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5 . ?fiirf":'iX'Ff?"am mWH.nieMaM ' 0 IE BEs f ADVERTIS- A NEW PAPER WITH (llEDIUM IN ELIZA jl ty' ' BETH CITY. AN INCREASING CIR CULATION I s VOL II ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 1912 NO. 47 'I'" J. A: Prominent Ends H, T. Greenleaf Sr. Finds Pistol In Drawer and Blows Out Life that Had Become A Burden, Elizabeth City was shocked Tuesday evening by the news that Mr. II. T. (Jreenlear, Sr. kad taken his own Ui by firing a pistol ball iuto his brain. The deed was done at live o' clock: Tuesday afternoon, when his wife was startled by the re port of a pistol in one of (lie rooms up stairs " 1- Not strong onougji to climb f .ft lie stars herself, Mrs. Groen ' ' leaf oftt ther cook un to sec what T - had hapiiened. . Ftoitling ithat Mr. (Ireenleaf 1 . fcar'.lx'en Shot the cxk rushed ) :ti down the stairs streaming for : Jelp. .The alarm was heard by Mr. Henry, Kaper and Mr. Guy Broe- fcett and they with a physician ijfew the first to reach ' . 1 H They found Mr. Gi i ' Xcv room of- one cf fvew the first to reach the scene. reenleuf in his sons. LoutK' Greenleaf. . lie was sit v ting i,ii a chair dressed in a smok mg jacket, his head bent 'forward , . n his breast. On the lloor be side hiiii lay his cane and a pis tol . fJie kis Dr. Back of his left ear was ragged' hole of a bullet; on breast a red- clot of blood . McMullan thought that icr- ' haps Mr. Greenleaf had been shot in the breast also, but when the blood clot was washed away .iKwas found (hat the wound In ,) head was the only one. As . flic nnfortwuate man's head had fallen forward the blood had dripped from the wound to Ins kreast. Mr? Greenleaf was still alive when the -doctor reached his Bide; but no hope was entertain ed for his recovery. He passed away at two o'clock Wednesday tnorning. Mr. Greenleaf had lieen in bad kealth for some time. Two years ago he was stricon with paralysis, and though he reeov 'wed sufficiently lo lie able'to get about a little he continued al most helpless and his sooeh was impeded . Up to the time of his failure f;V health. Mr. .J.-cenleaf was :i man of unusual energy and dil igence, always to found in his ffice or iif active work, he le--ne surveyor lor 1hc Rirhmon i Cedar Works. After losing hi' anio depressed, made every effort health he At first to regain oe he his strength, consulting physicians f )roniinence here, and else where. But receiving no perma out benefit he grew more de spondent. Probably he had de termined to take his life when flie fust favorable opportunity thou Id present itself. It was Monday that ihe oppor tunil.v ciinie. Up in the room of .li;s son. LonisGreenlonf, lie found a pistol. Whether that was the object of his searclcnn ne knows v in all probability, will ever know.' He siezod Ihe deadly weapon. s;il in a eji.ur, placed- its muzzle bark of his head and pulled the trigger and life, already to him two years too long, went out. Mr. Greenleaf was sixty years old. lie is survived bv a wife and nine rhildren: IT. T. Green leaf, Jr., J: P. Greenleaf, WMI. Greenleaf. Jay Greenleaf. and Louis Greenleaf. Mrs. C. A. Deans. Atlanta Ga.. Mrs. Duck worth Glover and Mrs. E. H. Outlaw. Jr. The fnneral services were held Citizen Life Bv Bullet i. Thursday afternoon at : o'clock from' the Episcopal church and were conducted by Kev. C F. Smith. The interment look place in the Episcopal Cemetery. MANTEO BREEZHS Xew F 'rm Opens Mante'n. N. C. Nov. I ;!th new firm, the Manteo Buggy an!' Kunnl.y Company, has recently opened its doors hi this city in the Roanoke Hotel Building . Mr. R. C. Evans, owner of this building lis the head of the new firm, which will carry a line of marine and carriage hardware, manufacture carts and wheels and do general hlacksinithiiig and repair work. Xew Wharf At Yir.s- Head The Eastern Carolina Transput tat ion Company has just eemple ted a new wharf at Nags Head at cost of ?1,S0(. Occupy'uiifi A'eir Starr Mr. Theo. Meekius is occupy ing his new iiuuuing opposite the Tranonil House with a stock of general merchandise excellent ly and conveniently arranged and presenting a most attractive