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k . " - - :..r-'c;:i . .. : . - - i, 1 v v j, . '. . ; : 5 A. 3 THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. u fiocJ HI A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIRCULATION VOL II ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AfcRIL 5, 1912 NO. 14. YOUNG SHOT SEAMAN IvO KEAl)Y WITH EE. - COURSE TO FIRE "ARMS ANJ) IN SERIOUS TROUBLE TWO TIIOUSAN D DOLLAR . HONJD REQUIRED. " iPugh, Robertson, - son of Chief, of Police Jimmie Robertson of Edenton, stiot and dangerously wounded a Unit, 1 States seaman named Raymond Harney on the government steamer iti Freida abort twelve o'clock Wed nesday night. - Young Robertson is a deputy fish commissioner under Mr. Vann of JMenton. He has been with the State .,. militia on the El Freida in the down Bound section during the past week .helping to enforce the fish law. The steamer arrived in port Wednesday afternoon for Coal and provisions. 'Captain Daniels Intended to return to the fishing grounds at Oregon in- .let Thursday morning. . ; ' About 11 o'clock Wednesday ; night young Robertson went down aboard the El Freida. He began to raise a disturbance with some member of the i crew in the fore peak, , The members the crew who were tired and sleepy, complained to the officers as to the disturbance, and seaman Harney was Kent down to quell the noise. He requested Robertson, who had been drinking and was nbisy to be quiet. Ho fcecame offended at Harney's words' and .threatened to use a knife on him, coupling his threats with an ''"attempt to get' hold of a knife lying jitar, Harney knocked m down twice and Informed him that if lie Mild not "behave Tiimself, he would be put JO jchains ...Harney said that he would leave the ship. ; This was a grceable to the officers, and he pack ed Up, his baggage and left When he got . on the dock he . warf seen to stcop down : as -if " picking up some thing. No one paid any more atten tion to him. "Seaman Harney, who was undress- ;. went to report, to the captain as 1 1 the disturbance. Young Harney had secured- his pistol and had return Harney, shooting, at him five times, one ' Harey, shooting at him five times, one shot striking him in the side and en tering his body. The cher shots went wild and struck no one. The officers of the 'ship arrested young Robertson and turned him over to . the police, ' who ' had heard the bhooling and were on the dock -soon 'a tier the Bhooting occurred, lie was lodged in jail and yesterday morn-ii-fe appeared before United States Commissioner T. B. Wilson for a preliminary hearing. The case was! postponed until four o'clock to give W doing nothing to you." Officer McDaniels of New Bern, who was on watch gave testimony as io the disturbance and the cause that led to the shooting. , He saw' Harney strike Robertson when he reached his hand towards his suit near which was lying a butcher knife. He saw Rob ertson leave the Bhip and then re turn. He was standing between Rob ertson and Harney when the firing be gan ; ad caught Robertson by the writ and held his hands up after three shots bad been fired. He forced Rob ertson - into the galley and called Chief Master at Arm Tom Smith to, take the pistol out of his hand. ., Mr. Smith testified as ti taking the pistol out' of Robertson's hand, but knew nothing more about it only what he heard. Dr. H. D. Walker testified as to the examination of Harney's wounds. Ho stated that the bullet entered the right side about three or four Inches below the heart. The wound was an ugly one. - , The witnesses ' testified that after Harney was shot, he ran away from the ship, returned, and ft-an away again and was found by his ship mates several squares away. Harney, was about twenty-one years old and his home is in Baltimore His shipmates give him a good name aa being a quiet easy sort of fellow. After Judge Sawyer had heard the testimony and had received the in formation from . Norfolk that his chances for recovery were good, he released young Robertson under 'a $2,000 justified hail to appear here the first of May. The attorneys for the defendant agreed that if Harney's in uries proved fatal, that -Judge Saw yer might have Harney re-arrested.. ' A member of the ship crew took Judge Sawyer to task after court, oif-r the small amount of lb" bcnl aiid got in jail for contempt of court. L UPHELD De!Jaw. The appeal was ignored and Mr J: Vann was threatened. He . went o Raleigh to see the governor, and lovernor Kitchin placed the State Ml Itia at his disposal. ,: ''.,','., , " ; The El Freida, manned with 25 militiamen,' left here Wednesday of lsst" -'.week under command ' of Mr. COMMISSIONER TA-Ni-tf ?ann-, When the expedition arrived A a , I V m 11.1 i ' r ALONG COAST BRINGS FISHERMEN TO TERMS BUT SEASON'- A BOUT OVEli AND THE, VIC TORY INDECISIVE. ' ' V it the scene of disturbance, Mr. Sam ett. a pound net fisherman on a bjgscale had apparently taken his nt-ts up. No nets were setting in, hlststanfl. Mr. Vann was skeptical ahoyt bis ready obedience- to the "awrand began to fish around with a boat hook. He soon found the nets Iv'rnr n tho hnHnm' Ymvlnv Vioon rut WILL MEET IN DEBATE ' There will be a joint debate be tween the, Elizabeth City graded school and the Washington' graded school on the evening of April 12th iu the auditorium of the high school. The subject for the discussion is, "Resolved that the United States Sen ators Shall be Elected By the Peo ria" ' ,. ' Sii.ne of the best speakers in the schools have been selected to deabte this ijiu-stion. ' Delate with wasfaingtonadd rr. rrrr; , On' last Monday a preliminary de bate- was held and Gregson Feafring- tt-ii and Vance Hooper were chosen to represent Elizabeth City in this de bate. . 