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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 1912
NO. 42
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NORTH
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TO BE HERE DURING FAIR WEEK
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Arrangements Nearing Completion . and Announce
merits of Fair Attractions Begin to take
Definite Form.
BOB FOWLER NO FAKE
Celebrated Air Man will make Flights frcm Fair
r Grounds
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The date for Elizabeth Citys
Fair, October 22nd to 25th, is
now drawing near and the ar
rangements looking toward. this
the biggest event of the -; year and
the greatest Fair in the history
of Eastern Carolina . are being
vigorously pushed to completion
Announcements or Uie manage
nient are beginning to take
definite form, and it is now pos
sible to speak with certainty as
to what the visitor coming to
Old Betsey for this occasion may
.expect.
Locke Crauj to he Here
Hon. Locke Craig, North Car
olina's next Governor, 'a man of
charming personality-'-and an or
ator of marked ability and enyv
.able reputation, will "be in Eliz-
The managers of the fair have
' invited the public school children
of the district to see -him and it
is to be hoped that they will re
spond with enthusiasm to the in
vitation. The "military compa
... nies of Edenton, Hertford, and
'v. our own soldier boys have: been
Ujquested to act as guard of hon
hr to the governor-elect and all
. these will form an escort worthy
: ofthe man of the occasion .
The Boat Races "
Interest in the boat races is
daily increasing and correspond'
nce from various points with
the secretary of the Fair- has
. been going at ja lively rate for the
. past few days. The public can
i:. tici ale i ne - of the; live! l
contests of motor po .v. r boats
that has ever occurred within
the waters of the borders of
North Carolina. Mr. W. H.
Hampton of Waterlilly has ar
ranged to secure the services , of
Mr. Andrew Sjjjiders of this ci
ty as measurer of the boats. Mr
Sanders highly qualified for
that position being a well known
boat and engine, expert and will
prove acceptable, to all the con
testants. The judges will be se
lected from the different boat
centers represented in the races
and will be announced later
Hivery detail for these races is
being carefully prepared - and
this water spectacle will be some
.thing interesting and exciting
that has never been seen before
in this section of the country. -The
rules adopted are from
the regular Motor Boat Associa
tion and the same used by all
recognized Yacht Clubs and rat
ing Associations.
The handicaps will be so ar
. ranged as to enable all boats, ir
respective to their size or. power
to be entered according to the
different rW of races.
Air Ma n't Flight $ . Certain
It has come to the ears of the
"Fair directors that there is some
doubt of the actual flight of the
Flying "Machine as advetized.
' They declare to the public that
there is no cause for such doubt
'The contract has been executed
with one of the moot well known
-and reputable aviators of the
S NEXT GOVERNOR
Without Fai 1
country, who'alsj has contracted
to give flights at the New Berne
Fair the week following the fair
here. The flights will commence
on the first day and the contract
calls for at least two flights dai
ly. )
Then1 are thousands of people
in this section who have never
had the opportunity to see a fly
ing machine and it was the pur
pose of the Fair managers to, se
cure this expensive attraction
for the Fair , to enable all' to see
this wonderful thrilling feat of
the age.. It is the first time
that an air ship has ever been ex
hibited in Eastern North Caro
lina, every child and old inhabi
tant should avail themselves of
this chance.-oLseeingJhisji!j'ster
ious birdJike machine in the air.
' Remember that there is abso
lute assurance of these flights
and don't allow yourself to doubt
the truthfulness of the advertise
ments. ';.... - '
Many Entries for Paces
The Race Track stalls are rap
idly filling and every day many
of the well groomed steppers ajy
working out on the track. Ap
plications for stalls for a string
of horses was received from Nor
folk this week and several inqui
ries have been received from
Maryland and points in Virgin
ia. The secretary urges an norsc
owners to send their entrance ap
plications, in -early. 'S The track
is in excellent condition and new
fences have . been- placed and a
general overhauling of the build
ings and grounds is now in
progress.
COT WRONG BOTTLE
Alice Munn, a negress who has
been in police court here time
and again on the charge of sel
ling blind tiger liquor, and who
up to six months ago had spent
a good portion of her time in
the county jail for this very of
fense got hold of the- wrong bot
tle on Tuesday night of this
week and will drink no more. ,
Her, daughter, the story goes,
had come-to visit her from Vir
ginia bringing a bottle of gin n-
long as a present. Alice left
the bottle'on Ihe mantle - when
she went to bed. Awaking dur
ing the night, she got up in th
dark -for a sleep-inviting dram.
but groping on the mantle in the
dark laid -hold instead of a bot:
tie of carbolic acid. She drank
this with fatal result, a hastily
summoned physician reaching
the scene to find the unfortunate
woman dead.
MAGIC LANTERN OUTFIT
FOR GRADED SCHOOL
Prof. Sheep has purchased
this year, at a cost of $100. a
magic lantern and about 100 slid
es for the city school, the lantern
to be used in illustrating , the
text book work of the class room.
The lantern and slides were
purchased with the money real-
zed from the admission fees of
last commencement.
