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will remain indefinitely af ' iUl
proent location. ' i i '
As a remit or tne receni ueur
ing held by the corporation com
mission in Elizabeth City, the
' Norfolk Southern has abandoned
. the idea of any-intermediate re
moval of its depot from the prc
l.'.nt 6ite.:. ' : -v - -
e . . a it."- t w
Xei" this' week, and it is from
Jiim tlsat the Advance reporter
eets this information. ' ';
Findinar that the commission
had held adversely to the pro
' pose J removal and had specifltnl
. that tie depot De piaceo on renn
sylvania avenue, the - Norfolk
Southern requested that the ques
tion as to the future, location
of the depot be left open aau
that it be understood that no
change from the " present site
- - will be made without due . notice
to. the commission as to the
' -chanire in view. - The. commi
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as the matter 'stands now, the
Norfolk Southern has .not been
directed definitely as to where
itmay. place its new depot but
"lias been enjoined froni makingr
any change whatever until . 1 he
'.matter has been referred to th?
' '1 his . will mean, doubtl?ss;
- Ihat Elizabeth City ; will have
no new depot for some, tinu lo
" come; Jt will perhaps, thav
8orae repairs wm oe maae opm
the present building. Judging
only frojn the tone of the Xor-
folk's Southern's ' letter to the
commission, it means probably
that the new depot, when it is
"built, will stand on .Pennsylvnn
ia avenue at the site suggested
when. this question was first ie-
' f erred to in the columns of ihe
Advance. " ' ' ' -'
This dicision will doubtless
- come as-asdrprise "to those who
have maintained that the Norfolk
Southern could choose. the loca
tion ofrits depot without regard
to the interests of Elizabeth Ci
ty or the-wishes of its people.
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
' Shepherd KSne.'!' rendered Sun
day night; January, 5th., by, the
rhoir of the- First-. Baptist"
Church" assisted "by several tokjt
es from other, choirs' was a rare
treat tb the music lovers of ou
city.';: ' .'.--. ; '
7 The opening chous,' "Over the
Silent Shadowed Plains' , was
sung with great feeling and, ex
pression, inspiring the hearers
with the 'sense of awe and mys
tery that ettended the Holy
sht. - .
In the magnificent Chorus,
"Glory to God in the Highest,"
the clear soprano voices sweet
"uu 5eeuJ7 wTiw
the go den harps of which they
fiang. wane soios were Deauunu
ly rendered. " The alto solo.
''Sleep sweetly little Child of
Mine," touched" all hearts.
The Oratorio closed with the
triumphant choms, Hallelnjah
Amen. -.
jranist of . the First Baptist
Baptist Church, and Director of
the Oratorio, is due - the great
success of the Entertainment.
The entire performance show
ed the siill of the leader, and
lie splendid training those tafc
ir cart tad received at her
1 "j." . - '
he:.:o7,il of depot
Sustains Positionf of Busi-
I,
Site.
k "HUMAN .HEARTS' ; 2ju
ja;v-j;;v -,r
The ' forthcoming, yisit pf Hu
man Hearts" will, no doubt,: be
warmly welcomed br. lovers -of
all that is good in . melodrama .
"Human Hearts'' i .beyond ques
tion, one. of , the strongest and
most interesting :of- plays,;-', that
has ever visited our city:. ; The
author belongs to- that -all too
small group of dramatists who
understands ' how to reach ' the
heart and hold the attention of
the audience. .In" "Human
Hearts'" he has constructed a
play that will never grow old.
The principal theme of, the play
is "Hope", and has not some au
thor t written "Hope springs e-
ternal in the Human breast ,
"Hope" the one bright ray of
sunshine that breaks through and
illumines the clouds of despair.
that almost ' overwhelm - poor
"Tom Logan" the 'Hope" of a
good, . pure woman s love the
"Hope'Vr of t brighter day-th3
"Hope", of an honest man,' nn
justly acused ."!rcrime, that the
criminal ; r; .4 be detected and
his good name'.' restored The
author . has . handled this . sub
iect with .corisumate 1 skill ' and
tase that shows te true 'dramat
ic instinct." The love interest
iff all as absorbing. The comedy
element -is introduced in such a
way, that if becomes relevant to
the story, and .the climaxes are
worked out .natnrally and logic
Ally. . r-ri-'
"Human Hearts" willbe seen
at the Alkrama Theatre, Thurs
day. January 26th . . ' ; ' rrft.
