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VOL IV
Mill GIG IS
STILL III Jl
There in Idleness They
Are Living at The
County's Expense.
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Pasquotank County, as a re
sult of Judge Carter investiga
tion, is iu a considerable muddle
as to the status of its chaingang.
Since last brought before
Uudge Carter these prisoner's, a
bout thirty in number, have been
in the county jail where they
iyive been fed at the public ex
lense iwitjhout doing any work
A hatever.
(j The Board of County Coininis
" oners met yesterday and consid
ered how to meet the situation
but took no action. They will
meet again today and try to set
tie the problem of the manage
ment of the chaingang temporar
-ily at least.
A letter was read in yesterday
morning's sesion of the Board of
Commissioners from Judge Tin
ner railing the Commissioners'
attention to the fact that the
men on the chaingang had been
sentenced to work on the roads
and jtHpiesting that the condi
tions of their sentences be car
tried out. Hut the Commission
ers are up a .tree as to, how
much) authority they 'may dele
gate to their Superintendent.
Whether the Hoard of . (.oniniis
sioners can legally give such an
official the right to discipline a
prisoner by corporal punishmeut
Ua never been passed upon by
the Supreme Court. The Coin
missioneitw apear firm in the be
lief that without some such au
thority the Superintendent and
guards will not le able to eon
trol the chaingang. It is proba
ble, therefore that a set of rules
will be drawii up stating the con
ditious under which a prisoner
may be whipped and the matter
will so stand until the Supreme
Court passes on the question.
Suis'iintndent Weeks. the
guards, Cartwright and llarrir1,
and Koail Manager E. S. Scott,
will appear before Judge Turner
in police court this morning to
answer the charges against them.
GOODWIN HAWKINS
Miss Addie Hawkins and Mr.
George Goodwin were married
very quietly in the presence of a
few friends and relative at the
home of the brfeje on Skinner ave
nue Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock, JuSrtice of the Peace, J.
W. Munden officiating.
I MUNDEN WINS CASE
lister of Deeds. J. W. Mun
iJwoii the damage, suit insti
against him by Joseph G.
ens and wife of Perquimans
.county for 200 for issuing mar
riage license to a step daughter.
, FOR KENT One eight
, room boose running water
bath lights ami all modern
convenience, 77,ElUott St
Apply 101 Corner Road and
Via
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hiirch Street -, Sept 18jS
ELIZABETH
PROGRESS
IN ATHLETICS
Poplar Branch High School
Prepares to Train For
All Around Develop
ment. Other News
Poplar Branch, N. C, Sept., 29
Mr. and Mi's. Edward Griggs
of Point Harbor visited friends
and relatives in this community
this week.
Miss Ida Hray of Snowden has
been visiting her silsler Miss Ka
tie Hray, who is the music teach
er at Poplar Branch high school.
The Rebekah Lodge, entertain
ment here last Saturday; night
was quite a success and was thor
oughly enjoyed by every one pres
ent.
The Womans Hetterment Asso
ciation will hold its meeting ()c
tober 9th. At this meeting the
officers for the coining year will
be elected, and all members are
urged to be present.
The students of Poplar Hranch
High School are now working
hard for tenuish and basket ball
courts. The tenis court is now
ready and the basket ball
urt will be retyly soon. 1 He
tennis and basket ball association
will have about sixty active mem
hers. Croquet games are to be
added. Horizontal pedes, vault
ing poles, places for broad
jjuui, swings, see tjiwN, merry
go-rounds, have been on the
grounds since last year and oth
ers a i-e to be added soon.
JUNIOR GKAUTAUQUAS WIN BANKER
The Junior Chautauquans of
Elizabeth City have been award
ed the banner for holiest proti
cieucy over the other thirteen
Chautauqua towns of the year.
The banner will be sent to Miss
Hattie Harney, who directed the
ElizalH'th City Junior Chautau
qua, and to whom the success of
the organization was in a large
measure due.
GINNING REPORTS SHOW LOSS
Editou Tub Advance:
There were t9 bales of cotton
ginned in Camden county fwmi
the crop HIU prior to Septem
ber 25th 1914, as complied with
55 bales ginned prior to Kept em
ber 25th 1913.
There were 37 bales ginned in
Pasquotank county, from the
crop of 1914 prior to September
25th 1914 as compared with 48
bates ginned prior to September
25th 1913.
Respectfully,
Nw A. Jonhs.
Special Agt.
HAVE BOUGHT II BALE
Another bale of cotton, bought
at ten cents, made its appearance
on Main street yesterday, this
time in front of McOabe and
GrLces store. Othetto in the city
who may have purchased cotton
this week at ten cents are invit
ed to communicate with this pa
CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1914
CENSUS REPORT
IS OF IIIIEBEST
Gives Number of HomeS
Owned in Pasquotank A
mong People of City
and Country
The United Ktates Censms De
partment at Washington has just
issued a bulletin dealing with
the ownership of Pasquotank
county homes. The important
facts contained in the bulletin
relating to this county are as fol
lows :
There are ;?,4." homes in Pas
quotank county.