ap jiea ranee. Xcir Com hi iii Formed A new company has just lieen formed here, of which Mr. Theo. S. Meckins is jiresiident. to build a fish freezing and ice plant on Roanoke island. Plans for Ihe immediate building of the plants are on foot and. they are expoc ed to Im in operation by next season . Mrs. J. W. Casey sick at her lime here. Miss Mary Probst is is quite a guest at the Tranquil House. Mr. Wright of Xew York is here for the seasons hunting, a uuest at Ihe Tra:':,.iil House. The Roanoke Hotel, now under new and permanent management has lieen receiving most excel lent patronage this week. , Manteo now has a meal mar lot. Mr. C. F. Bliven having recent Iv opened one near the Postoffice in clean and sanitary quarters. Mrs. A. IT. Da ven tort has bten rriVirnllv sirk for several da vs. MRS. EMILY" RIDDTCIC RFRIED AT NTXOXTOX The remains of Mrs. Emily Uiddirk. win died in 'Oalesville ';sf Mrndov v.eie lnvuiL'ht here for ii'terent Wedneda v iift:: noon. The funeral took idac nt Mrs. Ttiddick's old home at Xi von ton . Mrs. RVblick was about seven - fixe ears old and had lteen for sonio time in failing health. Phe was n Miss Whidbee ltefore marriage and both her own and her husband's family have lieen onite prominent in this section for many years. Mrs. Riddick is survived me daughter. bv BEADY FOR TAXES The fax books are in the hands of the sheriff and citv fax col lector. All taxes for the current year Rhould be paid promptly. BISHOP STRANGE AT LAKE LANDING Lake Landing. X. C Nov.,11 According to previous aniiouiice- i.M-iif iii the .Mission Herald,; St. ib-oigo's church was honored by ;!'!' pi eseure (if Bishop Robert Si i-angi'', on Xo ember 1 (It li 1!)12 i ,o services were held in the church at 11 A M . and 7 :..'.( I'.M The Bishop preached a! hulh services. Holy commiiii inn was held at 11 A.M. services, nssisl- ed by Kev. T..I .Johnson pleach er in chargi? here at Lake Laml ing. The continuation service was ;it the 1 P.M. meeting A large congregation was in at t mlance at bolli of Ihe services. Three persons received the a I ostolic siglil of continual ion by Living on of the I'.ishop's hands. X O T I C E The agents of the Eureka .Mat tress and cleaning company are back in the city for a few weeks Those desiring clean pure sahita ry beds should notifyus at once. We (lean feather beds and pii loirs, make feather beds into mat tresxes and make over Hair fell and all hinds of old mattresses. We have made over and cleaned over (Mi(i beds since we nave been in Elizabeth City without a single eoiiiplaini . We have worked for all the prominent people in Elizabeth City. Bec rmendation and references will be furnished on application. We are going to take a few more or ders at our advertising prices which is about half of our reg; ular price. Iet ns call and ex plain. A card brings our rep resentative who will quote you prices, show yon samples, elc. Address. C. W. CLAP LIN J t.-t.r VM or Phone .".it rcariih House Ffyibcth Cit!) i Advertisement) (' YOU S.! One L. C. Smith double barrel, twelve gauge shot-gun. barrels made of arm er Steele left modified choke, ljght eylinder. I weiity-seven inches long. . I jiplii to X. S. HAUXEY Ivleiiton, X. C. X' in '22 2! No Money Required (Editorial) "It takes money to run a news paper,", says an exchange. What an exaggeration. Winn a mistake. What a departure from the fair field of truth. In plain English, what a whop-ier-. Tt doesn't take money to run a newspaper. Why bless your soul, a newspaper can mn with out money. It is a charitable institution, a child of the air, a creature of a dream. It can go on and on. when any other con cern would be in the hands of a receiver with cobwebs in the windows and Ihe hinges off the doors. It takes wind to run a news p.iTer. It takes gall. It lakes scinl Mating acrobatic imagination a half dozen white shirts and r. advertising, 'mileage Vok o nil: a newspaper but money heav ens to Betsey and six hand- round, whoever needed money to run a newspaper? Kind words are the medium of exchange that do Ihe business" for the editor kid words, and social tickets. When you see an editor with money, watch him. ne'U