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( i WTO AfiQH i A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION , THE UCVT ADVERTIS NQ MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. VOL II ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1912 NO. 33 fflflB vyv BIG LOSS BY FIERCE BLAZE STEAMER VIRGINIA I)E STROYED BY FIRE AND RIVER FRQNT SWEPT FOR CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE DAMAGE OVER f 100.000. The most disastrous fire that lias occurred here, in some time occurred last Sunday morning shortly after midnight. The fire orieinated on board the Virginia which was lying in her dock at the Norfolk Southern wharf. " From the vessel it spread to the water front, sweeping a way flip Norfolk Southern sheds, with ten box cars, the offices of the Pasquotank and North River Steamboat Company and the building occupied by the whole sale grocery firm of W. J. Wood ley & Co. J. R. Williams, captain of the Steamer, was on board when the fire was discovered. and barely escaped with his life. He was compelled to leap from the upper deck of the vessel into the water no little distance. . A colored fireman.'5'' Herman Bowe, who was asleep in his quar ters were burned with the vessel. Tt is thought that had a con tinuous train of cars extended from the Woodley warehouse to the Norfolk Southern freight de pot that the big warehouse would have been burned also: As ti was, more than once it was feared that the flames would get beyond all control. The fire company, however, did splendid work, and it is indeed f ordinate, th aijio, greatcE-damage . was done. ' The Camden bridge also in all J&jiability, was saved by a fortu nate circumstance and by the presence of mind of Messrs. Ros coe Foreman and Oliver Gilbert. As the vessel was burnt from her moorings she drifted out in to the channel down toward the bridge. Her progress was stayed by one of her anchors falling over board as the forward part of the vessel burned away, but noticing that she was still drifting slow ly toward the wooden structure. Mr. Gillx'i't and Mr. Focirai' w t out to the vessel in irus boats, made fast to her, towed her out of the channel and beache her. (letting the boat out of the channel doubtless saved lo cal commerce a great deal of In convenience even if there had not been the chance that the vessel would have reached the bridge. The total loss of the fire, it is said, will total over one hundred thousand dollars. EDUCATIONAL AD- . DRESS AT FOLK. There was an educational rally - at Fork Scjioolhouse. near Cor inth and about three miles from "Elizabeth City, on last Monday night. The address was delivered by Congressman Small and there was quite a good crowd on hand to hear him. A number of pa trons signed a petition for a spec ial tax election, and it is the pur pose of the progressive people of the community to press the mat ter until this election ig assured!. Mr. Small discussed the neces sity of better educational facili ties for the children of North Carolina. EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNI TY For the next few days. I , will sell all my marble andgran ite work on , hand at greatly reduced rates. Make selection before stock picked over, to mark the graves of loved ones. C. B. Mason. Marble & Granite Co.. Elizabeth City. N. C. Misses Evelyn and Katherine f 'Jones-are spending some time at VJ-b Mar. BOVVUEN KE MISS EX IE MOUSE THE BRIDE OF .MR. J. It. BOW DEN OF ORANGEBURG. SOUTH CAROLINA, IN A VERY PRETTY HOME WED DING. THE OUT-OF-TOWN. GUESTS. Miss Exie Morse, the charming and attractive daughter of Mrs. W. J. Morse, was married Wed nesday, August 7th at high noon, to Mr. John Radford Bowden, Representative for Eastern South Carolna of the Coca Cola Com pany of Orangeburg. S. C. The marriage took place at the home of .the - brider ou ... the. corner, of Church and Road streets, the cer emony being performed after the ritual of the Episcopal church by the Rev. B. S. Lassiter of Hertford, N. C. The parlors were beautifully decorated with ivy, lerns, limes ana carnations. The bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of Mendel- sohnn's wedding march, the bride very fair and petite, mak ing a charming picture in her go ing away gown of navy blue, her arms filled with bride's roses. She was met by the groom un der a floral arch fromm which hung a bell of lillies. Mrs. Arthur Sawyer, matron of honor, was gowned in pink crepe meteor with black picture hat. She carried pink asters. The best man was Mr. Lyle Smith of New