THE ADVANCE"
Published Tuesday and Friday
v By
HERBERT FEELER
Kdltor and Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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"AUiwrwa oguuuxituM urn uer
tuy i, urn, i u pot mo a
UMtwu Cuy, iNortn Carolina, under
f
- Aotllig inW KioWJY iue news
got about iasi esuiUiuaV Uiomtug
liiat TUuiuus liau won over an
couiiuioits iu tue lute lor mc
cilice 01 Cmei ol roiice, we couiu
not help wouuenujj How loug
Lhzubeui City win put up wiw
. iu pieseat uew8paK!i- facilities.
' We cau hear pieuty ot cussing
because Elizabetu Guy lias uo dm
lv iiewsiuDer: but seldom if ever
uo we him a inau willing to help
lilizabetli City's leudiug iiews-
- punier to become the paper that is
wanted iu this town.
The Advance could have come
out with an extra giving the re
sults of the primary that might
have beeu on the streets by eiev-
- en o'clock Friday night and that
, at no very great expense". Such
an edition would have involved
great deal of work on the part
of the Advance editor, but had
e felt sure that enough copies
would be sold to pay tor the ex
' peuso of type-setting and ! .press
work, 'the paper wiuiU have uumo
"off the press.
But up to this time, we regret
VO BOjf LUC1C UII9 UW.U "V ' - J
-s marked appreciation m Elizabetu
.'City of this paper's attempts to
give the people the news ahead
of the out of town dailies. Last
Mayj we went to Baltimore to
the Democratic convention.
While there we sent daily tel
egrams giving the latest reports
direct froln the convention halls.
After we got back home, we went
- to considerable expense to get a
Baltimore 'reporter to continue
'-' to send these reports until Wil
son's nomination was announced.
We got back, of the money that
we put out, one dollar and seventy-five
cents which was colleet
ed by Mr. Latmb. We have un
derstood that some other collec
tions 'werer made; but if so the
other moneys have not yet reach--
.dus. - .. . . " v - . t;
, This is but one experience. We
luive had others. We got out an
"extra after the primary last fall.
It didn't pay at leas. so i
: , immediate results were concern
ed. We got out another when
reached Elizabeth City of
the appointment of Dr. Tendle-
ton. as postmaster. That didnt
; . ,pay, either. .
, The Advance is willing to do
' &U pari , out na euuvi
, been poor and he has got poorer
since going into the newspaper
business. Between paying rent
on his building and plant and pay
ang his bills for paper ami m.
and printers, he is kept between
' the oevil and the "deep sea. And
' before going to another conveu
tion or gettiug out another extra
he wants ,io be assured that he
will-get back the actual money
" that he has put out.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
The Advance hopes , that Eliz
abeth City has got a good set of
aldermen for the next two years.
One or two candidates were de
; feated whom we would have pre-
ferred to some who were selected ;
but taking the board altogether
we expect it to act for the town's
; best interest. This paper, as has
been its policy heretofore, expects
.- without fear or favor to criticise
the board's action when we deem
it unwise and to commend it when
- it takes a step in the right di
rection. We may make mistakes,
and expect that we shall ; but our
. columns are always pen to those
who will show us, our ; error. ;
-
Did you know that of the thou
ands of the people refused insur
unc every year by one large life
insurance company, 41 per cent
- were declind because of degenera
tive affections of the heart, blood
"(Ve8els, kidneys, ete;? A great
' many of these people' were in ig
norance of their danger, and im
mediately took steps to have the
trouble corrected. Hence the val
tie of a chance of medical inspec
tion. Why not make it a regu
1 lar ihiogr ! v . - . .
hTATE AID IN
- GOOD liUAD liUlLDIJiU
.' '
Maintenance - as well on cou
Htiuctiou of jroou louds la'uuuie
uecessaix by modem tramu couth
nuns, -oi only must a road be
iiul in ifood coudilUou. but it
must be Kept iu gooa condition iu
oiuer to serve me purposes for
u inch it is intended, una be a per
manent beuent to tue community
and to the state,
in the ear liter wars of state
- a
aiu, the maintenance of the roads
was generally left to the counties
and townships. ' Through this ac
tion many miles of good roads,
constructed at heavy expense,
were permitted so to deteriorate
that large sums of money were
required tor resurfacing and res
toration. Later laws cstablish-
inc 'state aid in road construction
hafe generally made provision for
maintenance. .