lo payin.T 7iis b;l's tho next thing you know, and disgrac ing his profession. Xvcr give money to an editor,. Make Mm trade it mil. ne likes to wan. Then when you di after yon have stood around for ten years and sneered at his Iitt!. paper, be- snre to hare your HIS NECK BROKEN BUT LIFE SAVED Manteo. X. '.. Nov. I-'lli the si.vyea r-oh Wynn Dough, son of Mr. Otis I )oiigli who live near i in sn o Old l'ort Ual eig'h, had I lie inisfortuni till!' and to have hs nor sunn n'shi cated by a fall . I lo is now a and apparent l on the road ti full recovery. Wynn was pushed from ihe porch by a playmate and ialliii:1. down the steps struck the earth on his head. The Mow knocke : the neck joint out of socket leaving the head inclined forward almost al righl angles with Ihe body. By a miracle, almost however, the spinal cord was not serve red . Dr. E.F.Gates took the boy to Baltimore to a hospital. The ray revealed the position of the dislocated joint and the lsnes were adjusted to their proj er position. In a plaster pans jacket the bov returned bona last week and was well enough to attend Sunday School Sunday CANDIDATE FOB COL LI'" 'TOR OF CUSTOMS Mr. J.H.LePioy is candidate for appointment as deputy. col lector of customs of the itort.of Elizabeth City to succeed D. O Newberry . Numbers are signing the p titiim for his appointment. X O T 1 C E FOB SALE One sixty Acre Farm. One mile from Elizabeth City. Oood dwelling and out houses . W WOBT1I. V C S A L E FOB SALE One horse anil bug l'v. Horse i years old, per fectly genflc and without a. blemish. X t afraid of nutomo biles. Apply to W. W. SISK :0H Cedar Street ELIZABETH. CITY, X. ( XI.". tf wife to send in for three extra conies, and forewarn her not t i send, when she reads the gener ous and touching notice about you, fifteen cents to the editor. It would overwhelm him. Money is a corrupting thimg; and the editor knows it. What he wants is your heartfelt thanks. Then he can thank the printers and they, if they ever get any money for their work can thank heaven. Alwavs give your job work to the newspaper's competitor or better still to a traveling man. Bu1 when you've got some no tiers that liavo to he published ask the editor to cut his rates. And then get your church envel opes and your lodge sfafioneiy printed somewhere else, but Hood the newspaper with beautiful thoughts in the shape of resolu tions of respect and cards of thanks. But money scorn the filthy ihing. Don't let the editor know anything about it. He sleeps on i nper. He lives on ink. Any cloth iug house will promise him a suit of clothes for advertising spare and then when they've got half Ihe advertising dunn him for the balance dne on the suit. Oh no. dearly lieloved. noth ing fiersonal we assure you. Yon know an editor can't afford to make anybody mad. Thi big shot in not aimed at poor lit tle you. It ant even original, j MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE - AGAINJAFFLISJNVESTIGATiON Young Swede Who Was Guest of Honor on Hunting Party Can Not BeEound. Another tragedy this week probably is added to the history of the waters cf the Carolina roast. From the time of Raleigh's lost colony, secret aitrr scire! 'ias Im'Oh hidden in the placid bosom of these inland seas and lakes, some of which are still as far from fathomed as the fate of those who nearly three cenluiies and a half ago passed out i f Slight on Roanoke Island. The supposed tragedy this time occurred on Nags Head, the, very spot where Dr. Hath away of thi,s city maiiitiins h.;l Raleigh's colonists ma V the hist stand against loneliness and savages . Some three weeks age their came to Elizalieth Cit a young Xonvegian machinist . who ob lainod employment at the Eliz abeth works fellow City Iron and Supply He was an attractive of good manners and edit speaking English with cated, ease . Mr. liking Andrew Sanders look a to the young man whose was Oscar Frederick and him into his home as a name took boarder . On last Wednesday, Andrew Sanders and Joe Haskett organ ized a hunting party in young Frederick's Ihuh r. There are, it seems a unmoor ot swedes along the roast, and aside from Ihe pleasure of the