COSTUME PLAY
AT AUDITORIUM
Jlr. . Herbert . Sprague and
Mrs. Herbert . Sprague will pre
sent the popular play, Esmeral
da ', in costume at the High
School Auditorium on next Fri
day night, January ,17th.
This is an attraction of un
usual ment and should be one
of the favorites on the "Star
Course this year, "Emeralda"'.
a timid little girl of Western
Norti Carolina, Liddy Ann Rog
ers. ' ' Esmeralda's discontented
and ambitious 'mother ;'"01d man
Rogers" and Esmeralda's lover,
"Dave' ;.a cold blooded Parisian
adventurer and " a iNewTork
speculator , are the; figures. in a
drama of absorbing interest i-
. - As rewritten - for -Mr -ana
Mre; Sprague, this- playintro-
duces on the stage but two per
sons, each playing several xhar
acters in costumes however, so
that the effect is that of a large
company. -
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE.
Mr. R. C. Abbott has leased
the old depot of the Suffolk and
Carolina railroad and has gone
into the commission and forward
KQ,nMO atinn
ing business. The location gives
Mr. Abbott erceptional advanta
ges for carrying on his line of
business . ;
Cap't. West of the Pamlico
cav a dinner to a party of
friends Thursday evening on the
Revenue Cutter. After dinner,
the guests enjoyed a game of auc
tion bridge.
Those present were. Miss Min
nie Leary, Miss Mattie Griffin,
and Eloise Robinson. Lieu't
Walsche, Mr. Will Gaither. and
Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Griffin
who chaperoned the party.
l,i:2tHE7;:
Ther ;kas ; been 'considerable' hare ?tren. seveiul developments
agitation in Elizabeth City over that, onlossi "offsetj in ' some way,
the matter of. changing the Noiw'ijf "retard,, and tlnally check al
folk ontherh' depot . from ijtipgtbcr theilgth ot Eli?abe'ti
present; site to the! main line ; " City The Albemarle and Ohvs
But the new fschedul which has apeake.Jias been made a free
gone ; faitae9ct MnWTfSK i not, yet
beth City o( two irains a day.? 'tffective, Md iii! M v eyident
has;' been . rtet,;,' it U XTWfrmw.XVW;M egqwriiiwu y w
sonie compiaini, juu ..wun no ei-,." J&?Vtrl.'fz-.. u
1 ' A i " . 1 .ft.M..ll'l,n wn t n I 1TIT 111! inim 1 1 1 I" .
iciutc pi Dies I, ' "",.1" v..v r l j.
7ieverTneieH8, tne Auvaiiceoej,vH.-"S y y""'"'r i
lieves .that this change of schedule
will work . to Elizabeth' Cityij
disadvantage' 1 no less ' .than the Panama (.'anal. .'1 he .prewwir
a c hange 'at - depots xi dlLigr&Oi of jthel goyern men t gl ve
, Arlarge, part of : Elizate
ty out of town -trade comes' transportation; uv. jsormeasTern
from CurrStuekicoipiyi1
peopte of this county have done URoy Steamboat " Company
a big share of! their trading in hows; Just how -, effective that
Elizabeth City, and that notwith control tis? And the impression
standing; the fact: that tbev are' prcyaila that thia jroad Jias al-practicall-
- as near Norfolk vw wibeenwilUng t ta discrimi--ther-are-
to this town ; : r ' Hate Ugainst Elizabeth City and
This paoer is in-close touch it Mot . of Norfolk
with Currituck county and knows
that the convenience of the sched
ule which has, been in operation
on the- Norfolk Southern until
last Sunday was the deciding
factor which turned the trade
ot many . to r-iizanein , uir.
m j " - a -:' - it . if j .
