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NEWS WITHOUT
BIAS. VIEWS .
vrrrnouT rKEJUDicE
OFFICIAL PAPER
OP CURRITUCK
COUNTY
VOL I
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, APRIL, 22, 1913
NO' 9
THE
JJORFOLK SOUTHERrrS SCHEDULE
OF MORE ADVAIJTAGE 10 f, CITY
Not all That Was Hoped but Some Concession to
Town's Demands
ttwrfnrilnff next Sunday,' April0
. 27th. Train No. 2, 'the -Norfolk
Southern's northbound afternoon
train, will leave Elizabeth City
. -at 2:30 Instead of at two, as un
der the -present schedule.
Ever since trains four and five
there Ttas "been a great deal of
dissatisfaction both here and
throughout -Camden and Curri
tuck counties on account of the
satisfactory schedule maintain,
trf by ihe Norfolk Southern rail
'. 'Ttitfl. ' - '"'.-''.;:'' .
..-J" Shonpers from Camden and
Jlnnrrlfnc -who under the . old
Xhednle 'kM fret to Elizabeth
i JCtitv "hr hair iw?i ten o'clock in
tte'mornme and have, until four
-aVloclc in the city, have Ueu rm
able, to pet here before 1135
and liave been obl'eed to return
at fwo o'clock or else to stay in
ftnwn ftvernicht.
Moreover, the increased traffic
for twins one and two resulting
from the taking off of the local
train, has made it Very difflcnlt
fr these trains to handle the
nielli traffic, and the schedule,
na it ws. hdl. not been main
-tained. Train oW hfis generolly
reached Elizabeth. City from teri
ihirt minutes late . and train
'.two has generally been from thir
ty to sixty minutes late.
ThA Chamber of " Commerce,
VougiT' Secretairyfeoi g W
,.th the officials of the. Norfout
.Southern, and yeateruay Mr.
ipence received a letter advising
that the chanee above set fortu
will be made. ' . ,r
This concession on the part ol
the railroad will be ol measure
of advantage to Jiyzabeth City.
The new schedule gives Camden
and Currituck shoppers an extra
half hour in town, and-they may
now count on
OXFORD ORPHANAGE
CONCERT COMING
The Singing Class of the Ox
ford Orphanage will give a con
cert at the high school auditor
ium on the evening- of . Monday,
April 28th. These concerts are
always heard with great pleasure
wherever the children; go and
words of highest commendation
are spoken of them.
The following clipping is from
the News and Observer: '
1 "The little folks of the Mason
ic Orphanage delighted about 800
'eople last night at the auditor
ium with a program made up of
songs, recitations, and panto
mime. Particularly noticeable
in "the performance of the young
people was the harmony of the
youthful voices, in trio, quartette
and chorus singing, also the ar
ticulation was so good that the
audience knew . what, the songs
and recitations were all about,
enjoying eonally the, humor and
pathos in the selection.
"It is hoied that the next vis
't of the little children tfct all.
Raleigh will be at the auditorium
to applaud and aid them.'
TRAILED NFORO
1 TWENTY-FIVE MILES
J.W. Shores, the man chaser
got in some more good work with
his dogs Thursday night when
be trailed a nego from Roper al
most to Columbia and caught him
with the stolen goods on his per
son.
Wednesday morning Mr.Shor
HtKli ORD IlAPPfoNlNGS
Hertford,' X. C, April 21st
Mrs. C. W. 'Morgan and Mrs
T. 8. White returned from New
York, last Monday night, where
they had been visiting Mrs. C.
W. Jones.
Mr. and Mm. W. P. C. Ed
wards ' returned Friday night
from Gates County, where tliev
had been called by the death of
of Mr. Edwards' mother, Mrs.
John A. Edwards.
Miss Pattie Whedbee returned
Thursday night from Norfolk.
Mr. T. C. Whe'lhee of Hert
ford and Mrs. Belanzo of .Nor
folk were married in Norfolk
Wednesday.
Rev. Dr. Drane of Eden ton
came here Saturday to fill his
regular monthly appointment. ".,
Mr. R. D. . Elliott returned i
from Suffolk Friday n;ght. -
Mr. G. E. Major returned;
from Norfolk Friday n;ght.
Mrs. Christian of Durham is !
vis'ting Sirs. A. A. Rutler. I
DROWWED IN BAY
Edenton, N. C, April, 19th
A young white man named Hud
son1 was acridentally drownej
this evening about 5 o'clock in
Edenton Ray. Young Hudson
was on a gasoline launch with
Captain Jethro who was going. a-
cross the sound, followed by an
other gasboit in command of
Captain Clifton They were all
lwund for Washington county.
