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TOMORROW
THE BEST ' ADVERTIS
A NEW PAPER WITH
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VOLII
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 1912
NO. 44
DON'T
FAIL
TO
REGISTER
ALbemarle Fair Ends
InJIaze-Of Glory
-Disappointing al First. But With Last Day
- Come Big Crowds, Good Weather and
Spectacular Flight of Aeroplane. Boat
' . Race a Fiasco.
V
"Elizabeth City's bi-Uaii" ci.u
ed after all in a blaze of glory
The weather, so Jong threatening
jeslerday left nothing to be de
sired. 'The crowd, small the firsf
lay ami .not-big enough the, sec
ond day. was. something lik,
what Elizabeth ought lo look for
Thursday. . .
.lira time it seemed as if the.
dissappointment of two days was
-to be related, yesterday. The
boat-race delayed from Wedne.s
ended in fiasco.'. Whether any
award was made has not been
-learned at this writing.
But Elizabeth City has staked
the reputation of this fair upon
the aeroplane flight, This was
ane learure mat was uepenueu up
''son to draw the crowds; and this
,1s I he feature about which
there was most skepticism among
tfie gejiefarpublic .
' JTasterday. the flight was madt
. And a beautiful flight .it was
Kising from the Fair ground at
about fyur thirty? .If. B. McCal
.'leyi who holds the Pennsylvania
' altitude record 'of .10.500 fecf,
cfafVj! over Elizabeth City at an
i.rr j, or aoour d uuij ieei, o
4ut over town as far as the grti
.? ,,d school building"; turned back
-sailinc over the Fair- grounds
" and -out over the bay; then bark
again over Elizabeth City; fin all;;
sweeping gracefully to the. ground
in' front, of the grand stand at
the Fair amid the-plaudits ' of
; .the admiring multitudes. Many
of these 'had. never seen an aer
. oplane in flight before. "3Tan",
said ane old darkey who watched
' the flight with rapt attention,
"If T ever gits dat high I'll go
straight on to heben.'."
On this flight. Mr. McCalley
stated to the Advance reporter,
be was traveling at the rate of a
"bout sixty-five miles per hour.
Tie was in the air twenty niin
. uteK. and must therefore havc
, traversed twenty-five nilles or
more. During the flight. Mr.Mc
galley made one of his eele
"Tirated "dips" dropping almost
perpendicularly from the greftt
V altijud o R,n00-to. H00 feet,
- isieeing him going to .apparently;
certain destruction, many of the
, spectators who a few minutes lie
fore had lieen hooting at him as
; a fake and an irnposter.: were al
most hysterica l in their concern
for his safety. -
This was the first" aeroplane
' . flirfit ever made over Elizabeth
Oity. Skimming through the
air at a great altitude, swooping
suddenly to earth like an ini-
menso hawk, the man at its helm
- : iirrfH-ornkenlile in the . di'dance
. the machine filled, one Vatchinc
.itwith wonder nfld awe. And
there 'was a thrill of admiration,
.too for t lie during aviator wtm
with stedy hand and Iron nerve
. fared the unfriefTperils of the
. most fickle of Clements. J .
Elizabeth City's big Fair for
which preparations have been -l
ing made for the" last three
months seemed this year foredoom
cA to disaster.
To begin. with. Tuesday came
on wet and gloomy::. Rain fell
in showers throughout the day
and iVs being the opening day
the circumstance was especially
' unfortunate. 'Locke Craig was
"on hand, arriving Monday night
mil urr I J j v :m UV'II I. .'VWI1, Jlli
he was hoarse from much speak
ing and probably also from. the
bud weather. . ; To this distress
ing handicap, add the fact that
the-crowd was far from what
with better weather it might have
bepu and what, notwithstanding
(he weather,' it should have been,
and it will readily be seen that
this distinguished orator was
at an immense disadvantaged
The program for the morning,
however, was carried out as plan
ned. Escorted to the fair
grounds by the local military or
ganizations and by the. band, Hw.
state's next governor was intnr
".need by W. M. Ilinton, Suikm
intendent of the Pasquotank couu
ty schools. Oir. IT in (on s speecii
was a good one and the signal
for an ovation to the orator of
the day that almost atoned igrtm
thusiasm for what it lacked in
volume. Mr. Craig was heard
with close attention by those pres
cut and what he said received as
hearty response as the small nuin
hers. could give him.'
Following the speech, the
crowd lookedor a flight of the
big airship which had already
been carted on the grounds. The
aviator had arrived on the morn
iug train ;.lmt to - their dissap
pointment the. crowd learned
that owing to an accident to
his 'machine in a previous flight
the birdman wrould not lie abl
to fly. the first day.
Races began, however, at half
past two, and they were so good
that those present forgot their
dissappointment. Indeed,1 the
races were the redeeming feature
of. the fair., making in themselves
the fair worth the-while of those
who attended, provided cverybo
dy there had cared for this par
ticnlar kind of sport.