The Currituck r shopper v could
lea ve home , after breakfast,
onve to tjib nearsT ranroaa bth
non. mice tne rram ana get ne
t . ' 1M a . tt. ; r a
n nan oaHi.TPn. , ne womo
then have until four oVlock in
the afternoon to finish his bus!-
w- on Tile other hand tne
snopner : irm:$ trnmnicK oo
wr;reen j-.HWoetn yir nnni
hfllt rnst eleven,, orderto
et ont of town f he
MjnnsfTWm .
will five little for t'v.Tr,s
nTTrriiT of t ''1rtlp dn In
,i-M. -jv tnnn liavjnT Ilic1l h"t f
to '" v fi-rr.
A. merry crowd, of young' folks
met' with. Miss Fannie McMuIlan
Thursuay evening at her home
on Pennsylvania evenue. A hap
py evening was spent in dancing
and games. ' Daintv refresh
ments were served during the
evening.
The following were present
Mfsses Marion Woodley, Isabel
la Gibbs, Mattie Reid, Ada Bur
foot. Mary. Bell, of Baltimore.
Ruth Evans , 6f Norfolk. Va.,
Catharine narneV of Ric-hmond,
Dora tjrice, and isessle White.
Messrs Edwin Aydlett, ' Edward
Griffin, Bertran., Culpepper, : Wil
liam BroUghton, Noah . Burfoot,
Lev. McCabe Willie ' Overman
and Mr. Brownman.
On Friday evening the Whist
Club ' was, delightfully - entertain
ed by Mr. and Mrs MR.
Irifm at their !iome west
Church 'street.
The invited guests were,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Baxter,
Mrs. W. A. Worth, Mrs. Geo.
Rhodes, of New York, Miss Kath
arine Harney , of Richmond,
Miss Misnie Leary and Miss
Mattie Griffin, Cap't. West of
the Pamlico, and Mr. W. G.
3aither. .
The Club members- were :
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Grice Mr
and Mrs. D. A. Morgan, . Mr.
and Mrs. C. JE. Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Parks, BIr. and
Society
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Mrs. Louis Selig, Cap't and Mrs j POSITION WANTED Young
nail and Dr. and Irs. A. L. (lady wants position as stenogra
Pendleton. Jr.her Inference Given.' For par
The gentleman's prize, a brass
book holder, was won by Mr.
W. M. Baxter. The lady's
prise, a cntf glass refit, was a-
- SClizLtE.c:.. - '
from, tneeasjternptpe, western
.'phorer f our., continent, ..througu
:V)f course ' the future of the
XTr,it Atnthum t?nilmnil drv
wnda noon the development of
that : section . of ' North Carolina
throOffh which- it passes and not
nn0ri the irrowth of: Norfolk. Of
.
course, anvthinff that worts to
th dfsadvantaire j of Elizabeth
oitv will eventually do hurt to
(ne growth of the AortolK Boutn
erm Railroad. : : -r
1 1 - r- .
'ctrwhw. h TtnnA rPiilizwi r
wi,t eVe'r reaiize that; this paper
.w-not know. But we do
4 -snil i Rnnnhhlino1 n
thernselvesi,; and wasting
th, pSori in petty and selfish
vj,,,, or Wighting : all prog-
re,. ' with jealousies and hates.
fa fnv U enmitwheri1 erowth
hj; fail and progress cease, in
'our mSdst. 'Elisiabeth City can
be a second Edenton if she wan W
to. - But if her only charm, i
to be her places of historic in
terest or the quietness of :. her
shaded iStreeta, she vwill be .sec
ond to Edenton as well. ; i.