1 Miss Mary Bright, who was the his father time to get here to assist I winner of one of the medals offered Captain Daniels of fhe El Freida says that when he left Oregon In :et Wednesday, there were about ten tnousana gill nets .setting ' out- Of donja to fool Mr.. Vann.' When Mr. bounds between Oregon Inlet and the J MIdgette found that he (Mr. Vann) south end of Roanoke Island. He I had discovered the trick, he was will stated that the fishermen were busy I Ing 'enough to move to save his prop- taking up these nets. jerty;. Messrs. Danlelff and Daum and Three of the biggest- pound net J others were suddenly seized with a fishing concerns have been forced to dtsve to obey. the. law. if Mr, 'Vann take up their nets this- week and sev- would, not confiscate vtheir property, eral smaller concerns have moved. Mr-? Vann graciously , permitted this With ten thousand gill nets setting, I n tnu far no property, has been it looks like the .fish' law is being M confiscated. All hav pulled their violated on a pretty large scale.- In t stakes except Midgette, who lets them fact, it suggests that-the law was I8ta? 'n the sound, so he says, to wor- gcwerally violated,' ' and the. fellow J W f he flh commissioner.' With the who obeys the law wafl setting hib j Pound nets up, Mr. Vann turned his rets in open ground In self defense. Attention to the gill net , fishermen, It is stated that the fishermen are I They -all poihlsed to move at once. taking nn their nets. This appears and' the xftfliff protection of property satisfactory at first thought; but, If j wfttfrfjWmlsed them. When .the., El cne thinks- these violators of the law IFrwa left the fishing grounds Wed- are not obeying the law so much' af- j neMday, Hhey were busy moving nets, ter all. - It it about tlme for the fish- The El Freida has returned to that ermen to take un their nets, as they section and will remain there until; seldom fish longer than the 10th of hW Jast unlawfully set net is out of, April in the down sound section COMMISSIONERS REFUSED TO RE DUCE COUNTY'S TAX Many a plaintive talo is being put I'll by the delinquent taxpayers now Tor rebates and tax reliefs. The time I n It for indulgence has expired and the taxpayers have got to come a- cross. Now they are busy with the complaint of overcharges, 'etc. J ast Monday representatives of the nn re Lumber Company appeared bo- re the Board of County Commit 'merg anking that -the taxes of this ; rnpuny be reduced. About the only "ison that they could suggest was. ' -l ileduse" the taJres were too vrh.' Tbcy claimed: well, not any t.'ng . particularly; but theyV4uat ''Tted to clear some of the eight m the 'phone to anxious inquirers. Tho cause of all the jarring and rat ' !ig of windowa.-was the concussions from the big guns in the taget prac t co at Cape Henry, in which nineteen big battleships participated Monday .ornlns, the reports of the explo 'ons could be heard as wcel as the -tmcks felt. . "' ' '. ... .-.,. ' PIIV HTUCDC UN I I ill IILIIU DELAY rail ANOTHER MEETING WITH OUT, DEFINITE STEPS TO WARD IMPROVING THE CITY'S WATER. These fishermen turn this trickv on the law every yean They set their nets out of bounds, violate the law, and press and squabble until the sea son is overt It remains to be seen whether they" will be successful In doing this trick another season. -" Hrstdry 0f the Fish Row ( ' During the "past few years, the art Of catching fish In this section has developed greatly. From the small fisherman with 'a few nets many of the citizens of Dare county, have grown into big fishermen with thous ands of nets. Many learned the art the sound. MISSION 'I ; . SERVICES AT CHUCH ' , CHRISTS Mission services have been in progress at Christ's church this Week. Rcv.'jJohn R. Matthews" conducted the serv-rps. ' - . Ihe following; program Is being ren- Opening services Monday, April 1st, 8 a. m.; Bible reading daily, except Good Friday, 9:00 a, m. Services with BOARD HELD APRIL MEETING The Board of Aldermen held" a reg ular monthly meeting last Monday nisht. The aldermen were all pros ent. Mayor Flora presided. The paving of the sidewalks came tip early in the meeting and received iiwslderab'e attention. ' .' Much dis "upsion was the result of tho requests 'or ; paved sidewalks for various streets, i Everybody wanted hla side walks paved and the advocates of the different streets were insistent In the demands that their streets should be paved. After awhile' the Board got down to business and allowed quite good sized budget for side walk sermon by the mlssioner daily. 