hunting trip it was luouglir tliat rredencK would enjoy seeing his country men in the neighborhood of Nags Head. The parly left Elizabeth City in lie vines fj.is ioat and reacn mg Aags Head occupied I ne Teddv" rntf'if',",, which is owned bv Mr. Sanders. On Saturday morning Freder ick was left in a "blind" on the Fresh P.ond to shoot ducks. His companions cautioned him. it is said, to remain there until they xefurnil as the rest were go ing Ho some distance to shoot squirrels. ' Returning to the blind later in the day they found it deserted After some search a canoe was found which had lieen left at the blind and in the lsittoin of this loiit was discovered Freder ick's gun. There was no further trace however, of the Norwegian himself. A searching party was quickly organized and these filled the air with shoutings and swung their ghostly torches on the shores of the lake until far into the iiiirht. But the scire h was i ios-ed w ithout avail. AH day Sunday it was con tinned the boffom of 1 he .'-loud" heing dragged for the missing man's body again- and again. Fpch new trial, however, proved as fruitless us the last nnd what became of Oscar Frederick re mains a mystery. One of the papers in which e ports of fhe lra,gedy. appeared, advanced th theory that Fred eri-k wiis robbed jiiu thai .his body was made M ay with to hide fhe evidence of the lesser crime. Those acquainted with the sec tion discountenance the theory the region lieing sparsely settled and that by men of peaceable bab its. Besides, it is not believed that the missine man had in his nossession anything th? would have tempted robltery the rejiort that he was wealthy beinc nn- founded. It Inns Im'cii suggested ngaia that perhaps Frederick had ?rown dissatisfied and was ani ons to leave s section for 'ome larger city. X reaso 'ias been brought forward ll0W- ver, as to why Frederick shonli have made anv secret of h'tn Am. parture. The theory that he was drown ed in the Fresh Pond seems muck the more tenable -and that strange lake of fresh water om Nags Head's shifting sands may yet give up the body cf the mis sing man. IIK1H SCHOOL SCRIBBL1NOS The boys of the foot dial I teuu and Orammar Schools are busy practicing for the match game between the New Bern High School and Elizabeth City High School Teams, which will come off Friday afternoon, it is hoped that a large crowd will attend the game, and encourage tho home team by their interest. The play-ground at the Higk School Building presents a most animated and lively scene at the morning recess, when some se en hundred children are busy en joyijig the sliding boards, swings sew-saws and nierry-eo-round. that through the kindly efforts of the Rev. O.F. Sniilh-'and Hon. Bushrod Leigh, and through the. contributions of the children themselves, have; lieen placed oa the play ground for them. The editors and business man igers of the High School paper. ''The Iitler.'' which will make its first n;pioarance somo-where about the first of December are busily at work, in their Various ' departments. The business men of the town are helping the young folks in their venture, ami the paper promises to 1k a credit to those who have it in charge. Miss M.-uie Whitehurst of the class 191.T sustained quite severe injuries through a falL last week and was absent from her class for several days. Mr. Med ford Johnson of the Senior Class was confined to his home through sickness for- scl eral days. TO TEACHERS AND PATRONS OF THE 1TRLIO SCHOOLS Do not forget tli.il the ex change period for books on the adopt ed list ends Dec 1st 1012 except for histories of the United Stati VM?.. XI." which extends o Juv 1, If VY. M. HINTOX Siijierintenifent Rev. C.F. Smith will conduct services at weeksville in the Epis copal church Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs. C. P. Brown entertain ed the '-Rook Club" most charm frgly Friday afternoon at her home on Pennsylvania Ave. A very interesting game was enjoy ed, at the cjdse of which tempt ing refreshments were served. This is a new! social organiza tion and promises to be a very popular one.
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