal. He collected money, so the prosecuting witness alleged, and failed to turn it i Judge Bragaw took occasion to tfe tbe negro a lecture, advising him that it was not shrewdness on bis part that caused him to escape, tout it was a technicality of the law "Af which he. was given the benefit, , just as he would give any white man the benefit of such a technicality. Henry Morris, colored, was con- HERTFORD NEWS OF THE WEEK MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED IN MAY SITE NOT YET DECIDED UPON COURT IN SESSION OTHER ITEMS. Monument t0 be Unveiled May 10th. Hertford, Mar. 28. Special corres pondence of the. Advance. The un veiling of the Confederate monument, which is to be erected here, will take place on the 10th of May. The Daugh ters, however, have not yet decided just where the monument will be placed. Three, places are under con sideration: the court house square, graded school grounds, and a. plat in the straot in front of the Hertford Banking Company's building. Superior Court convened here Mon day morning, Judge Bragaw presiding. The usual large crowd was In atten dance Monday. A large number of attorneys from Elizabeth City and Edenton are in attendance upon the court. We were sory to hear of the death of Mr. B. F. Sugg. Mr. Sugg is well known here, having spent much of is time, during the i last twelve months in this town. He made many friends while here. He was ill only few days and died in the hospital at Washington, N. C, March 25tH. The building of the new Norfolk outhern depot here is progressing rapidly and will soon be completed. All the milliners of the .town had their spring opening Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. ' Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Holmes, of Cleveland Ohio, leltj to-day for their home .iernwdJiysljwe on business. " ; Mr, Holmes Is presi dent of the Albemarle Lumber Co. of this place. v Miss Hicks and Miss Branch of Druham, N. C, spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Phil ips. The former is Mr. Philips' sis PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD CAPTAIN OF CORPS OF UNITED STATES ENGINEERS TO BE AT SCUPPERNONG ON NEXT TUES DAY. GOT 12 MONTHS FOR FORGING A CHECK Chief of Police Thomas tyrought back from Hertford Wednesday af ternoon a negro preacher named George. Skinner, who was convicted ip Perquimans Superior Court this week of forgery and was sentenced to the Pasquotank county chain gang for twelve months. Skinner thought he was pretty "slick." Mr. J. IT. Parker gave him a check for $1'.32. In making out the check be failed to write the amount. Skinner wrote the amount. Ho wrote the amount fifty-two dollars and thirty-two cents and United States Engineer Office. Wilmington, N. C, Mar. 27, 1912. The Advance,, Elizabeth, City, North Carolina. Sir: Among other items, Congress in the River and Harbor Act approved February 27, 1911, provided for a pre liininary examination of Deep Creek, nunu Carolina, rrom its mouth on Albemarle Sound to the head of navi gation. I have been directed by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to hold a hearing in connection with the preliminary examination of Deep Creek, North Carolina, for the pur pose of affording interested parties an opportunity of presenting their views on this improvement. I therefre beg to inform all inter ested in the. improvement of this waterway that I will be at the store of T. J. Basnisht at Scuppernong, N. C. at 9 o'clock a. m. on April 2nd, 1912, , and request them to be present at that time and place for the pin pose of giving such information as tliey may have with Jroferesee to the proposed- benefits 'whih would. result. fro.m't.his Improvement, and stating the character of the Improve ment desired. Written communica tions will also be considered at that time. Any not themselves -interested In this improvement personally, are res- pec,t4uJly,xeqi;fc8tefl.to f uinJah,4ua wWl). the names of any persons who may be interested. Also communicate to them the time and place of this hear ing., and inform them that the invi tation extends to all parties having any interest in the matter. , Very respectfully, iff. W. STICKLE. Captain, Corps of Engineers, U." S. Army. BANQUET WAS QUITE A SUCCESS ELIZABETH CITY TIGER CONVICT ED IN HERTFORD Vkted of the. charge of stealing whis- changed the iigures t0 correspond ley and was first sentenced to the reads for four months, but Judge Bragaw finally changed the sentence and required him to give a