The biggest dissapporutment
of the Fair came "on Wednesday.
For this was the day of the mo
tor .boat racing which, next to
the aeroplane, had been the most
widely advertised feature of the
fair. These were to occur at
10:30. but to , the expeetar.t
rowds again came the news of
maddening delay this time the
excuse being that .many, boats et
peered for the race had not yet
put in their appearance. -The
m;es coming on relievty! the tea
mon somewhat as through th.
long afteriioonthe crowd anil
! big one this time waited for
the bird manV. flight. Finallv
came welcome news tb.At a dig!:.'
would he made at abont four o'
clock. At this time a crowd
lii! 1 pssembled around the big
winged rnachilie. wailfng ior it
to iise. At alioi't a.c.uarter. past
four the rifle like rattle of the ah"
shin's motor v. as heard, '' and ,
hats flew and feCt scampered us
the crowd lehind' it felt the
breeze from the bfg propeller.
After another wait, as the motor
got under way. the machine was
released and shot away over the
unlevel ground, skipping along
like a big bird trying to rise in
flight: About two thirds of the
way across the grounds, it left
the earth and soared' upward
slowly. Just before reaching
the frees that skirted the park,
the machine rose sharply; but aw
(Contained on pogr four)
'ti,.. i ,.r !,...,. ;.!... i si. ...i i ir
i - h v
!.' ; ' . ;
, B, McCALLEY
Who ' Yesterday Attained
In Flight From Albemarle Fair Grounds.
REGISTRATION BOOKS
CLOSE TO-MORROW,
The registration book's, for Pas
quotank county close on to-mor
row. -Saturday October" iOtli .
Large numbers of voters have
so far failed . to register "and,
these should give this matter nn"
failing attention,
WHY CLARK WILL BE SENATOR
ludge Waller Clavk . has c I he hesi chance to be chosen Senator
in Ihe Primary because:
J. lie Phnlged to earntsty cunteud for an amendment to
the Interstate ('onuuerce Law that will prevent the discrimina
tion against North Carolina in freight rates which now costs
the farmers and merchants of this
2. He is pledged to contend
having returned annually v in jiensions to Confederate Soldiers
and widows for them to spend
is sendjmg as a war contribution
diers. . .-' . ,. ..
.1. He is pledged to -eirnestlv nrge the rejieal of the 8 cent
tax on tobacco they well' which
ditional on every pound of tobacco they- sell which the manufac
turer now has to take off for the Government tax. This will al
so destroy the Trust by leaving every farmer or ' neighborhood
free to manufacture tobacco. It, will save North Carolina ?7,
000.000 a year, . -
. .' He will advocate Land Banks as in Germany and other
countries by which the Government will loan money to the farm-
ims, small merciianls. ana woiK:ngmen ni low rates or mieresr.
money 'without .charging interest.; Why should it not furnish the
farmers, merchants and working e'en money nA as low a rate of
est as in Germany? '-. ' ' ; '
Messrs. Siirmons and Kitchin have each served twejve years
in Congress and have done nothing about any of these things.
They do not even promise to do anythi ig now if elected.
- 5. ITe will advocate a graduated income' and . inheritance'
tax by which the multimillionaires will contribute heavily to the
support of the' Government, whereas-nothing Is now raised from -them
in that wav. - .
The friends of Judge Walter Clark and his nemies alikejtaow
that he can be relied upon after election to urge these measures
as Tenuously as he doe now. -
VOTE YOUR CONVICTIONS.
CLARK AS SENATOR MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU
From ihi Winston-Salem Western Sentinel.
a Height of 6000 Feet
C A LLElf TO FATH ER'S P, E 1
SIDE
Mr. A. HXJiolloman of this
citv was called this week to the
heifside of his father. Mr.' W. II.
flolloman, of Tyner.j
Mr. W. II. Jlolloinan is about
seventy one years old and Inn
been in bad health for a year or
more. The graves! fears are felt
as to his recovery.
State f 10,000,000 a year.
for arid expects to succeed in
the $. 000,000 winch this state
to pay pensions to Federal Sol
y r y
will give the, farmers S centa ad
PtAYGROUND FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED
ON APPARATUS FOR SCHOOL GROUND
Movement To Raise One Tho.usand Dollars a Failure
Amount Actually Collected Very Small and,.
This to be Appropriated for Apparatus That
, Has Already Been Ordered Will be Installed
r .
. on School Grounds To-day,
Elizabelli Cily is a town wiih
(tut impark.
Ex'cepf the mltlie school
ground, there is not a lot in tlur
city where the children, may
gather for recreation jiud u m use
meiit without fear of trespass.