Bern, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Bowden left im mediately after the cereomny on. the northbound train for Ocean iew and Wrightsvilfe -.Beach. ;VHirgp number" of merrv friends ade them farewell at "the train. Their future home will be in Orangeburg. Among the out-of-town guests attending the marriage were: Margaret S. "Bowden, Miss nul dah Bowden.' and Mr. Carlisle Bowden of -New Bern; Mrs. W. J. Stokes and Miss Lillie finell or Norfolk; and Mrs. W. C. Morse. Mr. and . Mrs. Wiley Meads, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Ra per of Weeksville; Mr. and Mrs. C. V. narris of Otilla, N. C, and Mr, and Mrs. Sawyer and Mabter W. M. Sawyer of Nor folk. SUDDKN DEATH AT BELCROSS SK'rial to Advance.) I.eln-oss. V C. Aug. Ti-Our "liunuiiity was greatly shocked Wjiien i lie nmvs of tlie sudden death of Mrs. Robert Berrv nee Susie Lee Traffou was received. Miss Traffon was married to Mr. Robert Harrison Berrv in Eden ton. N. ('.. July 16th. i912. They left next day for Baltimore; their future home. In a few days she was taken with a severe case of pneumonia which caused her death duly 30th. at 12:20 at Mary land University Hospital, Balti more. Wednesday morning July 31st she was brought to her old home here where the funeral ser vices took place at three o'clock. conducted by her pastor Rev. W. . Mcfc. .Miss Beulah Fulnier and Mrs. Sadie Rurrnss of Eliz- aleth City played and sang sweet" ly "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." She was then taken to White Oak Cemetery for interment. , Fol lowing are those who acted as pall-bearers. RoIert Stevens. John Pritchard, narry Fevebee, Will Morrisett. John Ferebee. Howard Etheridge. She left a husband, Robert-Berry," a father, Mr. J. W. Traitoii. both of Bel cross, two brothers Mr. Will and Frank Trafton of Norfolk, Mrs. J. C. ood of Frincess Ann, Va." and Miss Maimie and Annie Traf ton of Belcross. N. C. Hon. John II. Small was in town Monday the truest of Dr. A. L. Pendleton. ' FARMERS DISCUSS PRACTICAL TOPICS AS USUAL IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY. THE CROWD WAS RATHER SMALL; HUT COM PARED FAVORABLY WITH LAST YEAR TALK OF HOLDING INSTITUTE AT CORINTH NEXT YEAR. A Farmers' Institute for Pas quotank and Camden counties was held at the Court House here on Monday of this week. The at tendance was small only about 50 farmers, being present, froiathe entire two counties, an atten dance, 'proximately of less then ten per cent. Mr. T. D. McLean addressed (he Institute in the morning on 'Improved Methods of Farming." He discussed, especially, the ad vantage of using modern farm implements, of the importance of deep flowing in preparing for a crop and the advantage of shal low cultivation. The folly of turning over land and so bring ing about the germination of grass seed that would have oth wise been too far from the sur face was emphatically noted. Following Mr. McLean's ad dress, Congwssinau Small made ;i short address on good roads, taking as his texl, ''If you want good rffctds you can have them; and if you haven't cot them it's your own fault." He observed that the. bonding of a county to build good roads is an investment and not to be regarded in the light of an expenditure. - Superintendent" Hintou then made a plea for hearty support of the public school by their patrons throughout this section. His re marks were received with ap plause. Mr. F. F, Coh oon then spoke for a !.',v minutes urging farm ers to. ii to Raleigh on the 28th of August to attendt he Farmers' Convent i. u which is to be held I at the A. & M. College. The round trip ticket will cost $4.05 or less; and board will be fur nished those attending at cost. At the afternoon session. Prof. i . n. uoixiricii made a very helpful and practical talk on the subject of soil fertility. He sLowed that the fertility of the soil is dependent upon five fac tors : Moisture, I'lant Food, Ven tilation, Warmth, and Germ life. He then discussed the effect of ( rojf rotation upon these factors and cited some interesting cases m which vast improvement had been wrought b ya careful system of rotation. - Discussing the reasons for the small number of farmers attend iiij: these institutes the sugges tion was made that a good crowd would turn out if the meetings were held in the coun try with dinner served on the grounds. Congressman Small in timated that if this county had an institute next year it will be held at Corinth with , the plan suggested carried out. NOTICE A meeting of the Stock Holders of the Albemarle Agricultural and Fish Association will be held at the Court House, Elizabeth City, N. C, on Tuesday, August 20th' at 11 o'clock and 50 per cent of stock will be called for. Come or send proxy to E. F. Lamb, if not given to some friend who will be certain to at tend. Election of Board of Directors. E. F." LAMB, Sec. Chamber of Commerce. aug9 2t Mrs. J. M. Pool who has been quite ftick at her home In Church street is oat again. BOARD HELD MEETING The boavd of aldermen met in regular session on Monday night, only Mr. Love being absent.