Of this number lli'T are farm
homes.
40S of the farm homes are own
ed by their occupants and are
free of mortgage,! iiicumU'rance.
The mortgaged farm homes
number 151.
Renters occupy rtS fini lioine.1
in this county.
Out of a total of 3,455 homes
in the county '2.-7M are urban
home.
There are S24 urban home own
ers in the county.
Of this number 2S4 are mort
gaged.
473 of the urban owned homes
are free of incumberam e.
There are 1,280 rented urban
homes in the county.
The census enumerators were
unable to secure data pertaining
to the ownership of a small per
centage of both the rural and ur
ban homes in this county.
PUT OUT TICKET
County Convention Held
Last Week Nominates
Candidates For All Lo
cal Offices
The Progressives and Republi
cans of Pasquotank county met
in the Court Uouw on Saturday
sum nominated a full county
ticket and elected an Kxecutive
Committee for the ensuing two
yesirs. J. S. Morris w;is elected
Chairman, and J. C. Munden Sec
retary of the Convention.
The following are the noniina
tions made:
Sheriff, Stephen S. Overman;
Treasurer, M. U Palmer; Regis
ter of Deeds, V. 10. Meads; Clerk
Superior Court, J. W;. Wilcox ;
House of Representatives, I. M.
Meekirts; Coroner, N. V. Price;
Surveyor, Hubert E. Only; Trial
Justice, N. VV. Daily.
Commissioners: J. Q. A. Wood
Al. il Elliott, J. M". Parker, J.
F. Brother, T. K. Only, J. A
Whitehead, Jerry Sawyer.
Executive Committee: J. K.
MJorris 'Chairman, J. C. Munden
Secretary, N. W. Daily, JT Q. A.
Wood, C. R. Pugh, J. M. Parker
W, F. Jones and T. S. Only.
MM of the candidates are bus
inesb men irom the different
.paMs c(f thecounty and Eliza
beth City. Republicans say that
the candidates will receive the
largest vote of; any Itepubliean
REPUBLICANS
HUES AGAIN
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And Great Effort to Out -
flank the German Right
in Operation Again.
Hard Fighting Ahead
The apparent success of the
Allies in their ell'ort to outflank
the German right wing referred
to in the lust issue of this news
paer did not materialize. The Al
lies were mef, by a counter at
tempt on the part of the Ger
mans to outHank their own line
ami were) for the time being
thrown back on the defensive.
The Into' reports from the
battle, tield. however, state that
the Allies have resinned; the of
fensive and are making a treinen
dous effort i envelop the Ger
man right, the whole French co!
limn from Rove northward to Ar
van moving eastward against the
German positions. Roe, a small
town on the main road from A
inieus to Noyon, has been for
the past week the center of a gi
gantic struggle and has been al
ternately occupied by the French
ami the Germans.
Reports have been meagre for
a number of days and no defi
nite change in the situation along
the remainder of the great bat
tle line has been made known.
News given out by the Relgians
aiul by the Germans in regard
to Antwerp are entirely contra
dictory and the condition of af
fairs in that vicinity is shroud
ed in mvsterv. Official Russian
reports claim a complete German
defeat iu Russian Poland but it
is too early to Judge as to its
read:ve importance.
EARNEST WORK CRS
ENTERTAIN
Janivburg, N.C., Oct '' The ear
nest Workers of Mt ion Met ho
di.vi Church had a delightful
iocial at the home of Mis Fsin
nie Simpson Saturday afternoon
The Junior Itaracas were invi
ted; ice cream and cake were
served, games were played and
music was enjoyed. The nieni
hers of the baud are Misses Fsin
nie Simpson, Annie Smith, I.es
sie Aydlett and Cecily FvatiH.
WATEREI LEV MAKES
IMPKOVEM FONTS
The Waterlilly of the ('urri
tuck line is making a number
of improvements in her niachin
cry. Her side wheels are to be
replaced with twin screws and
two engines.
TR ENTON IJNIERGQEH
REPAIRS
The Trenton of the Eastern
Carolina Transportation Com pa
ny is undergoing repairs in her
machinery on the railways here
ticket for several years. cseeial
ly the candidate. for Cominis
aionen. ' . V
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TO MARK WE
OF OLD TEACHES
.Pupils Who Studied Under
Ezekial Gilman Asked to
Contribute to Memori
al For Him
Moyock, N. C.. Oct., Jnd.