hundred .1 1 1 V. ,1 m V. 1 n tiuuar uuuu lur mis ipeoJ tuiue ai i ' tia next term of court to show good behavior, - Two small white boys named Lowry and Frank were taken before the Judge for commitment to the Jack son Training School at Concord, N. C. Mr. Thompson, the superintendent of the institution informed Solicitor Hhringhaus that he could not take the boys at the Institution on account of the lack of accommodations. Judge Bragaw continued their bond of fifty each. 5 1 . adjourned Saturday after- nd Judge and Mrs. Bragaw Washington for Sunday. Then he got his wife to go to the bank to get the check cashed. His wife was first arrested and when she got in jail f.he told on her husband. McCABE & GRICE'S BIG OPENING C. II. Freeman, a white man, was convicted in Perquimans Superior Court this week upon three counts for selling whiskey. Freeman was a resident of this city until a few months ago. While here he wan continually in trouble about sell in whiskey and spent a good part of his time in jail fpr eith er selling whiskey or being drunk, lie moved to Hertford and it was not long before the police, of that town got him for selling booze. He managed to get an acquittal and kept, on selling. The officers finally got him so that he could not get out of it and he was convicted. Very like ly Judge Bragaw will send him out of the state. i 1 McCabe and Grice held their annual spring opening Tuesday and Wednes day of this week, during which time they displayed one of the most mag nificent arrays of stylish spring goods ever shown in this city. This store had been prepared for this event by the hands of artists in dec orating and it presented a beautiful appearance. Music was furnished during both days by Mrs. Luther Mann, one of the most skilled pianists in the city. city. The event had been advertised ex tensively and the crowd came to witness this mrchandise display which 1a an annual event in the lives of the shop-going public of this sec tion. The store was thronged dur ing the two, days with patrons and friends of this store, who praise very much Mr. McCabe's taste in his selec tions of stylish goods and of the clerks in displaying them. Mr. R. E. Quinn, of the Quinn Fur niture Company spent some time in Duplin county this week visiting his parents, ELKS MINSTREL TO BE PRESENT ED APRIL 11TH Billie Hollowell, manager of the Elks big minstrel, which will be pre sented in the auditorium of the hih school on the evening of December 11, is preparing to introduce a large num er of high class specialties , along with the regular performance. He will render a number of his most in teresting songs and dances and other members of the company will present some very interesting special rea-tures. Mr, J. M. Harney and others will present a parady on the Floradora Sextette. . Mr. Billie Hollowell will sing the famous song, "You Gotta Stop Kick in' My Dawg aroun." The costumes far this occasion will be the finest and most artistic minstrel toggery ever exhited in this city. LOCAL TRAVELING MEN AND A FEW jfJSMORS PRESENT IN TERESTiNJ .'iPEECHES THE BANQUET TO BE AN ANNUAL -EVENT; v.:i:,., "Fo' di)iumers and two gentlemen, suli!" us.'was a negro reporter's responseito the inquiry of the pro prietor of a hotel as to how many guests toe in-coming bus had just brought Up,. The proportion of drum mers in jtne company which assem bled at J,he Southern hotel last Sat urday evening to enjoy the banquet to drummers provided by the Cham ber of Commerce., being even larger than in 'the. case just mentioned, it is not necessary to say that the crowd was a jolly and merry one. Boosting and feasting marked the passing of the evening. It would be better, perhaps, to say feasting and boosting, fipr the feasting came first; and the fellow that couldn't boost aner tne least must nave had a grouch indeed. Secretary Lamb was toastmaster. and he presided with hisVccustomed poise, and felicity of expression. When the last ourse had been served and those present were enjoying the ex- ellent cigars provided for the occa sion by Roger C. Lang of Greensboro, the speech:makiig began. The fol lowing was , the program: Welcome and Greeting E. F. Lamb. What 'the Traveling Man Sees Abroad;. What He Should . Be At Home Mafor 4 Flora. , , , The IJ.:!' Banking and Mercantile hrrerestft ! H. -fWriMm - Wholesale Grocery Trade C. W, Stevens. Trade Extension and Transporta tion O. It. Bright. Building and Manufacturing C. E. Kramer. Fishing In.erestd A. S. Foreman. The Traveling