Clifton's boat be'ng the faster,
they agreed that Clifton tow Caj-
tain Jethro's boat so thev could
stay in each other's company,
;s young Hntlwm was trying to
f ntch the tow line he lost his bal
lance and fell overboard. Not
being able to swim Hudson wss
drowned before the boat could
stop and pick him up.
CANDIDATES ALL IN LINE
PAR PRIM1DV-HEVT CPini
Wildcat Stories in The AirV1
..u' Campaign
Rumors Floating About. The Issue and The
Ticket
SMALL BLAZE
HAS SECURED RIG
PLUMBING CONTRACT
The contract for plumbing the
linton building has been award
ed Mr. W. P. Knowles of this
ity..
This is probably the biggest
contract ever offei-ed in Elizabeth
City, and the amount of Work to
be done attracted bids by plumb
ers in large cities all the wav
from. Norfolk to, New York. 'Mr.
Knowles received the contract in
spite of the keen competition..
Mr, Knowles has done the
' A considerable fire, and what
for a few minutes looked as if It
might be a Ois.istrions one,
brrke out broke out on the roof
'of the store and dwelling of Mr".
M. G. Wright , on the corner of
Shepard and Water streets, yes
terday about noon. The roof was
burned practically off the house
(before the blaze was extinguish
ed.
The fire broke out on the roof
and while waiting for the fire
company to arrive on the scene
the contents of the house were be-
ing carried to a place of compara
tive safety. Before the flames
were extinguished practically ev
everything in the house. had, been
m ."v i ii - , fit? L t
move a, uniy ine Duuaing suner'
lumbing in . nractically rirv
building of- importaneif r erected erf directly-from, the flames but
here recently; and his continued the goods and household furniture
es was . asked to. come "to ltoper
nracU Oluthrvi-,v J. O. Hs-hsmith & Comnanv
houiHAiritiiese n3th cit5wf that place. He went immedi-
-ifd'have a speed of , ttety
A-ttufqJfttorioIk so as to get
tr aabeul .City, fifteen minutes
tinier in the. morning but up to
this 'time the railroad officials
have not seen their way clear to
grant Elizabeth ity this advan
tage. Even at tELt, the schedule
would bg far from satisfactory as
it was before the jk&f the local
passenger traijvr': ,
--8RFOLK SOUTHERN
C nTTVa VU W POTUPMRKT
Norfolk, Va., April Wth The
" Norfolk Southern Railroad, it is
lannouncd In New York has or
4 dered 300 flat cars, 40 ballast
-cars, 6 cabooses, 6 passenger cars,
'I J& mail and baggage cars, 5 consol
idation locomotives, 4 ten wheel
locomotives, 2 electric motor cars
-3 trailer cars for electric division
service and one derrick, car, the
. contracts oemg uminuuicu a--mong
the following: Mount Ver-
. non (Ills.) 'car and Manufactur
es Co.. Baldwin Locomotive
. - wv. , t . J 11. .
American Cay and Jr ounary vo.,
- Industrial Works,' Bay City, Mich
igan ; Southern Car Co., High
Point, N. C. i : : . i ' ,
ately and found that their store
had been robbed of considerable
merchandise the night before. It
was late in the afternoon when
the dogs were put on the scent.
They trailed all night long and
came up with the negro Friday
morning.
INTERESTING CONVEN-
" ' TION AT NORFOLK
IN POLICE cbtJRT
-V
Tbvt&on, colored, was flnel
)Wti and costs .'this morning
rapolice ronrt on the charge of
' being drunk and disorderly and
of -resisting: an officer while lr
-that condition He paid tte
- ftoe. r ' v '' :. A -''. i
Two white boys named West
on were fined $10.00 and cost
for using profane language' on
the street. . ,
Chapel Hill.-S.-C Apr., 18th
A meeting of much interest to
north Carolinans, particularly
those from the eastern section of
our state, ig the annual conven
tion of the National Association
of , Shell Fish Commissioners,
which is to be held in Norfolk,
Va., on April, ; 2324 . Dr. Jo
seph Hyde Pratt, state Geologist
of North Carolina, is president
of this association. .
Discussons relating to the cul
tivation of the oyster and other
shell fish will be of particular in
terest to our fishermen, and it is
hoped that there will be a large
attendance from North Carolina
at this convention.
success in winning contracts
speaks well for the excellence of
his work generally. ". s '
carried out of the building ' were
considerably damaged by the has
ty removal or by water. '';
THE FIRST LIE NAILED
And The Next One Will Be Nailed too So Political Liars Had
x Better Look Out Or They May Get "Cornered"
Before This Campaign is Over.