To Thk Advanck:
Throughout Camden, 'urrituck
and 1'; quotank Counties and in
iXoifolk there air many old pu
- (if Kzekiel Gilman, who
gtit for years in Camden and
irituck Counties. To these old
in
pupils I wish to make an appeal
through the columns ()f your pa
er to erect a tombstone on the
.rave of our old teacher as a
iaik of appreciai ion of his work
in our section.
Mr. Gilman came from lloston
to lliis section about sixty vcars
go and taught from then until
the lime of his death in Camden
and Currituck count ien lie is
buried on the Dyer Farm near
CiimiiHk Court Mouse and his
grave is unmarked. His pupils
ope to mark the gra' before
lie tirstl of (he coining year.
Please send all contributions to
K. R. Johnson. Cnritiick, N. C,
r to the writer. The stone pur
hased will lc as expensive as
(lie contributions atl'opd, and I
Iiok that no pupil of Mr. Gilman
will fail to show sin appreciation
of his excellent services! in the
caul e of education in our sec
tion. Mas. Mam.y Wkkt.
REPORTS HEALTH CONDITIONS GOOD
City Health Officer. Dr. C.
15. Williams, reports seven
deaths among the white popu
lation of the city during the
.month of September, eight
iimoug the colored; Fifteen
births, white; 1.1 colored.
Dr. Williams reports thai the
city water is now free from con
lamination and tit for drinking
purposes, and that the general
health and sanitary conditions of
the city are good.
TO THE VOTERS OF DARE
COl'NTY
I take this methad of nnnounc
ing my self an IndeKMident Cau
didate for Sheriff of &re Coiin
tf.
I shall make a oanvasM "f the
entii (biintv U'fore eletion
daij and fully explain my posi
tion to the people.
Until then I content my self
by Haying thlit if elected I will
devote my entire time and efforts
to faithfully performing all the
duties of the office, aiwl will
pay all money collected to the
Treasurer a early as practica
hie. apd publish monthly re
jKrts of same in the public press
Respectfull,
J. D. HAVMAN
Advertise Cigajs. Easy Work
Earn $90 monthly and all travel
ing expenses. Experience un
necessary. Also handle pop
ular cigarette and Tobaco,
NORBNE CIGAR COMPANY
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Popular Play House Will
Offer One of Greatest
Picture Plays Ever Pre
sented Friday
Unparalleled in the world tot
photographic beauty, human tfil
terest, dramatic power and spec
taeular grandeur is Georgd
Klei ne's production of the Cinei
photo-dramu "Quo VadSs"' which
is to be the attraction at the Al
krama. Friday, (Ktober 9th, for
one day and night. Although
this is a strong statement to
miake, it is fully verified by the
rmaikable runs this attraction
has had iu the Astor Theatre,.
New York City, the Garrick at
Philadelphia. McVicker's in Chi
ago, Tremont Theatre in Bos
ton and a host of other cities.
Aside from its delightful qua!
:fies as an amusement enterprise
this photo -play is doing a worbi
of good as a time saver. It
would require two weeks of the
iverage business man's real time
o read Henryk Sienklewicz's of
iginai novel whereas the whole
story with every essential detail
is visualized with wonderful per
f'ention in George Kleine's photo
drama.
A second Solomon could scarce
y decide what is the most attraC
tie and iwipular feature of this
irtistjc production. Some specta
tors enjoy most the sHetacular
scenes of the arena with its fero
cious lions, exciting gladiator
combats and chariot races, to say
nothing of Ursus' thrilling con
quest of the savage bull, while
others prefer the romantic love
storv of Vinitiuw and Lysjia
which is so completely related.
Some aid mi re the characteristic
scenes of Nero's court with its
brilliant pageantry, magnificent
festivals and reproduction of Ro
man palaces and gardens and a
great many applaud the produe
lion for its deep moral and re
ligious note, the impressive vis
ualization of the early struggles'
of CliriHiaiiity and inspiruig
scenes in which the Saviour and
the aopstles Peter and Paul dom
iuate.
Altogether it is a supreme mas
ter piece and no one should miss
the opportunity to we the pro
duct ion of the play here next Fri
dav. Advt.
mm BRIEFS
Rertha, N. C., Sept., 30th Mrs
Bertha Til let and children, and
JMJh' Esther Owentt of Powells
Point, and Messrs; Clyde and
Tlietis Walker of Poplar Branch
are visiting friends in Bertha.
Mr. W. A. Coi-bell is suffering
from a recent accident. Mr. Oou
belh weight is between 223 and
250 pounds and he jumped upon
a forty penny nail with congidl
erable force, making a deep anjit
very painful wound.
Miss Lydia Dowdy in visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mr. Tay
lor.
Mr. Willoughbjy Morrit-ette is
rapidly recovering from an acci
dent of two weeks ago.
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