All who are l-eally interested
in the development (f the town
hope that this will not alway.i
be so. For : mortar and merch
andise will not alone build up a
city. A town's progress ts in di
rect proportion' not alone to ils
wealth or its advantages but to
(he enterprise and patriotism of
ils citizenship. And providing
for the interest and welfare of
the children will foster these va
lues. But the time for the establish
ing of Elizabeth City's Park is
not yet not (uite. Other mat
tei'sTjf more pressing importance
are upon. us, and these must re
ceive first attention.
Idealizing this, and hoping
Mill that some immediate - pro
vision might be 'made whereby
the children could be given some
public place of .recreation .where
all might have' the right to re
sort, some leading citizens of
the town began last spring to ag
itate the movement for a public
playground for the children.
. Of course the need for this play
ground was Tiot as vital in Eliz
abeth City,' where the oen conn
try is of easy access, where va
cant lots are seldom forbidden
ground, where the streets are
wide or-well shaded, where the
Pasquotank offers its waters for
bathing, boating or fishing, and
where the humblest dwelling ha"
something of a yard of its own-
it is evident, we say, that here
there is not the necessity for i
ulavcround that there would be
in ft 'city of unshaded brick and
crowded tenements. : Pictures
of children sitting on the -door
steps, in the windows or back of
squalid tenement houses reading
detective stories because the po
lice forbade them to play on the
streets these had small applica
tion here. .
Nevertheless the movement-
was a- lueritorious one. The Ad
vance gave it its sanction aud sup
ort. The matter was brought
up before the Board of Aldermen
and- a committee, consisting or
one from each ward, was appoint
ed to devise some method of ni is
lands for the playground.
This committee was composed 01
Kev, C. F. Smith, J. I!, u-ign.
E. L. SaVyer. and (VJ. Ward.
The plan adopted by the com
m it tee for tin? securing-the morn
ey' seemed a most excellent one
as it was set-fofUi in the Ad
vance" There are .approximate-
ly one thousand -pupils' Th our
public schools, aud it .was hoped
that from 'these might be secnr
ed 'an average! of a dollar each,
Tlle children were given ft month
to raise this money and the teach
o-s of the resjiective grades were
asked to receive the funds col
lected. Miss May Wood consent
ed to lecoino treasurer of the
whole fnndrand the other teach
ers turned over, the collection
from their grades to her.
The childretywent to work for
the money tlf various ways.
Doubtless many of then simply
asked their parents for it and
got it. Home of t.'iem worked
for il,r-eanied i(. Some of them
beld rummage sales. Some of
l hem went about from house to
house 'solicit ing contributions.
The effort to raise a thousand
dollars, however, was fur from
successful. At the end of the
month's campaign Miss Wood
had received' and deposited 'a i:
the biuik the sum of $75.09..;
Though greatly . disappointed
in the amount raised the commit,
tee continued their work, seek
ing to lease some lot, in the first;
place, for a playground site.
But no lot could be secured at
a price of less than lifty dollars
a year; and mi especially desir
able sile could be secured even
at that figure.
Investigation .showed, too, that
very .little apparatus '"for" a7 play
ground could be purchased with
seventy five dollars. Intimates
asked for and sent in showed
that iron;; apparatus w-as out of
Ihe quest ton . It seamed best to
the committee to invest the mon
ey in wooden swings and such aj
pa rut us, and place it for tho
present on the school grouud.
This idea met with the approval
of Superintendent Slice). The
order for this apparatus.Vas giv
en lo Kramers' Mill aud i
ready for ' delivery. It would
have been ready earlier but for
the fact that the "mill has been
lushed all the summer, always
having a number of orders ahead
These are the facts a to the;
movement for a playground , in
Elizabeth City. This paper sets
them forth in justice to ' those
who have had the matter in
charge. There has evidently;
been a larire amount of work
done by some members ' of this
committee, which '-of course they
have done without remuneration 1
and for which they have received -nothing
but criticisms
For some reason, best known -to
himself but very readily gues
sed at by all who know him, .W.
O. Saunders was two weeks ago
reviling the two meiAwho have-
done most work on this commit
tee and insolently demanding of
them what they" had done with ;
money which neither of them e",
er collected or .ever saw. Not
daring to say it openly theljint
a pendant wna insinuating that
ihey had misappropriated the
funds or at least was staling
fjif case in such a manner that
this woijld be t)ie inference of
thet-asual reader. Thinking per-, '
bans he had icone too f;ft. last
week the editor was denying the.
I intention of making any such im
-predion, but still combing what
Hie had to say in most imfiilting
j phrase. ,
If there lntd beu made a cour
teous request of - J. B. Leigh
and C. F. Smith to tell what
had become of -the play-giound
movement they would doubtless
have resjonded.. Nobody asked
them': "for everybody really inter
ested knew that the amount rai
;el was small and all were will - ,
ing to .leave the. matter of Its
disposition to the committee
These gentlemen have paid no
attention to the spewing of W.
' (Continued nn page five)
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