Sa.esman and His nfluence W. tl V'latberly. Elizabeth City as a Shopping Cen ter C. W. Melick. A Drummer's Duty to His Home Town I). M. Jones. ' Advertising a City Herbert Peele. - Responses were called for from J. H. LeRoy, II. H. Hayman, Jay Scott,, Mr. Jolison of the Dare Lumber Co., and J. A. Hooper of Fowler & Co. Only the fact that a number of business men on the program were not pres ent niaired the evening's pleasure. Otherwise, no detail or circumstance was lnckng, and before, at a late hour, the banquetng and boosting ended those proseivt expressed, by a rising vote, their unanimous ap preciation to Mr. T. C. Jones, Mana ger of the Southern hotel, for his part in making the evening so enjoya ble a one. A lettej' was also read from Mr. Lang at Greensboro, pre senting his compliments, along with the cigars, to "The Traveling men, the best men in the. world." As the company was leaving the dining room Mr. Lamb announced that the banquet wouldvbe repeated next year. MAY ESTABLISH HOOKWORM DIS PENSARV. Dr. Hushes of the State Hook Worm Commission came here thlg week to make investigations as. to the hook worm disease. A large num ber of school children were examined If he finds that tlie subjects exam inf.d, are infected with the disease sufficiently to warrant it, he will ad vise the commissioners to open dispensary in this county for the treat ment of the hook worm disease. A campaign conducted some time ago in Gates county, showed that the disease was very prevalent in that county. Examinations, of sub jetts in the other adjoining counties showed that , the disease exists in these counties too. This leads the health officers to believe that the dis ease also exists here. MR. OLD TO LEAVE FIST NAT IONAL BANK At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the First National Bankj Mr. W. T. Old jtendered his resignation as cashier to take effect May 1st, 1912. ; ; Mr. W. G. Gaither, Jr., was elected cashier to succeed Mr. Old. Mr. Old is one of the best known bank cashiers in North Carolina. He became cashier of thei First National Bank 19 years ago and 'has held the pdFition during all these, .years.' He has been connected with the bank during the .period of its growth into one of the leading financial : 'insti tutions in North Carolina and his ability as a bank officer has had much to do with making the bank what It Is to-dayV, Mr. sQld resigns tptake a po sition with tire, Seabfiarj Bank of ties as vice-president of that Institution about the first- of June of this year. It Is regretted by the people of Eliz abeth City that Mr. Old will leave the city to make his home in Norfolk and it is especially regretted in finan cial circles. Mr. Gaither, the new cashier has held the position of assistant cash ier in this bank for more than a year, j He is a young man or amury in financial affairs, and is of sterling integrity and capabilities. He will make an able successor to Mr. Old in this responsible position. LAVENSTEIN HAS BIG OPENING STEAMER EL FREIDA INLET OREGON U. D. C. HAVE CHARGE OF RINK The skatins rink to-night wilt be in charge of the Daughters of the Con federacy. All lovers of skating are cordially InTited to be present. The steamer El Freida of the State Militia aervice left here yestday morning at five o'clock to go to Ore gon Inlet, where " the violations of the fish law are taking place. Sho was manned by a crew of 28 mem bers of the different divisions of the naval reserves, and was acting under orders of Fish Commissioner Vann, who accompanied the expedition. The local brigade of naval reserves furnish ten men of the ship's comple ment, the number asked for. These readily volunteered to go at a meeting of the Reserves Tuesday-night. The. ship is armed with war equip ment and goes to the scene of dis turbance prepared to enforce the law, peacefully if it can be. done; or other wise by "force. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Owens have moved to Norfolk where they will reside in the future. Lavenstein Brothers held their an nual spring opening last Tuesday night beginning at 7:.".