The iolitical situation has not
developed much since last lri
day.
The aldermanic contest com in
uese to overshadow in interest the
race for other offices: but even
that seems less warm than it did
a week ago. As this paper went
to uress last week Mr. J. O.
Commander announced his candi
'at y in the second ward and Mr.
L. Roscoe Foreman In the First
ward. There have not been fur
ther develonments.
The aldermanic contest is at
tracting attention because th;s
board now to be elected is to
boose the graded school trustees
It has been understood that there
would be an attempt to elect a
board of aldermen hostile to su
'erintendent Rheep, and the can
didate's attitude toward Profes
sor Sheep is regarded as the main
factor in the race.
But the pulling feature of the
situation is this: Very few if any
f the candidates for aldermen
commit themselves as opposed to
Mr. Phcep's retaining his posi
tion as superintendent of the
schools. Those regarded with
suspicion by Mr. Sheep's friends
claim that they only wish to cor
rect certain matters that have not
met with popular approval appro-
val-r-such as the method of pro
viding the children" with paper
and stationery, for instance. Oth
ers whom Mr. Sheep's friends
are supporting stand upon iden
tically the same platform
To illustrate. The impression
has prevailed that W. L. Cohoou
is running against Charles U.
Ltobinson. let wuen mierview
ed Mr. Cohoon and Mr. Robin
both declare themselves in
OR: WALKER TALKS
MALARIA PREVEHTI0I1
Dr. H. I). Walker delivered a
most interesting and instructive
nllress before the School Better
ment Society at Its regular meet
ing in the hlch school auditorinm
last Friday afternoon, on "Wavs
and Means of preventing Malaria
and Typhoid Fever.
The directions civen bv Dr.
Walker for the eradiation of
chills and typhoid, and all so-cal
led malarial diseases were n
clear and s'mple and easily car -ried
out, that there seems to be
no excuse for a, community to be
afflicted by d'seases of that na
rur. Flap the fly, swat the skee
ter, keep the premises clean, and
destroy all the breeding places
of Ihe above named pests, ' - and
"malaria vanishes. V . w -v -i .
Quite number of ladies attend
ed the meet'nsr. and th Wtnr
llnstrated with pictures and mi
croscope, was listened to with
much interest. -
SANITATION IN BAKERIES
Two reasons for sanitation ia
Some one has circulated a re- to certain political manipulators
port in the, Fourth Ward that
Mr. B .F Swindell was induc
ed to run for alderman in the
Fourth Ward by Mr . W . H .
Weatherlyi, solely for his (Mr.
Weatherly's benefit. :- V
Now, if there was any politi
cal common sense in such a move
on the part of Mr. Weatherly,
or if it could be shown that Mr.
Weatherly would profit by such
a movement on, the part or Mr.
who desired him out of their way
. Mr. Swindell is running for al
derman in the Fourth Ward sole
ly on his own merits, and is not
allied with any political iacuon
or ring; nor is be running in the
interest of any person or set of
persons. He is a candidate for
alderman, because he believes
that the people of the Fourth
Ward need him. He is free ab
solutely as far as rings or fac
pec-
This
LOST OR STOLEN
Lost or Stolen One "K special
bicycle black .frame trimed In
red. '. .
Finder will be rewarded If re
turned to .,
B. E. QTJINN & CO.
it Npd. -i.i
; i FOR RENT ;
" '', ' '. '
Six Room House for Tent on
Queen street. ,
Apply to t-
; GEO. J. 8PENCE. '
A22 25 29
Swindell, some credence might tions are concernea, auu
be given to the story, mali. ed only to the people to. . take
..trivia 4fimtffrK i ha Rnt Mr. care of their interests to the best
Swindell's candidacy can not pos- of his ability, if he is elected,
sibly help Mr. Weatherly in the ' His motto Is: "One of the
nnof Kn n ti nthoi" hnn1 will Die un nn uj iuc potpivi
" . 1 VI .1 It 4o
njure his chances of securing wni ws u vuc "
the nomination, therefore, Ir. and eiectea, to serve, me uwi iu-
Weatherly did not desire Mr. terest or ine,peopie, im nvm
Swindell to run, nor does he de- prejudice or malice.
