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OFFICIAL PAPEB OF CURRITUCK COUNTY JEW8 .WITHOUT t y DIAS-VIEW8 WITHOUT PREJUDICE t ELIZADETIICITYORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MAY, 2 , 1913 v -J NO'18 DEI1RV HOLDS HIS JOB FOR OTHER M.1 OF rao Beats M. H Jones in Second -Pritnary By Good Majority, But Not By Any Walk ' Over. Result was i In Doubt Until After Seven. O'clock. m ta j i majority or one nunui -twenty six votes. . ' . The total vote when vthe ballots were counted stood 416 for Ber it .and 200 for Jones. . .-jsj nn larff- A ' vote In the second primary than in the first; bnt opponents of M. W. Berry 'combined on Tones snd be pained lOTOtes -whMe Berry gained only The race was a fairly close one the result not being certain until the ballots were counted. It was jrenefsllvJ believed, however all day that Ren-v bad a slight Jead in every ward. ., j ., -. The vote by wards is as foi- ' Tows; , ' un nl Tterrv. 122. Jones t . pon d ward. Rerry JnM j 1 1 : Third ward. Berry, t.5, .onw ii; Fourth Ward Berry, 91, Jones ' JEHniNGS-WroSOR. . - to s. tt .Tptinincrs and Miss . . " .ill .ti . C . -1he home of -the bride at Milford. Wednesday at noon. The marria ge was a very quiet affair and the ceremony was wit nessed onlv bv the immediate fnm lly and by a very few intimate friends of the bride. . - , Mr. Jennings is cashier of the Mercantile bank and is exceeding x - ly well known, well liked and most highly regarded: here. i notable success of the Mercan tile bank i attributed in th slight degree to bis reputaton for bus iness ability and integrity. Mrs. Jennings is the sister of -Mrs. O F. Gilbert, d has made several visits i to Elizabeth -City. She is well known here and greatly liked by all who know lier. " Mr. and Mrs. Jennings are ex pected to reach Elisabeth City to-morrow. For the present they -will have apartments at the Raleigh. ; CASE REFERRED The case of the Bank of Colum "v Tia against the United States Fidelity and uuaramy yoiapuj 4tia American lionaine kajw auu - j Tany for an alleged shortage of f 6 000 has been referred by Judge Whedbee to Hon. FO. V., Cooper . of Kinston . .... Quite a long and tedious ac count was involved the case and it will be heard byjhe ref--eree at Columbia within the next few months. The court ordered that the referee make his report t the next term of Superior Oonrt in Tyrrell county. WILL ELECT TEACHERS TO V NIGHT The graded school trustees will -elect teachers for the ensuing year .at their meeting to-night. This '. vthe regular, time for the elec- yriL. f mch tiarhira. e&rlv action ,Calwa.vs being taken as otherwise rthe best teachers are engaged lie fore the election 1s held. The I;' lection to-night bnn nothing to do -with Professor Sheep, he having 'been re-elected some time ago., ; Mr. and Mrs.' T. B. Ward 'ofl , Belvidere were here ThnrsJay -visiting Mr. and Urs. J. "Ward. YEMIS l HERTFORD HAPPENINGS ITcrtford. N. 0.. Mav 1st.. Mrs.lI)arden-of Drivers, Virgin ia is visiting Mrs. J. P. Jessup. Mr. and Mrs. U. w. Morgan returned Monday night from Nor folk. . Mr. J. M White of New Hope was here Tuesday, on business. Mr. A. A- Perry, and wife of New Hope were in town Tues day. Mr, and Mrs. George Ma jor returned from Norfolk Mon dav nieht. The Sineine class of the Oxford Orphanage Asylum ' rendered a very attractive an. entertaining proWam Wednesday iight.; The auditorium of the Graded School was miedwith laughter at some nmnsing thinars. an ' at some se lections there were, many eyes misty with tears. ' Mr. Willlsm Rkfnner of EJ15! hih Citv was- in town Wednes- FonrtatioJsbcJ!g.ia'a'Jor4yiuhs .Jimjl .aarfyL.s ih pplMTgement of the WillifQrd GOOD HOUSE FOR ORPHANS Th Sinrfnir Class front Oxford nmhnnnott had a eood, house to hear them in their concert at thej auiaitorlum last Monday nignx. rno hTmrtred dollars was realis ed from the sale of the tickets. which is an extraordinarily gooa house for Elizabeth uny-wnen an1 admiHftion fee Of OOlV twenty-, flvp. vntH is charced. The class cot fifty dollars at. tsoutn aims on Tuesday nigai.