( o'clock. Lavensteln's opening are important evdits in tile lives of the shop going public, and this opening was ofNspec iil note, and was the real beginning df Lavenstein 's big department store, corner Main and Poindexter streets; by far the most beautiful store, in the city. Lavenstein has occupied this store since late last fall, but he has waited until the spring "to spread out" in his big1 store and give Elizabeth City people an opportunity to inspect at its best this big city store in their midst. The opening event was well adver tised Inviting the people to come out and see the beautiful and stylish merchandise, and the people came too. It was estimated, that fully two thousand people attended this open ing. This bis store had been filled with up-to-date spring goods, which had been arranged in telling effects by the hand of Mr. Hunter White, a decorating artist of great ability. No store in Elizabeth City ever present ed a more beautiful appearance and charmed the shop going public as this store did Tuesday night. Zeigler's band furnished the music for the occasion of the opening and the music was high class too, quite in keeping with grand display of the opening. Souvenirs were -given away in great numbers to those who visited the store during the evening. FISH L BE ill ENFORCED COMMISSIONER VANN ON BOARD EL FREIDA WITH NAVAL RE SERVES AT HIS BACK Fish Commissioner Vann is dow in Dare county after the violators of the fish law. He. is invested with the authority by the governor of the State, to take the matter in hand and settle it for once and always. Some time ago Mr. Vann was noti fied that the law was being violated by the fishermen, one in particular. He went down to Jhe inlet wher the violations were taking place, and the fishermen openly defied him to exe cute the law, and to enforce them to o bey it. It is said that , the fishermen made threats of violence against Mr. Vann should he attempt to enforce the law and re- move the nets. Mr. Vann went to Raleigh to consult with the govern or a to the conditions in the fishing sections of Pare county and the gor ernor empowered him to call out as much of the state militia as he need ed to enforce the law. Last week the El Freida went to the scene of disturbance .and removed some of the. nets' that were setting beyond 'the limits prescribed by law, ami Mr. vann informed them that w would make another trip in a few da to see, if they had taken . the hint and hadremoved their nets. That la the mission of the El Freida i the down sound section. Mr. Vann proposes to confiscate every net that finds setting out of the territory method that he knows of, to induce tho fishermen to obey the. fish law without having to confiscate their, property, and if nothing else will do the nets will be taken and sold by tlu commissioner. i . It la not expected that there will i any real trouble as soon as the fishermen learn that Mr Vann is in earnest about enforcing the law, and that he has the means at hand to enforce it, but that they will remove their nets rather than have them con- heated. Those best informed as to the ailing conditions, say that these, vlo- tions have been going on ever nee the. nun law was enacted, ana iat former officials have not been ile to enforce the law properly on arcount of this spirit of lawlessness. f'.r,-Q the ti:-!i U w has been enacted there lias been a disturbance among the fishermen around these Inlets, iiiid ibis "row' would last until the fishing season was over without the violators being compelled to obey the law. Itut this gag won't work with Mr. Vann. the new fish commissioner. The law has: got to be obeyed right t ow, not th. middle of May, or next year; and the violators of the law have g t tc pull their nets up or lose them. Mr. Vann Is smarting under the treatment he received on a former visit at the hands of the violators and ho has got blood in his eyes for Uien. ' Many fishermen of eastern North Carolina are gratified at the stand Mr Vann has taken in suppressing these violations, ' and they feel cer tain that when the violators are once put down, and convinced that they have got to obey the law there wfll not be any more trouble. , HUMOROUS Malcom Mann, a former citizen of this town, but now a resident of Hampton, Va was here this week prospecting with a view to opening ti electrical supply store here. PLAY WELL AT BLACK- A humorous play entitled, Cradua-, Hon Day at Wood Hill School, Will be presented tonight in - the annex under the auspices of the Bttraca Philathea Union of Blackwell Memo rial Sunday school. Some of the best local talent will take 'part In presenting this performance. The play abounds in ridiculous situations and funny sayings, which makes It very enjoyable. The lovers of good entertainment who enjoy a hearty laugh will find this performance a . rare treat. 1 , J V
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