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At the nt'gtili- monthly ju't Jng of the jibcfrd of-aldermeu, ,-with the jbntiroboard pi-esent ex cepting Dr. GJbgbry, unanimouH action was takn looking toward the coutrol ot bublic,. ntilities in Elizabeth CitV bv "i the mimici- TJalitr.'; The:inotionlva9 inade by Mr Kobinson, wh has contended nil ;along that thj town should own its own watoworkp, sewec and lighting system, y ( , The franchfee of the: present L ywater i;comppy " expires next year and it as Mr. Robinson's r idea; that su i action should be i taken - at .on 5 as . would enable -the town to ake over its- water .v.Wstem at tl it time. . . It was tinted out that 1 the state leg .. ture, wil convene soon an H 'rtiSftkj .pto issary legislation in 'if regard to tl 5, matter, should be ' taken up an secured at this ses -sion; Mr.- obinson urged that xthe town it paying now ' inter 'est on 200 00 ; and more annu- allto thct Ight and water com pany and ; Mb decfared it to be his belief tlat it would not re- qtiire more fthan 1200,000 to es of'ViillnlL-tbat would Civc ltttat would give Citv pure water and ts. . iwn." Mr. Robinson said bonded to that 'amount e Interest oirtJic bonds d be paid with what now ' ,$5011, to pay me ouy s ugm anu 1 " ' v water bill. . :; y';y 1 y. " ;,?"-f 'x'- Tf. I. y Fearing, as an:ince 1 V-tivfe '''toward", the securing of bet- ' y -'i ry ter?water, "stated it as his . be- y y ty'; lief that the watery company ' - takes sepicaljprecautionsy when " . V ya sample of water is to be secur : ; ' v V ed for analysis! to ' that there . - t-f '; U-k general, cleaning up about y :Ujfhe ycat9r company's plant. The ''.-i'Mi'ealth officer suggested that if ' Vvthis: iuialysis. Md be taken "imj'r vrhen;' the .company- is not expeet ' '- ., ing it, the water would .-hardly , - y -show so ;' good an 'analysis. if ' After mnch". discussion along these lines a motion was pass ' v ed authorizing the mayor to ap point during the week a commit tee to take Mr. Robinson's plan nnder consideration.. y . The: frames of those i on this y committee have not been , an- . nounced. r" The .'board, took -a recess ad y journment; subject to the. call of the mayor. ',. ,"' Mayor Flor.v exacts to issue Vlhis call as ' soon 'as thd Vommit- Mee is ready to report. : " SVnX AI SERMOX SUNDAY Rev. Claudius Smith will preVch a special sermon to the naval reseires at Christ Church next Sunday morning. - Y Tl ' . REID ' DEA1 Mr. W. n. Reid, prominent farmer ' of Nixonton township died at his home Wednesday. He was buried in the family burying ground Thursdav. GAS BOAT BURNED t - .- SOUND ON Manteo, N. C.y Dec, 2nd The gas boat, Robena, owned by i E, R. Daniels of Wanchese, was burned Satarday, in Pam lico Bound. No lives were Jost, but there - were several arrow escapes. - THE RAIDERS On next Thursday, December, 12th, "The Raiders'' a military drama in four acts with a cast of thirteen characters, ' will be presented by local talent on the Alkrama stage under the auspi ces of the BiP.O.Elks. v There have been, it is said, weeks of strenuous rehearsing in preparation . for this plays pre sentation, and it is expected to eclipse al; previous efforts of amateurs iu Eliiabeth city. The - admission is exceedingly low. as '"may; be seen byitixx who will refer to the formal an nouncement of the Alkrama man agement in this issued ; . , t '.i ELKS' HOLD MEMOR- - TV SERVICE -The Elks held their annual me morial service r at the Alkrama Theatre on last SaturdatETAOI Theatre last Sunday afternoon The auditorium was jiell fllled the interest' that naturally at' tacbes to this event being, aug mented by the reputation 6f the SDeaker of the evening, Mr. II a I let S; Ward of Washington am vi iu. ; tiotf ar also'made to apply to exercises leading up to tnq." . v ,v' sirereteaotil-wiinMr- vty The address nressive. . And the speech Was a most excellent "one, heard byi the audience with close, attention; The.Drofifrani itt full ,ws as fob Prayer . -T': 'llferbert Peele 'tffiUj&rlecled J,.C.Eliringhnus ':.t-todqe CcremoMC i' y.atUnn Roll of Deceased Jirolhr . . . . .;.., 1). G. Brocicett Qitarteiie-Vacant CMir ., : . ' L. E. Skinner, W. G Sawyer, a. W. Foreman J. C. B. Ehringliaus Opening (hie . ( .1 n UteniLecHl s Kiiidlu IJoh t ' . ... . . . . - .; - Choir "AMre:: . . ..if.'