- BOARD OF CONTROL- - . ' NOMI-NATUU Thm fnllowinir have been named k ka o-rDnt?r . committee ' . as nominees for the board of control Pry - O, McMullan, First wara; J . C . Commander,- Second ward ; .T. M. XeRoy, Third ward; F. M. Qrjce, Fourth ward; memDer at large. J. Pritchard. CHOWAN ASSOCIATION The Chowan Baptist Associa tion meets this year ith Cool Fprinss church in- Gates county near Enre. The association con venes oh Tuesday of next week. Those expecting to attena irn this section will have to go by Norfolk. ;-r -V 'r-1 Rev. I.N.-Loftm will preacn the introductive permon. v MAYOR FIX)RA IMPROVING n.nM VtA wen dad ' to see Mayor Flora on his porch again this week after having Men con A.t t Mo TinnaA throuth sick tmim for aome time. It is boned UUr-.. yW uv " " " that be will soon be on the streets again. ' ; ESTEEMEP NEGRO P15AP Washington Perry, an esteem ed colored citizen or the town AitA Mondav and was bnried Tuesday with many honors from the negro lodges of, which he was a member. ' Ppttt was liked and respected both by his own people and by the large number of white people who knew him. MR. AYDLETT STATES HIS CASE To the Editor of the Advancb: For newral years the Independ ent and "the ring around it" have been making false and malicious attacks, noon me. seeking to in jure, and if possible, rnin me be fore the "people who read mat pa per. Until now, I have, after advising with many of my friends. refrained from taking any'potice iof it. These attacks have been '.inspired by certain euemies of mine who have adopted this cow- nwllv rrmrs of. attack throueh that paper, instead of .flghtiing in Ithe open. ' 1 When Andrew Brown first in 'sSnunted his snit nwinst me. in 1009, the Independent pnblihl the complaint, setting out the false and malicious nlletratlons, Mch Andrew Brown could have sustained. When he filed hiis complaint he never in tended that the mntters should be heard in the conrt. Andrew BroTrn'p Ipttcr of A-nnl 17th publishe'l Jn the Independent to n fiKonP of fnWhood. . The .fi,,ir-al of ti? flvA suits, one bv ne. is S"fficient. evidence to hnw this. They-each 'contained' the same allocation . mrtuanv tt-ord for wwd . The suits In North Carolina were wltMawn for the "obvions reason? that; An-, drew Brown never inteuoea, vi Tvould not dnre to w before the court nd W evidence". to siis tnfn the plications of th com rln!nt. He Vnows that the I hare of his' would convict Mm of periurv. For. the sflm XnhrJonq rpnson" th snit m Now . ! Annflnnorl tifTIA.-Afte'' f at hU rennest until he conld omt f oonUnned no longer. ; T'wniiM have mftdr a tn foment at that time over my signature but I felt that it was a matter io wcofttnl In the court, where my answer denying his charges was duly sworn to and niea, ana in Vh newspaper. Conditions i - ni,anmui Ttrown has with li lire viinufcm..- . drawn his last suit and gone-in IV. Tanan1ont HPfliO. SHU that vna - nrmin rommenced its cowardly, and malicious attacks Upon me. 1 Deiieve . ..- nv nf. thA inw to Drrurvi cy- erv man in his life, liberty, char acter and property, and nave serv wl notice noon me eanwr io .r 11 net auu pv-B--. -, , , vr. nmvii was new ut- a i n,A . T acted Tor ntm .cfor lio knew I drew tne deed for A. o 1ru"i i .u t1w1rop fract to the Wi . nihr T .Timber Company . i was in his office in June, 1907 on business for him. in me wmwr ioot and 1908 I declined to further appear for himbecause h would not vpay me the f ee I tcmiI tnr nArtnin services, H Ihiia twice tried to employ me, through his attorney,. ft"' atnc January 1908, once in the' suit whiqh Jl- W Tunis had against him, in wmcn MelMs, his ew xorK aiunuej tj t. Entail ttia to hem him; t -a .nA hmi Mellis offered to pay me fifty dollars himself to assist him. I declined. Again, the very day he brought the m!t against me in .new . xorit, ia Andrew Brown wanted me in his business and needed me.. I declined and told aieius t t mnlif tint accent employ aLUU M. 1 - - went from Andrew Brown until he paid that statement i naa rendered for legal services., 1 . . If J bad deceived him be would not have been