Dainty refreshments were serv
ed after the game. "
The younger set enjoyed a hap
py evening with: Miss Nell Eth
eridge at her home: on Church
street Friday.,; ' j
The" party was , given by the
yorrag men; uarus and orty
five were the games, of the eve;
ning. Tempting .. reirenaments
served i , Those present were : -
Jfisses 4 Ruth Glover, Eliza
beth Dexter. Mattie Bell, Hat-
tie - Glover, Margaret Griggs,
Nellie Grice, Helen Aydlett
Marie Whitehurst. Nettie White
ind Marian ;Barcli&V Messrs,
Edward Griffin,' Harold Foreman
Vaughn Griffin, -Ralph Tool, Vic
tor. Overman, Fleetwood Dum;
ton A. Rat : Toxev,'" Sinclare Ches-
son, Bradford Griggs; v William
Meekins.iWillianV Woodley. Bush
Wgh, and William Weatherly. .
On Friday evening, ilias Ma
i-y Bell entertained a party of
friends at the home of her grand
father, Mr. Burgess on Main
Ktreet, Games of various kinds
served to amuse the guests.
Tempting refreshments . were
handed during the evening.
Those present were, Misses, Mar
ion Woodley. Isabella -Gibbs,
Mattie Reid. Ada Burfoot, Fan
nie McMuIlan, Rnth Evans, Kath
arine narney. . Dora' Grice, and
Bessie White . Messrs Edwin
Aydlett, Edward Griffin, Bertran
Culpepper." William Broughton.
Noah Burfoot, Willie Overman
and Lev. McCahe.'
WANTED
ticuT.irs, Addrttn,
MIE3 MARY T.TAJj SWINDELL
.. , FairfUd. Ti.C.
Ut-rJ. .
III r I If IHVWI.II IFF'll F PAT VV
Surest Various Changes in
How ' shall' Elizabeth
City
Iect her chief of jtolice? -
hall this one of tue most uii
TKjrtant offices connected wi'li
the administration 4 of. our city"
government be in the.hands'of the
board of aldermen, or iail It ue
Ihe gift of the peopleX w
This is the question that ia'ag
itating Elizabeth City, voters thin
week-and affording good mater
ial for: political thunder both to
tnose wno ravor-tne-matters De-
fng left to the people, as it is at
present, and -to those: who desire
to see tfe if officer, once 1 again ap
pointed ly the board of aldermen
as was the case up to the last
ten or fifteen year.
The" matter ha grown out of
the ; charter commi ttee -, awthorte
ed at the December meeting of
the Board of Aldermen, and
whr appointment . wa left to
the 'discretion of the mayor
; The A dvance published at the
time, an excluQve report of this
action of the bo ""J; '".but when
the paper went to j uss the com
mittee had not Jeen announced-
So far as we know! ' there has
been, ho announcement y to ;tlie
public as to, -who compose the
committee. . v x w t&Jj..
The motion " for the commit'
tee's appointment was made , by
Mr. Robinson. It consists; we
have.leairi:4bjb..weepfJlr
L' S. 'Blades; chairman;J . T.
McCabe, W.' C, Glover, Geo. M.
Scott, W, Weatherly,- L; R.
Foreman ' and Judge George v ,
Ward,: These are. working with
the city attorney, Walter L .
Cohoon ". ' . I . V1-'
This tommittee mafle its re
port last Monday night, i They
recommended a fl'OOjOOO bond is
sue to be used for the acquire
ment of a system of electric
lights and water works; the put
ting of the tax collector's office
on, a salary basis, and the ap
pointment of the chief of po-
ice by the board of aldermen in
stead of by popular vote. 1 '
It is also the idea to increase
the duties and salary of the
city clerk. ' . '
Alderman Sawyer offered tin
amendment to the recomrnenda
tions of - the committee, suggest
ing that municipal officers-be e
lected by the people, but the a-
mendment failed for lack of a
second. Mr. Sawyer has also
expressed himself .in previous
meetings of the board as,oppos
ing a f200,000. bond! issue with
out a referendum to the people."
The board adjourned to;- meet
Monday night ;of next week,' and
the committees? was .continued.