. H. S. Ward AntheiiioloI ffeatd the vak-e ofcJeftn .SVw -Mifs Mary Gilbert Closinft Cncmniue --vyy'l; -VloHini Ode Cloxhuf Prayer . Herbert Poele y BELVIDFJtE NOTES Miss Edith Newbold. was tlie week-end gnct of( White. '' Mijfs Lucy The Missionary meeting held at at Belvidere Academy Satur diiv niirht was quite a success-.. Miss Willie Etta Coffield was thn micst of Miss'.Uttth Lamb " r , . u this week, f ; : ; There were a nuinltftr of visi tors in our village last Saturday and Sunday attendingthe friends Quarterly meeting. . ' .. y Miss Ruth imnM ent sever al davs in Norfolk. a., tins n-pcb. r ' It MR. SCOTT REELECTED At the meeting bf the board of County Commissioners last Monday, at which meeting x the members were sWorn in. Mr. G. M. Scott wa unanimously re elected chairmaii of the board. MISSING M ANYBODY FOUND Manteo, N. c Dec., 2nd The body of the mas who mysteriOps ly dissappearednear Nags nead was found in fhe Fresh Pond a few days ago. ne was buried near Nags Heal. Dr. N ' G. Ward, brother of Judge George W. : Ward, die4 here on Tuesday night at .Judge Ward's residence. Though a sufferer- from Bright's disease, and though he had been criti cally ill 'once' or twice during the past fall, his death was an unexpected shock to the family. The interment 1 took place yes terday in Hollywood Cemetery, the. services" being conducted by Kev. Mr. Black. ,y.;. Dr. Ward ; was a little, over forty years of age ; After a course in medicine in the North ern schools he became a ' resi dent of Philadelphia, at which p'iatTy at the time of his death, lie had leen a successful physi cian for over thirteen years. 'He came here about a week before, his death , hoping through rest in Elizabeth City to regaiu his! health. .''"- . ORDERED TO ABATE- NUT .:. sance ;;; ' Complaints having come to the board of aldermen that in spite of recent measures passed by, the board, the odor of foecaLmatter persists and even . apparently grows worse from the open drain intersecting North Road street the board ordered the sewer qompany to discontinue running jny overflow, or drainage . jpipe from1 their pumping station : on Glade and Poplar street into, the itch running from (Hade street to Toindexter. Creek . ; This mo : . MANTEO NEWS ,.. :y . ers are .bavii)rj; nnich snort theW 'davs, "-i, ' ". ' :'. Mr. :W.-Fiy Downs of Balli ntore sjicn f Siinda' here and add ed much to the music of Manteo Baptist Church Choir. Mr. E. B. Probst and his daughter. Miss Mary, left Thurs day for NewyVork'. Miss Eileen Evans has been sick for the past week. . Her many friends hope soon to see her out again. , Mr. Robert Wescott, of Wes cott-town .spent' Sunday with Prof. F. M. Eason of Belcross. There were no services at the Methodist Church Sunday, the pastor. Rev. A. W. Price lieing in attendance upon conference at Fayetteville. ' ' y Rev." O. N, Marshall, ' pastor of the. Baptist Church, is attend ing the; Baptist y convention at Goldsboro.- , . Man engagements weie brok en last Thursday on account of the 'snow storm.. Thanksgiving services were held in the Baptist Church on Sunday and an offer ing taken for Thoinasville -orphan' age. OYSTEB SUITER AT CAMDEN Camden. N.C.. Dec, 5th-The School 'Betterment Societv of Camden county will hold an oys ter supiier from 6:.W to 10:00 P.M. 'at the home of Mrs Jennie Morrisetle on December 13th, if it rains it will be held on Satur day December 15th. The patronage of the public is solicited. PETITIONS FOR LIGHTS Several petitions for lights were brought ; before the board of aldermen in their meeting last Monday night. Those were referred to the light committee and this committee were given to understand that they had en tire jurisdiction over such mat ters without bringing them be fore the board of aldermen. representative Eliz nbeth City ludience that filled the Alkraml almost to its limit, practically Ivery seat being 'tak en, -last ' Tiisday night when '1 he, linn 1 Edwanl IkVs im pie, but thijlling little plav was