tryine to get me to Irepresent bilm again. Andrew Brown did not own or claim any right title or Interest in the Pledger tract oT land. a. t. Ttmwn i Trarchased It of the Pledger heirs, and paid hfs own mrmmr for Mm. The conveyance nf thf land to Eliiabeth City Xumber Company by A.J.Brown la no wav iujircd Ac drew urown or the title to any of the lands claimed byi bim. : Be sold the nine timber to Kramer Bros. & Company, August 2, 1910, about a year and five momns airer e commenced his Buits against mev and while part of them were 7wnfHnr. hnd afterwards, while the suit was still pending in New York against me, sold the land to Richmond Cedar worts ana h attorney passed the title prononnc hing it good. Andrew irowu, therefore, has suffered no .narm on account of A. J. Brown's deed nR will appear in Mr.. Kramer IMUUItVll - n 1 : . XOHTIf CAKOLINA. PASQTTQTANK COUNTY f. V. TTTtAMER. beinff. duly I worn. navs: That he is i resioeni Kroa. 1 Company. " 'rmLt. L,j.i;f.!vna fn. thn niir- chafe of 4he'timler from the Buff- slo 'Citv' M'llB. Incorporated, to- Kramer Bros . & Co.; dated tlienne switcn, in oroer to give me 2nd dav of August 1010, copy of -t, t.K ia hereto attached land made jnart. of this affidavit were" com )nced some time que ipr- the mplh of Mav. 1910 lit lire iijji" m i i ' nnonhooA of this .Li... t)wn MnNwnt -that W title was cood and tul TflBT l T lie WW K'Wl . Vr- j tvi. offliinf revTect ininnr hhiu.. . Aiuf hnA ndvlsed that the title was good . That during jthe' negotiations to mis ...I n.in..nlA r"!w'filla Tnror. ti I u viii iiiiii u a uua. v ' - A .i Ma oiuatif a let- ter wrlfteniby Mr; Browh, In j hl";u wnn ottod.' I Thnt Kramer Bros, & Co.. paid ok nnn hn timber. Which Was ul fn vnlne. and (is. according , it ,A nt tliA tim. to uie esiiiuuico iimvAv. v. " W about S3.5U to fi.uu lci, . thousand stumpage. , f . That this affiant said, annua a- nMmHflttons. that he would , 1 '.tT- minnfl . and An- nntflipr PI. nrew trywu Avaieil. " " ' w M- Bond should examine ine title. : This affiant employed ft. p Avdlett to examine tpe tme, rarenire .ninrii., r.c -. x-: m and in nie nntepm bv. all who knew L told Andrew Brown, and the Ii .. . . .1 .j j affinnt that the title was good; . 'I'Unr lYI-HHIFr j V AvAMt to pniy otpuj v. j.v-:;V- SraUVhl e was s i- .1rl Ilia nnrrhflRe. on-l thnt thev would nor nave . . xi tdiHi mwiiguui inp Timiwr un ihv, tt. not neen -anyiww uj ' dlett that the title was good ana r,f Thnt the negotiations for the purchase, of this timber continued for two or tnree monn-w before the sale was commmflTea. C. K. KKAMKK for me thte Uth day f October, 1910. ' :1 T. B. .WILSON. (Real) Notary Publio. My Commission expires Janu ary 31st 1912. i Company did not suffer a loss onl account wi u. -i--T a i i ii ii 1 1 1 1 iMaiii ii i ii i iimai . i jt vi.i. w ha vmtnt. oi tne iauuB T" rtaw WAmman nn inv to. hl.imft for this. I-. did not represent the Elizabeth City Lumber Company in mis ueaa, w 4h Pnmmnn Klades WUHDer . j I Company, ana it was bo uuuci Lwaa fr. fJlflT Foreman who was acting for EUfabem WJ Lumber Company. (See Mr. Fore- man's affidavit). - . The transaction oeiween a. i Brown and myself had no connee- The transaction between A. tion wim AnQW:.T , i t.wnr Thrown ia (Cos ilnueS on regt lig) YO Ui; G A H K! LLED i i. CORAPEAKE Struck by. Cars Backing tallyllnjured. Taken to Suffolk Hospital But Died Early in The Afternoon Honday. Mr. H. Grady Stevens, of In diantown'. a vounc man twenty- three years old, the son of Mrs. JU. Xj. dOlK9 JUl (UUliuiiunu, nun killed by an extra train on the. Koper Lumber Company s switch at Corapeake Junction last Mon- iuav. . , 1 Mr Stevens was workine at TD, juni" 1,1 ine epj 4,1 'u Roner Lumber Company, being their secretary at that point. As me extra train wns Darning im North bound train from Eden ton the right of way, Mr. Stevens started across the track. In some way he slipped and was caught hv the movinir cars, before he - . . . - . . conld recover himself. The train was stopped as soon as possible but too late to save r"",v ... lia vnnnir nrmn'a life. . He WAS .,-.. n ----- placed on lioard the train and taken- immediately to Suffolk. where every attention wh toiwf Innnti. . .. ThA hrwlv WAR tnkcn to undertak er. Baker at Suffolk and preoar- town, where 'the interment, took place in' the family burying ground. thV services tieing con- dieted by Rev. I. N, Ioftin. MniiT floral tributes, sent by i - .