BOB FOWLER IN FLIGH1
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As He Will Appear To
- Elizabeth City's tyg Fair. .
A. :& M. .DEFEATS
17. S. S. FRANK UN
. & M. College, West Ral
eigh. Oct., 8th A. & M. defeat
ed U. S. S. Franklin hist Satur
day- by-'thewore-t'f-i 1 1 t hi-
being the third defeat in 'the. last
three vears. !
The first score was made in
the second quarter on a forward
pass from Anthony to Champion
who carried the ball across-.. the
line. Hurt kicked the goal.
The. sailors held the college
bovs down to this score until
the third quartei;, when Osborne,
a freshman, got away for a forty
vard gain. O? the third -down
following Athonv carried the
ball over for a touch down and
Hurt again kicked a goal, and
the score stood 14 to 0.. The ball
was put into play again, and Os- (
borne breaking through the line
a third touch down and goal
brought the score at the end of
the third quarter to 21 to 0. .
The Tars succeeded in keeping it i
there throughout the, last quar
ter. "'.
The new men who' showed up
especially well were.' Osborne,
the star of the game: Page, last
year's sub quarter back? Cham-;
pion, who played last year with
the Raleigh High School, and
Henry, a 200 pounder from Lou
isiana. ... ,
FIRE PREVENTION
DAY OBSERVED
Wednesday of this week was
fire prevention day all over North
Carolina,, and was observed by
the local fire company. A. pro
cession passed through the streets
but most citizens had not so
much as heard that - there was
such a day and did not know
what the racket was all about.
The day is set aside at about
the "time that the winter fires are
supposed to be lighted to remind
citizens to cleay their flues, to
read up on the-fire law and to
note whether it is being infring
ed up by themselves or their neigh
bors. This work is supposed to
be done on fire prevention da5
but a good, thing is better done
late than never. .
TRANSPORTATION TO ,
THE FAIR GROUNDS
The contract for transporting
visitors to the fair grounds dur
ing Elizabeth City's big Fair,
October. 22nd to 25th. has been
let to Messrs. Teter Spires and
Mao Wright. ' These gentlemen
will provide regular and frequent
passage to the fair grounds thru
out the fair.
.
Visiting Thousands During
Bltl VRMPARATIONS
: '-" FOU ST ATI-
FAIR
TttdicatioHx I'o at lo Hie fSest
Fair Yt and a h'lconl-brejil;
.1 ttemlaitve.
.M ,ollege..Vehl Raleigh
X. C.' October S 1'ivparations
for the great fair which bfgiiis
on Monday' of iiyxt week are we) I
under wiiv. . Repairs on the
buildings have been completed.
exhibits are coming-in and lx
ing put up and indications are
that this will be the biggest fair
yet. Over twelve hundred en
tries Jiave already been received
more than in any vear in the
fifty-two yeariKof the fair's his
tory.
One of the big attractions of
the fair will be the A. & M.
vs. Georgetown fool ball game,
always one of the biggest games
of the season.- Other attractions
and exhibits are exjK'cted to ex
cel! all precedents'. ,
WHO DID THE SHOOTING?
News was
of Elizabeth
rife on the streets
- City 'Wednesday
that there had been another mnr,
der in Pasquotank county, this
time among negroes.
Report had it that one Jesse
Shannon, living near Whiteville
Grove Church had been shot in
his bed while he slept. -Later
developments revealed - the fact
that Shannon was unhurt, though
the bed in which he was accus
tomed to sleep had. been riddled
by buck. shot. ... ' v
Jack Brooks was brought her-;
Wednesday-charged , with the
shooting and the case was heard
in police court yesterday. The
only circumstance against him,
was the fact that Shore's blood
hound trailed hi mfrom Shan
nons house. He explained this
by saying that he had been in
the neighborhood of Shannon's
house in the early evening.-
Judge Sawyer dismissed the
case. ;
WORK BEGUN ON
HINTON BUILDING
Yesterday the first brick were
'.ud in the cor.s'ruction of the
Hinton Building, 'the big struct
ure that is to stand between Mar
tin and McMarine streets front
ing Main and four stories high
Excavation work has been going
on for several days, and yester
day actual construction of foun
dation work was begun.
Mrs.
W. T. Old Is spending a
few ddys in town "with her motb.
er, Mrs James Old. -
GIVES ROOSEVELT
OVERTHROW
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Writing of Roosevelt's Recent Visit to Raleigh W.
J. Reele says that Wilson will'be Elected and
tliat Tafts Defeat is Almost as Big an Achiev
ment for the Ex-President as the Digging of
the Panama Canal. J
Agreeable lo nppntmeut, Mr.
Roosevelt struck Raleigh on the
first day, of October; but lie had
been frazzled out by much speak
ing J had made several speeches
before he got here. His audi
ence was the largest that ever
assembled in the auditorium a
bout six thousand or. sixty-live
hundred, perhaps; and two thous
and more than greeted Bryan.