The committee held a meeting
Tnesdar night in the Chamber
of Commerce roonw and went
over the city charter, in a leng
thy session..- They will reduce
their recommendations to the
form of amendments to .the char
ter and probably present them in
writing at. the next meeting of
the board. As the" aldermen
have given the public a special
invitation to this meeting, we
sugcJpst that a hand bill should
be issued, some time previous to
the' meeting, callyig attention to
the time arid place thereof. , .
The questions at issue 'in the
proposed amendment to the char
ter are of first importance. With
one hand short in- the compos
ing room the editor-of the Ad
vance has had to run the cylin
der press himself this week and
has been strained for time. The
ssnes . will be discussed in de
tail next week. -t "
The fact that Elizabeth City's
charter has been canged or amend
ed (to often suggests the need
or Iteration la Joiners of J
-1 m.t
OIMXPye
ithis nature. , f v7
, The motions fpij , and . ihe e-.
suits of every change should fce
looked into closely. If for 'in
stance, the change in the metLci
6f electing- the Chief of doI" -i
can be shown to have worked ti
the better, enforcement of law ia
other cities it is worthy of
fcideration. But if the obieet f
this legislation is merelr the re
moval -of a. particular officer at
this particnlar" time, the .'propos- '
al is vicions." V . - - -
It: wdud be'well, too-to tm'
why the present method of elrs
lion was adopted when the med:
od propowd, v id already .ctx
tried. '." ' .
! nOME TALENT Ori"IA
The Indian Opera.v"I'
win De presented at
school auditorium . on
ITiw..
night, January, 14t.
' y local
cnt, under the nus&icaes of
Catharine's Guild. -;'' rV
W. A. Baker of Chicago kar'
charge of .the production. Orcr
one hundred in the cast, the leal
mg parts, will be taken by tls
following; well ' known singers ; . .
Jpawhatan . , J.C.B JDhringharV
Pocahontas. .Miss Alice Newcc "
Laughing Star., .'.
.. .....Mrs. ,W. P. DtT
Minntehaha.. . . :.v-
1 . . . . Mrs . Larry K '. Skin: r
Winona. . . .Mrs. W." C' TwU" i
Jaunita .. Mrs. Eugene1 Cot
Red Feather . .
. . . Miss Annie Ijee Cohooa
White Cloud.. ..
. .- . . .... Miss, Mattie Ward
Fawn Eyes ........ . . . ; 4 . .
. . . 4 Miss Panline Bevendae
Pathfinder. . . . . .. -. ... . ; ;.
... '. . Mr . Larry E . Skinner
Medieme . . Mr. Will Foreman
Black Eagle ; . Mr. W. J. Parks
Tim ,0'Flannigan. .
...... ..Ronald Rollinson
Larry O'Gaff. . . ;
. , :. . . . . .Bertran Cullpepper
Captain Ralfe .. John Harney
John Smith . . Wm . A. Baker
ianist. .Miss v Evelyn . Aydlett
Chorus of Indian maidens.
waridrs, and sailors, specialties
between acts.
The play will be a. treat to
theatre goers and it is hoped the 1
curtain will rise on a full house.
NEW
SECRETARY OF
CHAMBER, COMMJERCE
MrJ George ? J. Spence "has
been elected secretary of tie
Chamber . of Commerce, - to suc
ceed Mr. Lamb The committee
has displayed excellent jui'
ment in selecting Mr. Spoi
for, this position.,, Energetic and
efficient, Mr. Spence will loul
less bring things to pass in L-4
new position. . , .
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NEW FURNITURE ST0R3 ,
Mr. Silverthorn of Washinra
N. C. is preparing to open
Furniture Store next door it
Melick's on Water Street.
.L O S T! ; . ';"
Ing Leather lnn-ket book k-
tween Weeksville atid '2(11 Churi t
street, Elizabeth City, contaia
ing a ten dollar bill, a five dol
lar bill and several oue dollir
bills and some valuable pare.
Finder will return to J. T.'.
WILCOX, 203 Church street iul
receive liberal reward.
. ' A WHALE ,
We mean the Sale of
TVV.
& Sawyer.
Look on Tbjs 8.
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