- - , irienas huu r-iuv-. vi urc I J 1 .U nliin. nn1 win. n.... ".""-" ."" noence in whk-h i- v those who knew hiin. An cspec- iflllv larere end beautiful wreath liimn fvnm ihp officials Of the IlO- i - , IK- - , .. levi-fiB wn: nnne. nr. m;. iu. Mm and cave nrom'e of becom ' onwHitifni hnomefiR man. 1 " . 1 i ' - .. t.. avo Mm. M. JT. liearv, f. " v ' M, ,oa T?nii Htevenn Ide. a W number of more 1tafnnt relatives. in" mu "' -r - Li -Tottim nw noil. i. im lTtrn tTflrrs. Ph l'n Oreeorv ' TTnwnr -i miht. mwr. m hv.- .tohn vininmF rr. n ' T. i Avdlett left mis inn. fnr "Worfolk to attend the trial of the suit which he institut ed a month ago against his wire. Mrs. Evelyn T. Aydiett, loriur possession of their children. Two previous davs have been set for :. A !. 1 iviiufi At tne 'inai wui " torneys have asked on each occa sion for postponement. - - FOR RENT vn pinCT-nonse with ev ,- mrulArn tmnrovement. JNine T1-' ' " "V vth An- i mnniH: uul uiu tww - r I . JfeW WP jit n.pd I nr i vtntTi WANTED TABLE BOARD n priTate family by young man of batits Address .J. K. w " , A. m ADVANCE W. e.o. The ADVANCE ; c . .. Rheeo ha8 bcea una kumincr tcMw - uuu. 0 Y TRAIH AT JBIICIII ICB In on Switch and Fa- TONIGHT AT ALKRAMA ' ' i - From the Man per to the Cross. in six parts, will be presented at the Alkrama theatre to-night. The pictures are said to be a close nnil faithful nstrtrnvtnl of the scenes and the country in which , unnst lived ws lire; ana tne eospel narrative is" followed close ly throughout. These pictures were presented at the Alkrama last night, with a large crowd present. An even greater number are expected to see the pictures to-night. ' This is a "Kaiem" picture, re quiring B.000 feet of film for its production. In preparing the -j nlctnre the Kalem Company claim i to have got their nictures from actual scenes in Palestine, tse , very Garden of Oethsemane bav in a ' been visited for the purpose of carrying out r the betrayal scene ' It is said thnt the difflenJt parts , are acted witdeep nppreciatloa nd without ft suTtrestion of if reverence or sacrilette. In this respect as well as In the matter of he fa'thful and exact renro rfnetion of the scenes amid whicK . .Trans' .walked it is. claimed that the pictures reprdncing the .pas sion nlnv1 .of Ohrrammergran ' have been far surpassed. HOUR FfW OTTrwOTT SERVICES CHANGED rnlnniKSn V r Anrll nOt h Th honr for.th" evnine service nt the Rfintfat chnrch was chang ed Sundnv ernin from seven thirtv to elm-hf o'clock . ; The pastor. Rev. R. E Briek- no"ne. mtnett that every 'mem her come on time, . " COLUMBIA BRIEFS Columbia, N. C, April 30th Mr. W. F. Owens left for Hickory, Virginia, this morning. Miss Lonla Jones rerarnea to Norfolk to-day. ; . . Miss Eva .Ohoon has acceptea a position With Mr, Tt H. Wood ley. .. Mr. A. 8. Mann or junzaoeui City was in. town this week . Mr. Guilford Davenport and Miss Genolia . Chapell were in town to-day... i f r . L. TT . Ifarrlson and f am-; lly left for Plymouth Sunday. Jillss Agnes wnym, wuw u oron ' nf the millinery depart-- ment of Davis Brothers store is very sick The Sunday School Institute or the pi , . K. unnrrn wa nem i . the court house last mgni ana very much enjoyed by those pres- ent. " . Mr. Jt T. Puckett of NorroiK Virginia was here on his regular trip this week. . 1 Sheriff F. W. I. Conoon maae a trip to Creswell this week. Mr. N. Ambrose, oi Kjncvrj was here yesterday. ' r RCHOOL CLOSES AT BEtVT DERE niirlilnro. N- C Auril 30th School closes at Belvidere Acade my on the evening or May x-o twenty-third. An interesting pre mim is being prepared for the I occasion.' ' -" Attorney C. R. Posh of TTaa chese was here Tuesday oa l
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