Hut he is no such speaker as Bryan
even at his best, nor -are any of
the rest of the orators of our
flay. Still Roosevelt is a most
interesting man, and it was on
that account the people came out
to see him. I They were interest
ed in him as the x-presidcnt of
flie United1 Stales, as the dig
ger of" the Panama Canal, the
emphasizer. if not the originator
of the policy of conserving our
natural -resources, the discoverer
of Clifford Pinchot and some of Ii -crs
who have ruined Ta f fsn 6"
ministration, and ns the chief
instrument by which Mr. Taff
will himself be defeated in his
run for a second term as presi
dent of the United States. Af
ter .-viewing Mr. Taft's adminis
tration, now for- nearly four
vears in all lights obstafnable, its
affiliation with the trusts, includ
ing the great religious trust
which he appears to lie driving tan
dem with the others. I am dis
posed to give Mr. Roosevelt al
most as much credit for his de
feat as for digging the Panama
Canal. This defeat. I believe
will be accomplished by electing
Mr. Wilson which Mr. Roosevelt
not trying to do at all, . o
course, tint that will be one o
the incidental benefits of Taft's
defeat. Mr. Roosevelt struck
over the heads of bis audience for
the first half hour, that, is of
most of them our people have
been "wind-fed"' on color line and
sectional politics for forty years
and more and thev are not verv
well prepared to digest the phil
osophy of government; and then.
too. Mr, Roosevelt doesn't nut
t up in anything like so attrac
five a form as Mr Bryan, or ev
en Mr. Wilson: who ft appears
ow will be our next President.
Still, there is a good deal In
what Mr. Roosevelt has to say
and he says it sometimes in the
Outlook better than he said it
here on the first of Octoler. He
shows whenever he opens his
mouth that the courts are feeble
administrators of the executive
branch of government which
they have , so largely usurped
especially have the federal courts
been guilty of this usurpation.
The constitution1 says that the
three departments of government
tmist "he keat senarate -and dis
tinct and .it is the court's usur
pation of the executive branch
of government that causes us
most of the eonfnsion of powers
and paralysis of law, Mr. Roose
velt is in favor of departments
and rommiionn rather than of
courts to control . the overween
ing powers of monopoly. Court
administered law is utterly in
competent to effectively ronlrof
or eon lend with such great aggre
gationn of '-ar.ital as the Stand
ard OH Company. The American
ToWco Trust. The Steel Trust
sod other such combinations.
Mr. RoAsevelt thinks fhey should '
CREDIT FOR
OF PRESIDENT TAFT
be (on trolled by' the general gov
eminent and if the general gov
ernment is not already too far
under their control, I agree with
him. The fact that Mr. "Roose-
velt got his Panama 'canaU pro-1
ject started in spite of the oppo
sition of the great trans-coutineu
tal railways shows that there is
a possibility of the government''
doing some things, if vigorously
handled, against the wishes of the.
powerful. Whether Mr.' Taft
has not so far organized and en
trenched capitalized -privilege to
that extent that neither Mr.
Roosevelt nor Mr. Wilson will
be of much avail remains to bo
seen. '' '.' '' '.' ' - ;:".: ,,:'
When Mr. Roosevelt got out
of his philosophy of politics and
got to telling how he stretched
his prerogative a little and per
haps strained the letter of the
law lo ilo what he believed pub
1 i Hb t eres t dem a n ded - he began -
to interest his crowd much more
When as Colonel in Cuba he
found eleven hundred sacks of
beans booked for officers and hia
regiment needed beans-he made
a inquisition -for 'eleven hundred
sacks "of beans for officers. The
'Commissary'. told him he would
have to send his . requisition' to
Washington and Roosevelt told
him to send it; so the Commiss
ary got the requisition and Roose
velt got the beans.
He said they had been talking
about the Panama canal what
a good thing it would be to dig
it for four centuries. There
was much debate and conversa
tion about it in Congress but
the canal was not dug. ne went
down there and started them to
digging the canal and l:hen he
safd the politicians didn't like '
his way of doing it, and in Con
gress they stopped talking about
the canal and began to debate,
him, meanwhile the canal went
on. : .
Perhaps T ought to say that if
the democrats had not nominated
a progressive at Baltimore in the
person of Woodrow Wilson, and
also if Roosevelt had had a local
leader down here in North Caro
lina of something like his owe
qualifications for leadership he
would poll a pretty considerable "
vote in this state in November
and is going to have some votes,
anyhow..
I hope Mr. Wilson will make.
us a visit before - the campaign
is over and if he docs I will try.
to send you a few lines showing -.
the impression he makes. ' -
W. J. reele.
A NEW STORE
Messers Wayland Haves and
J. J. 'White, both well known
in the. mercantile circles in this
city, have opened np a new store
in the Robinson Building on
oindexter street. They pronr
se- prices that will make Eliza
beth City shoppers sit up and
take notice.
NIXON NEWBOLD
Mr. Wilson 'H. Nixon and
Mis Martha Enla Newbold, both
prominent young people of Hert
ford, were married at the Epis
copal Rectory, here on Wednes
day bv Rev. Claudius Smith. i