8:00 j saving. Mayor Flora ' took occasion p. m. Good Friday: Holy Communion,7:30 of fishing with pound nets, the most a- Morning prayer sermon, 11:00 a. m, Stainer's Musical Meditation, "The Crucifixion," 8:00 p. m Easter Sunday: Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m.; Morning prayer and ser mon, 11:00 a. m.; Sunday School serv Res 3:00 p. m., Services for men only 4:00. p. m.; Closing service of Mis sion, 8:00 p. m. The public is cordially invited to TICKETS ON SALE FOR ELKS him in his defense. r ' Harney, the wounded seaman was tient to the naval hospital in Norfolk m the early morning train yesterday. The seriouspess of his wounds could not be ascertained as a local surgeon who examined him., could hot locate the bullet :; . "' :" , ' J The Preliminary Hearing The Preliminary hearing of young Robertson was removed from United States Commissioner T. B. Wilson's a Court to the County Court and was tTfceld before Judge Sawyer. Attor- ,ioon represented Robertson, " i J , ; The first witness called was a uung malitiaman named Ruff of New ern. He was an eye witness to me ibole trouble that ended In the snooty According to his tesnmony It ias Ruff and Robertson who were frrlicing in the fore peak, that caused the disturbance. ' Seaman Harney went into th fore peak to get Robert oc to desist from his boisterous con duct. JRoberteon became offended and threatened to use "a knife. He wt-nt Into the kitchin and Harney fol lowed and struck him. Robertson left the ship and came back again. Tbe firing began as soon as he step- , ped on deck. . A militiaman named Riggs ot this ty testified as to the caose of the disturbance having heard Robertson Vi to Hamey. "Tou hit me when 1 last Friday night, has been chosen to represent Elizabeth City in a rec itation contest to occur - In connec tion with the debate. i A -small - admission . fee will be charged to defray the expensea of the contest, Elizabeth City of course paying the expenses of the visitors. It is,' urged that a large number attend these exercises. Superlndent Sheep hopes to make such contests an annual event which will be looked for ward to with intense Interest by art pupils of the school. Interest on the part of the people of the town will Insure success to his plans. NO PAVED STREETS TO NEGRO SCHOOL Attorney W. , L. Cohoon appeared before the Board of County Commis sioners Monday with a request that a pavement be laid from the town I'm its to the colored normal school. Mr. Cohoon gave as his reason for this request that the streets got mud dy and .the colored pupils of the srhool will probably have to get their feet muddy, whenever tbe weather 1 bad. ' : 'j- The commissioners could not see their way clear to grant this request ov. the ground that the white schools were not equipped with such conren-U-tres. . destructive contraptions ersr built to take fish. The most progressive and daring of these fishermen conceived the idea of setting their nets at the Inlets, where the migratory fish enter the sounds. Here they caught them frrsh from the ocean bv thousands. The"'iipsound fishermen discovered that there was something wrong; that the fish were not coming up in the aitend these services. fresh waters" to their spawning grounds Catching fish at the inlets worked two ways against the inland fisher? men. It catches the grown fish, and stops to a large degree the repro duction by nreventine spawning. The fishing business has gone to the bad during the past few years. Scien tists took a hand ia the situation and upon investigation located the evil. Then the fish law was enacted com pelling these selfish fishermen, some cf whom have grown rich, to stop the practice of fishing around the In lets. . ' . . This law is what started the row that has caused the officers so much trouble. These' down sound fisher men having had the utmost freedom a?l their lives in plying their vocation, consider the restricting law an ln- Tickets are on sale at Selig's for the Elks Big Minstrel which will be presented in the auditorium, of the High School on the evening of April 11th. .J ' .;,' 'v. ,-x Y".;,v The sale of Seats has been numer ous. A large audience will witness the performance. SPECIAL SERVICES ONLY FOR MEN Rev. John R. Matthews will conduct services for Men Only next Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in Christ's church. - The men are requested to attend these fringement upon their rights which services. they were' justified in evading and Mr. Matthews is an attractive violating. " , x Mr. Theodore Meeklns was the first fish commissioner. He failed to com pel these fishermen to obey he law and gave up, apparently, In disgust Mr. Vann ot Edenton, was appoint ed to succeed him, and with his ap pointment began a new order of things among these violators of the law. How the Fish Row Has Been Settled These violators of the fish law hav ing successfully broken it each year to their personal gains, began the old order Of things the first of the year; that Is to set their nets where they please. The same old row start ed and Mr. Vann appeared on the scene with an appeal for obedience to speaker and will interest the congregation. FIDDLING BOB TAYLOR IS DEAD Washington. Robert Love Taylor, senior United States Senator from Tennessee "Fiddling Bob" to all the South died here Sunday, unable to withstand the shock of an operation "for gall stones performed last Thurs day. ',:'- Early Sunday morning the Senator began to fail to respond to stimulants. Mrs.' Taylor, worn out by a day and night vigil, hau gene to her apart ments. At three o'clock Sunday morning the Sew'tor beg;in i? sit-lr 'o ildly vhat clis wsa sent for. 