presented ht-e. k.i, The sjiKliince ; came expecting sometliiBrf ioodi as was shown by the largd number and by the class of peflde.1 present, and the audience: w not disappointed, Indeed. ,froi the time when the curtain Tosnon the first act un til it shut he stage from view for the last time there was over the entire ttuJitoriuui that at- mospheiv if intense interest that is ; alwjys the ' complement of a good ptv well presented. "The Clinlix" is a good play, and the- eoiqtany; that presented it at tle .Ykrnma was an un usually stnig one: So well was each part played that there was hardly ,Ihe jar of. a false tone from eginning to end. Harriett .Mifcil Carter,- as Ade- Una ..Von Higen, perhaps had to try ' jus a Jttle too hard to reach the fuj glory of the "Song of the Soul't and Walter Wahl as ,Toha Rarmond, thc Doctor, was- less, 4rong 'than , the other " charajters in the ' cast ; but ' these ...Jwere ; but . trifles inore'.than f, Offset, by. tbe really splendid acjjng of Theddore Kehrwald. as , Adelina's teach er .l.'.: ' . ; : ..y On the whole, ''The Climax" was a credit to 1t author, a credit to ; th management, of tlie ney th.etrel a? credit to those whopren te it ; while the large "patrohagiaini discriniiiiating ap preciation gijen her were, high ly creditable to Elizabeth City. -?. OFFICI S ELECTED " : T!ie ,vBan V Phi hit hea Union of: Blackwel ' Memorial Church at tnelr l'ei uiar y meeting last Monday nighi elected the follow ing officers A. B. If. Sander a ibs; 'President; W. Vice president Miss Miss Marv Wynn, Secretary; Assistant Lncv Iandou, Secret aiy Treasurer '5 iss . Vera a Ferebee, S. Burgess, Plan s, ist : ;M iss Lo;iie Brothers,. Assis tant; "Joseph Peele,' Reporter. - SPECIAL SfcBVICE V , ; ' THIS EVENING The Rev, Hobert Strange D. D.vBiftbop lof East Carolina, will hold confirmation service, and 'preach at Christ. Episcopal Church' fo-daf, (Fridav) at 7:3o p. 3i. t- ji - y v f y- ' ; ;. The faibJiV ,is cordially invit ed to attend t this service. A goodly f numler Will lie confirm ed and the occasion promises to be an interesting "one. TO REMEASUBE PAYING ; It was 'pointed mt at this weeks meeting of the-board of aldermeu that owing to mistakes in the' former measurement of sidewalks it has been ' inipossi ble for the town to -collect many bills for pavement. The street commissioner, Mr. Jones, was ordered to measure the paving employing such assistance as necessary., t , . . ' WILLIAMS BERRY Wiley R. Williams' 'and' Miss Camilla Berry a popular couple of Camden county, and who are iwell known in Elizabeth City, were married here Tuesday. They were accompanied by four or five couples of their intimate friends. , J. W. Mnnden, register of deeds, performed the marriage ceremony before each of the cou ples at his home in North Road It was i. At the regular meeting of Hie ('hamber . or Commerce last Friday , night,; Secretary Lamb formally tendered his resignation to that body. . The resignation had beenyin he hands of the ex ecutive' committee for sometime and passed upon by t his commit tee. Upon motion Friday night tlie '"Chamber rati (led the action of the committee and Mr Lambs resignation became a fact, y The Chamber' did not, how ever,.-think that -the;. matter of Mr. .Lambs resignation should be passed, over without some rec ognition bv the' bodv of Mr. j nibs services. A committee was therefore appointed to draw u and present resolutions com mending; Mr. i Lamb, expressing regret at; his resignation and annreciatjon of his services These rewlut ions also set forth the progress that has been made during his term of office. The executive committee was then authorized to employ Mr Lamb's successor. 'He has not yet been named. . f R. W. Turner, J . C . Perry, J. I Overman, and W. G. Gai ther . were appointed as - a conv mittee. to attend the rivers ?an4 Harbors Congress which meets at. Washington on December 6. NO MORE HOG PENS ON PEARTREE CEMETARY yThe board of aldermen' passed an ordinance . Monday night that after January Jst. no more hogs be allowedy kept in pens in the old cemetery on Peartree road '. '.It was? represented that the arge nundier of pens, on the site of : hiW-'cemetiy , .luld become a muiMHice'.vVv'.v. f : ' WILL HOLD BAZAAB The Senior .'Epworth league f City Koad Methodist. Church will hold a-.bazaar, .next .' week at the Singer Sewing Machine office on Poindexter Street."'