As lonir as the control of the
roads is left in the hands of coun
ty, or township oilicials, so long
must there be idiegulanty ana uu
eveiincHS in Uie upkeep. L.ocal
oluciais, to inuke u lecoiu lor e
cuuomy, may permit gooa roaus
to get into sucu u couaaiou oi
ujs-i-fcpair, thut a succeeding aa-uiiUisu-aUou
may. be obliged to
siH'ud twice as mucu for iesiora
lon as rcasonuDie maiuLeuauce
Would have cost.
r miner, many local olliciah
have not iet realized tuat improv
ed roads change tiailic coiidinons
joL oiiiv uo adtouiouilists seeU
oiit good roads, and add largely
to tiie travel, but every resident
iiiuiiir the road will huch up nis
team ahd go somewhere half a
dozen times, when, were tue road
unimproved, he would have let'l
the horses in the stable.
To correct this irregularity and
'uueveuuess an the caie of the high
ways, it is necessary that uni
form methods be pursued, and
this can only be accomplisued uu
der state direction . ine actual
work mav verv woueny be plac
ed in charge of count engineers
but these should be accountable
too and act under the authori
ty of the state highway depart
ment. In order to maintain the roads
in good condition, uniform plans
must be out in operation, apply
ing to all localities alike. It is
not sufficient to state that county
or township officials must keep
the roads in repair; the partic
ular condition expressed by the
words "in repair" is susceptible
of too manv constructions. The
exact condition of required ex-
cellence must be cieany stateu
and the methods to be used to
maintain the standard plainly ex
pressed in order to secure ae
duale results. Even then, the
state should have authority to
proceed promptly, iu case or fail
ure o local officials to perform.
the duties devolving on them."
,' . Arguments' of "home rule" and
county or township "units'' in
road managpment only tend to
bec loud a subject that should be,
and is, as clear as daylight. - This
age is an age of "standards" in
almost every factor which enters
into our commercial arid social
existence. Standards of road
and bridge construction are nec
essary to make the highways a
yailaide to the jeopIe to the great
est advantage. , Likewise stand
ards of maintenance must be es
tablished that the. functions of
the highways may he continued
without interruption.
When state funds are invested
in the highways thCinvestment
is for the benefit of all the people
of the state, and it is the duty of
the state to see that the integri
ty and value of that Investment
is maintained in a condition
which makes it at all times worth
That's All
IDo
Examine
Eyes And
Furnish
Glasses
But l Do It Right
Dr.J.D. Hathaway
OPTOMETRIST
Ovr McCsbe & Grice
the money which was put into it ;
otherwise the. money might as
well not have been expended.
A road can never be worth
less than it cost, unless, through
neclecL it is permitted .to bo to
ruin. In order to 'preserve the
value of the hignways, so tnat
thpv shall always be an asset to
to the state, always . represent
funds well invested, earning div
idends in the enhanced valuations
of property, in the economy of
primary transportation, and in
the heightened welfare and hap
piness of the people, the systems
of maintenance and "repair and
upkeep must be. under ..the direc
tion and control of the state, and
paid for, partially at least, with
state funds.
JUKT A WORD
The Advance has tried, in the
two years of its life in Elizabeth
City, to avoid flattery, of publu
men and to refrain from venom
ohm and spiteful attacks upon
those in high places. It has al
ways been our policy -to say, noiu
itig about matters about wnicn
wi knew nothing and to keen oui
month shut generally where no
good could be done talking.
Pursuing this policy we nave
hild nothine to do with or to
say ulwut the attacks of W. .
Saunders upon men in public life
In these attacks he was talking
about things generally which hap
pened ltefore thi8paier appeared
here and about which were not
m-ptnrcd to sneak with authori
ty. Hut noting how maliciously
I'alse and untrue were many of
his insinuations a gains): men
in private liffe we long ago
censed to regard as worthy of be
lief his charges against any one.
We note that Saunders has
been nsked to retract and apolo-
Norfolk Southern
; Railroad
CUASQElXTliB
SCHEDULE OF THE NORFOLK
SOUTHERN
Schedule in effect April 27th
1913.
N. B. the following schedule
figures published as information
ONLY and are .not guaranteed.
Trains leave Elisabeth City
SOUTH BOUND
: ' ' ' )
11:00 T, M., Daily for Raleigh.
Pullman sleeping cars for Ral
eigh and Goldsboro, and Inter
mediate stations. Connection
" at Mackey's for Belhaven
branch leave Mackey's-daily ex.
cept Sunday 7:15 A. M. , . ;
11:37 A. M., Daily for Raleigh
Goldsboro and intermediate
stations iAlso connection f or
all branch lines south of the
sound, t Pullman Parlor car
. for Newborn.