'he was at his tide when the end came t 1:40 o'clock. to state ,1'iat it will be some time before all of these side walks get paved. "'"'. Dyer street is to be paved on the West side from Main, and Parsonage streets and on the east side from Main to Cedar streets. Poindexter street is to be paved on the west side from the bridgeHo-Pearl Btreet Bell street is to be paved 'from Road street to Railroad street, three feet wide. Fe'aring street on the north sie'e, from Folndexter to Road street five feet wide, and from Road to Perse street, three feet wide. Church street is to bq paved from Culpepper Purse streets, three feet wide. Church four feet wide. On motion It was ordered that J. B. Fearing be given ten days to drain a ditch next to Gordon's on Riverside avenue. ' .v After the side, walk paving matter had been disposed of the regular rou tine' of business was taken up. The reports of the various town officers were received, monthly bills audited and allowed. ' A number of petitions in regard to rebate on taxes and tax reliefs were presented and acted upon by the board. The" city health Officer made his monthly report The report showed that thirteen deaths and 1 thirteen births had occurred during tbe month of March. The health conditions of the townwere reported to be good and the condition of the dairies and meat markets were reported to be good. One arrest was reported lor last month. A negro butcher named Warrens was arrested for selling taint ed meats. He was convicted and fined ten dollars." There was no report on the con dition of the water. The last analy sis showed the water to be only fair, and the health officer regards it un fit for drinking purposes. fit for drinking purposes. The board on motion,' decided to hold a special meeting on -Thursday nigfct and trf discuss ' the water situation and to take some action in an aU-mpt' to solve the existing erlU. ' .The Board of Aldermen met im special seonioD last' night to discuss and if possible take some -action ia regard to the water cituatipn, sucb conditions existing as to have giv en rise to no little comnlaint on the pari of those using this water. Mr. Lewis was present and pre seated the case of the , water com, pan j. He claimed that the water supplied to the city is suitable for drinking purposes and that (the analysis of the State chemist bears out his oontenilon. The fact.be declared, that this analysis showed only a trace of objectionable inatV ter indicates that such matter is not present, in sufficient degree to endanger health, - -,--' - - ; Much discuB8iodf, Mr," iewW report ensued, ""worne were of the pinion that the sonice of non ttmination is the closets of the l'oreman liiades Lumber Company whiob stand directly over , the water about three quarters df a mile below the intake, It was sug gested ' that,,; pollution from this source might be prevented by dam juet lielow' the intake, or ! by moving tbe intake. - ' tyUcalth" Officer, l)K;,i;Fear-. ingVrecorornended that an inspec tion. of the "water-shed be made every week and that all residents on it ba required , to provide san itary closets as required by law in Much cases; thai, the intake be moved from Hh present looatioa that Knobs creek be dammed so a' to prevent contamination from be. , ow the intake. ? ;, The board adjourned without ' tiking any action on ' the matter, agreeing to give the water Compa ny until the .first regular meeting in May to offer some solution to thedifficulty, Mrf Wwis - de clared himself confident that by that time the company would " have such plans formulated and under , way as to appea.se popular clamor and criticism. MEDAL CONTEST AT GRADED SCHOOLS .'- ' L , The medal contest was. held in the auditorium of the high, school last Friday evening. - The contest was be tween members of the high school- classes ind members of the gram mar school classes for medals for excellency In the art of, declaiming and reciting. These medals are giv en annually by Superintendent Sheep.' There were a number of partici pants in both classes. Miss Mary Bright won the girl's medal for the best recitation, and Vernon Jenkins won the boy's medal for the best dec lamation In the high school classes. MIbs Amy Halgbt won the medal for best recitation by a girl, and Charles Iveg won the medal for the best dec- -tarnation by a boys In tho grammar school classes. - Messrs. R, W. Turner, I S. Blades, and W. I Cohoon were the judges for the boys; and Mrs ILD. Walker, Mrs. A. B. Honts and Mrs. Glenn Hud son were the Judges for the girls. Mr. R. W. Turner presented the medals to the successful contestants In happily worded speeches. There was a large audience presence to wit ness the exercises. J
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