Can the fellows who are cir-
tmttto, thm timh t cnlatlng these malicious slanders
this' statement can easily Inquire a.r the same and tell the truth?
of him as tathejruth that Mr. ur an ox w canu.uai w.,u
Swindell did not come out In his flrejn the field, Mr. Swindell is
interest. The truth of the whole the one Ideal candidate.. He has
matter is that this statement has no pledges to friends or factions
been circulated by malicious po-, to keep; he baa i o ax to grind at
Utical liars for the sole purpose the expense of thecIHens. of the
of Injuring Mr. Swindell's chane- fourth ward. , He has the firm
ps or Being nominaren xor Aioer. - a
in TfVmrtfc xvmtA . TTir ed by the political trickster.
1 not a rarticle of truth In the The fellow who has been yawp-
report and the ones who manu
factored It know that It Is a
l?e. Mr. Swindell announced hi
cwnidacr of his own . accord
without being solicited by anyone
to do so, but ratber lu opposition
Ing for purified politics can find
sn Ideal alderman In Benjamin
Franklin Swindell in whose hsnds
a grafter would fare, devilish
bad.
(Paid Political Advertisement)
son
favor of a market 1 house, ' both
want to give the people more voice
in the management of the schools,
'and both deny , that they would
work to displace Professor Sheep
with another superintendent. Ku-
mor bad it that Mr. Robinson
was opposed to the . paving of
Fearing street,, but he stated to
an Advance reporter that he was
heartily in, favor of it.
To a casual observer it looks
like a personal fight between Mr.
Cohoon and Mr. Robinson,result
ina: from the recent estrangement
of the two over the matter of the
city charter. ,
.Those in the race are as fol
lows ;
For Mayor: T. P. Nash, Man
rice Wescott.
Chief of Police s J. B. Thorn-
as, u. it. iseymore, a. v. iieii,
J. C. Modlin. " .
City Clerk: D. Guy Brockett,
G. D. It. Pritchard. .
Tax Collector --Mr. M. W.
terry. M. M. Jones, Jas M.
Hill, J. G. Fearing, J. K. Tark-
er.
Health Officer: Dr. - Claude
Williams, Dr. I. Fearing, Dr.
J. B. Griggs. : v .
Treasurer: J T, 8 pence.
Board of Control: No candi
dates have announced themselves.
For Aldermen, First Ward:
Harry Greenleaf, J. W. Ballance
Will Harrison, Mathias Owens
Roscoe Forentaa.
Second Ward : Louis Ander
son, N. G. Grandy, S. H. Re id,
J. C. Commander.
Third WardsS. W, Gregory,
Tom Love, O. C. Pappendick.
Fourth Ward ! Charles Robin
son, W. H. Weatherly, W. L.
Cohoon, T. B. Hayman, Charles
Overman, Ben Swindell.
bakeries exist. The frst ia that
die bread may be wholesome! the
second that th a vkt
keep in good health . .
People buy biead hecause it is
a wholesome, nutiitious, i easily
uigested, economic food. Thev
aie willing to use bread made out
side their own kitchens when they
are satisfied the process of mak
ing it is carried on under condi
tions about as good as those pre
vailing in their owu kitchens na-
cier their own eves. The cord-
wood way of distributing bread
stacked up in a fly aboundiosr
fctlesroom, stacked up in an opea
wagon, stacked up on' the arm of
a delivery boy, stacked up the
floor of the back porch until-some
one finds it and takes it in pre
vents many a woman from buying
bakery bread, and it should pre
vent more f rom doing so . . '
Miss Howell, one of Professor
Jordan's students at the Univer
sity of Chicago, made a study of
bread , purchased from shops ia '
different parts of Chicago. She'
found wrapped bread much cleaa
er than unwrapped. Of the un
wrapped specimens 39 per cent
were classed as dirty (baterlal
average 14,000, maximum 120,000
39 per cent as fair (bacterial ar
erage 4,000, maximum 20,000 22
ner cent clean (bacterial average
2,M0, maximum 14.000) . ,
Of the wrapped bread 45 per
cent was fair (bacterial average
848, maximum 3,000), and 65 per
cent clean (bacterial average 371
maximum 2,200. She found that
a few of these bacteria, though
but a few. were possible disease
producers. A - large number,
while , not capable of producing
disease, indicated practices that -
the consumer does not like to
think about in the midst of his
meal. , ' t
Miss Howell thinks . there la
some possibility that the germs of
consumption and typhoid . whea
present in the dough can survive
the baking temperature and ex-
1st In the bread capable of cans- ,
ing disease..-. The proof on this
nolnt fs not satisfying: The proof
that germs, and especially tube '
cle and typhoid bacilli, get on
bread after It hss been cooked
and can spread disease, is good.
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