NORTH BOUND "f.
6:08 A, M, for Norfolk ond lo
cal stations.
2:30 P. M., for Norfolk and lo
cal stations. ' .. -
1:43 P. M., Monday, Wednes
day, and Friday for Suffolk
and local stations. , -
For Further Information hjh
plv to F. L. Garret, Ticket Agt.,
Elizabeth City, N.C. .
W. A. WITT
Gen'ISnp't.
W. W. CROXTON
Gen'l Pass., Agt.
NORFOLK, YA.,
gise for his latest attack upon
E. F. Aydlett. It has taken no
keen observer to see that Saun
ders wus pursuing" Mr. Aydlett
with malice and the dullest of
us have been able to detect gross
misrepresentation in these at
tacks from time to time. The
Advance is glad fliat a halt has
been called upon them. They are
continually stirring up old strKe
'in this community to no avail.
RJUESH, II. G. CHILD
Made Strong and Well by VinoL
When w tell you that Vinol 1 ths
mkiimIt In our whole stock for
making weak, puny, ailing children
strong, robust ana rosy, we are oniy
telling you what ha been proved by
hundreds of mothers.
" Mn W n. Strother. Raleigh. N. C.
Bays: "My UtUe girl. Hazel, has been
. ... a . i II.
taklcg VlnOI lO duiiu nor uy wwr m
severe spell of sickness. It has dona
bo much good by restoring her appe
tite and building up her strength that
t thtnv vir.nl la tW flnpnt tonic ever
prepared, and I all telling everyona
about It ' , -
What Vinol did for this littla
girl it "will do for very weak and,
dint child, because sickly children
need the strengthening cod liver
elements' and the tonic iron tnac
vtnnl rnntalna that is why Vinol
builds them up quickly3 and gWea
them a fine, Healthy color, ii is
niaaaont tft tVft atH wa guar
antee that the results will satisfy
you money back if they do not.
Standard Drug co. E1U, city, N C '
Wood's Seeds.
Cow Peas,
the great forage and soil
improving crop.
Soja Beans, ,
the most nutritious and best
of summer feed crops.
Velvet Beans-
make enormous growth; are
splendid for summer graz
ing and as a soil renovator.
Write for "WOODS CROP
SPECIAL", giving full informa
tion about these and other
Seasonable Farm Seeds.
T.W. WOOD 5f SONS.
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va
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Our stocks of Cow Pen and Soya Beans
re choice retleanedatockaol supe
rior quality and gnjunbon.
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One and Two Horse Wagons;
wc have them in all sizes, with
iron axle or with the celebrated
Long Sleeve-Thimble Skein v.
Also New Century Cultivators
Stock -Cutters, l)isc, Spike, tooth
Harrows. Weeders, Middle Bus
ters and H. F. Avery's steek
plows. ,
Just received a carload of A
flriaii wire fence, a full line of
Clover and grass seeds, Oats
Wheat and Rye. etc. See us and
get prices.
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We Buy All Kinds of Peas.
Let Us Quote You Prices..
mm t nioimi co.
Nor
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THE BIG STORE
105-115 Poindexter St. Elizabeth City, N.C.
A BREAD r
Making F
MACHINE
The latest
thing out for
Bread And
Cakes
We have t he above machine. We dump into it one
ansd one half barrels of Hour put in the proper fixings;
set the machine; and in less
,-Dough" scientifically knadeed
ready for the oven. This means scientific work. Every;
thing done correctly, hence the best bread and cakes in town
HARRIS BAKERY, b.t. harms. Prop.
SPECIAL!
Prices On Wool
Dress Goods
GREATLY REDUCED
We can save you
money on any
purchase of
material
SUIT, C0AT,-Si(lRT
OR COSTUPE
FINE ASSORTMENT TO
SELECT FROM
Mi
ELIZABETH CITY, N, p.
WE DO
JOB PRINTING
At Reasonabe Prices
A ECousehoId Necessity
Because they save cooking materials, economize on
space, prevent loss of silverware, crockery, etc (by
providing a handy, permanent place), tave labor and cut kitchen
work in half. ' Twelv Special Features make the Boone always
the best! . We have a number of these fine cabinets - .
on Special Sale
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than "no time we have the
for bread, biscuits and cakes,.
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