-The bazaar will begin on" Wednesday afternoon -and continue ojien ev ery afcruoon and night thereaf ter for the rest of the week. This bazaar will offer excel; lent values in fancy work etc., and should be a pleasing resort for Christinas shopKrs , . y Mrs. MARTHA SWAIN DEAD Columbia, N. 'C.. Dec, 3rd ' Mrs. Martha, Swain died at the home of her daughter, Mrs -Warner. Snell Saturday night and wai .buried here Mondaj'. Mrs. "Swain was 79 years old and a -.woman well known - and highly- respected throughout . the county. . . CITY WILL TRY GAS From the beginning 'of .the ad ministration of the present lioard of aldermen 'there has been in creasing dissatisfaction", at what the. city. is paving for.ncht. , ' Monday night . a' motion was I " . . ..... fassed authorizing the Gas com pany to light the City nail building and the nook and Lad der building. ; ' : FOR SALE FOR SALE Horse and Buggy .norse, dark bay, weighs about 900 poundsy. Buggy as good as new.- Am moving away and . must dispose of libth by De, cemlier ,15th . & : ' W. A. TILAND Rerister of Deeds, J. W. Mttn den has issued j08 marriage lis- censes tliis the record.. . . i. year. even This hreaks for.Eliaabetb City: . The North Carolina Methodist (Conference, which has been session at Fayetteville since last ednesday adjourned on Mon day of this week, shortly after the noon hour, thus bringing to a close the seventy-sixth an nual session of that body. It was pronounced by those who at tended, " as one of the'. lest ses sions in the history of the Csn ference, progress . havfug . been made along all lines. ' The miost dramatic moment of the Conference came on (Satur day with the introduction of a resolution opposing any increase in conference assessments at this time, y The ' resolution was withdrawn Monday morning is ' order to prevent strife and pro- i. n.. j t. i- juhj;i-u ujNcussiou . iracucauy no increases were made, however. .. The matter of most interest tlie general public perhaps - is that , of appointments, the news beinja welcomed here, Rev. J.. II. Buffaloe and Presiding El der M. T. Plyler remain, in E lizabeth (Vty... Doubtless .it is a matter of general regret among , the . members of Rev. W. A. Piland's churches that Mr. Pi- land has been sent to Mt. Olive, v Rev . , J . D . Bundy; who has sened in Elizabeth City foar years and whom his : members therefore . realized that they would , have to give up, goes t , ... Wilmington changing places with. Rev . J ., C . Wooten who has filled that charge. Mr. Bundy , will preach the confereneevser mon next year at Oxford rfi',,,f i Thn 'Amkiitifmnnra in t11 T: the Elizabeth City . district;'.'are as follows:-1" - ' " -'.v. ' ,,vy" . i y -yy. vy ' Preidin(f Elder M , f. Pip let: .. ';: CAMDEN CIRCUIT A. VT. Price, V CHOWAN. CIRCU1T- -P Ilurley. : , COLUMBIA CIRCUIT- -K. g. Duval. - DARE CIRCUIT J. A.v Mor ris. - - ' v - y EDENTON CIRCUITI'. D. , Woodall. ' ELIZABETH CITY City -Road J.H. Buffaloe. . ' Elizalsith Citv. First ChVh y; ; J. C. Wooten. , GATES - CIRCUIT William II. Smith. - : HERTFORD STATION P. tf Shambnrger.'.y 'y- . KINNEIIEE CIRCUIT A. L. Midtt. KITTYHAWK . CIRCUIT M. B: Cox. supply. MOYOCK CIRCUIT J. A. . -Martin, . ' : ' ,N. GATES CIRCUIT T. Hp Grant.' - ;"' ',,- 1 'A tSi.1V III A K IJIJlUUl A V . A. Royall. N - PANTEGO AND BELHAVEN C. , A . Jones. J.II., Miller," junior preacher. . . y PERQUIMANS CIRCUIT B.. P. Robinson. PLYMOUTH STATION W.J. Watson . : - ROANOKE ISLAND J. T. Rrflpcr ROPER STATION J . W. Potter. .,,.; Student in Trinity .College ' ' T. W. Lee. , " y y BOAT LQST BJEJVARD OFF- fc. EllED Z - y , ; About - June 1st 1012, Lost from Jxng Shoal Light House one large play boat, about three feet long, to ade of, solid piece or wood, with bov rigging except bowsprit with long line attached Anyone finding this boat may re turn same to me and receive ire dollars reward." y. 4i vT Ii;'BAUM ' Wanehettl V. tf. - f v t. :i