- The meeting was a tedious and uninteresting one. being taken up mainly with a fruitless discus sion of the water problem. Mr. Robinson and other members of the board expressed the opinion that only1 by fEe purchase of wa ter facilities' of its own can the city ever settle the vexed prob leuYOf pure water. The analysis at present shows that water fit for drinking; but the closets' near the intake have not been removed spite of t he fact thatt he board ordered last month that this nui sance be abated. The board did not- press tfie matter of -their-removal; apparently having decid ed to let matters stand as they are until the Water Company's franchise expires. Dr. Williams stated before the board that he considered this in action as amounting to trifling in the matter of the city's health. Fifty dollars was donated by the town for the purpose of send ing exhibits to the Ohio State Fair. This is the correct report of the appropriation, and not five hundred dollas as stated in the Virginian-Pilot of Wednesday. The tax levy for 1912 is fl.52 instead of $1.32 as reported in the daily press. A committee was appointed to purchase a needed supply of fire hose; the street and sidewalk fronting the new theatre were or dered paved; and Pool and El liott streets were ordered curb ed. ' The health officer reported the markets and dairies in excellent condition.. . . . BELVIDERE NOTES Speci al Corresponded ce. ) Belvidere, N. C. Aug, 7th. The many friends of Mr. Rufus White .will be improvment. glad to hear of his Misses Tess and Alice Riddick and Mr. Archie Riddick left Tues day to attend the Benton-RidJick n u I dials in Edenton Thursday. .Mr. Joe Winslow of Trotville, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Winslow. The Sunday School picnic at Chapel HiH last Wednesday was largely attended and proved quite i success. The exercises in the morning were good, esiccially the music rendered bv the choir and fine addresses were" made in the afternoon by Messrs. William I Jerry man of Edenton and Scott Boyce of New York. Misses Alpine and Inez Ouley left Friday to spend a few weeks visiting relatives in Norfolk. Mrs. J. E. Jones of Win ton, X. C. is visiting her sister. Mrs. Julia Weston and other rela tives. The whole community is awed at the evidence of the murder of Oliver Layden, and sympathi zes deeply with his heart-broken mother and family, who daily long for his return. - Quite a number of young peo ple were charmingly entertained Mon day evening by Miss Mary Sm,ith complimentary to her cousin. Miss Rosa narrell of Franklin. Va.. The ."refreshments consisted of cream and cake. Those present were: Misses Rosa Harrell of Franklin. Va.. Talia Lane. Lnmmie Wright, Gertrude Woolen, Viola and Leora Ward, Belle and Sadie White, Tess Rid dick. Myrtle Lamb, Messrs. Curtis and Herbert Lane, Joe Elliott, Cailyle Ward, nngh White. Er- vin. Carson and , Carrol Ward, Fml Smith, FradandCopeland, Ait-hie Riddick and Trov Lamb. Misn Dixie Murray, who for a few dam had been the iruest of Mrs. Dennis Simmons returned to .ber home in Raleigh Monday. OLIVER LAV DEN'S BODY FOUND If THE DESERT Van Reported To Have Confessed Circumstances Point More and More Strongly to Guilt of B. F. Van Who was Brought Here From Hertford Wednesday Night And Was Sent to Raleigh Yesterday Afternoon This community was shocked Wednesday by the report that Oli ver Layden," who mysteriously disappeared from the Belvidere section about a mouth ago, had been discovered in the "desert'' to the south oft he city. Sheriff Reid hurried to the scene, and as the news of the discovery spread, quite a number of Elizabeth City people hasten ed, to the neighborhood of the tragedy. Reaching the spot to which they had been directed, these found dissevered and almost bare, the bones of the lad who. doubtless without a thought of danger went to his untimely death a few weeks ago. Already earlier- searchers on the scene had found the boy's clothing scattered about and in the coat, just about where it cov ered the heart, two holes showed the path of the bullets that must have struck down the young life before its prime. The body was found near Pas quotank station and in the edge of that region in this county kno"n as the ''desert." Not far from the thicket in which the body-Sod been hidden was found the wheel of B. F. 'ami, the manvith whom Oliver Layden was last seen, the man who left Oliver Layden's wheel in Cartwright's shop here, the man for three weeks lodged in the Perquimans county Jail. Wed nesday nijiht lie was brought here and yesterday aflernoon he was hurried fo Raleigh by wav of Nor folk. An unconfirmed report reached here "this morning that Yann had confessed. 1 The boy's clothing has been i denfified by his father and broth ers and even the bare bones fur nish mute evidence that the grue some sight which met the search ers' gaze yesterday morning is all that is left of Oliver Layden is this world. The boy had had tooth-ache for some time and al ways kept cotton . in his tooth. And a wad of cotton was picked from the teeth of the. skull that was found in the desert thicket. In addition to the bullet holes in the coat, one of. the bullets which in all probability struck down Oliver-Layden was found near where the body was left ly ing. It is supposed that this bullet was imbedded in the flesh of the victim. Also in the neighborhod of the tragedy have been found a Sun day school quarterly with Oliver Layden's name on it, and torn bits of a photograph of young ! Layden himself. One of these bits was large enough to prove that the photograph was nndonbt edly a picture of Oliver Layden, showing as it . did, the boy's whole face. Sheriff Reid and Dr. I. Fear ing arrived on the w-ene Wednes day afternoon. An inquest was held and a verdict returned de claring that Oliver Layden had to his death by foul means and recommending that Tann be held pending further investiga tion. The gruesome remains of the dead boy .were brought to Eliz abeth City the same afternoon as was also the bicycle, found in the woods. This' wheel was bad ly damaged, the rim of, the rear wheel being splintered. Ever since the mysterious dis appearance of Oliver Layden from his home on Thursday, July, 11th. searching parties have from time to time scoured the woods between Win fall and Eliz abeth City. So many of these parties had searched for the missing boy with" out avail, however, that hope of . finding him had been almost a baudoned. During the past week, howev er, men at work on the railroad near Pasquotank station had no- r ticed a suspicious odor; and hearing of this a party frpm Per quimans county a-few days ago came down to that neighborhood and made a thorough search on the North side of the track. . . Noting that their search was without avail and that the stench persisted Columbus ' Harris, W. -H. Whitehead, deorge Cartwright and some others mnde up a party to search along the South side of the track. -It was this search that result ed in the discovery of Oliver Lay-r den. What was left of the body' was found yesterday morning, a mile or two from Pasquotank sta tion, in the edge of the "desert" back of 1he old "Terry farm.' The boy had been left perhaps 25 ' feet from the railroad right of way, and the Lrokcu wheel was -found still another twenty fivo feef from where the body had lain. , -- - - Immediately upon finding the 'body, Cartwright and narris. who had come upon it almost simulta neously, hastened to the nearest phone . and communicated with Sheriff Keid. The Sheriff reached , Ihe scene early in ' the afternoon; shortly after his arrival the dead lad's father and brother arrived, and it was through them that the re mains and clothing were identi fied. The bullet, the broken bi cycle and the picture were all found after Sheriff Reld's arri val. Evidence seemed to show that the lsy was killed nearer the i""' or i nan me remains- m a i i 1'"" .'""" mat me nooy was iraggei into and hidden in the thicket. - Apparently the lin ing was torn from the boy'n coat in a near-by fence. The jeople of Hertford and Bel videre have hardly been able to lierstiade themselves that actual violence was done to Oliver Lay den by one who apparently could have had no motive 'for murder and who had done all in his power to win the youth's con fidence; but when the news of this unmistakable evidence of foul play reached those sections,' excitement ran to a high pitch, reports reaching here Wednesday afternoon from Hertford were to ( Continued on page five.) 7
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