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: ' : " -A Lejswrmoirr J j II fj I I V' I bfi Icurritvck! . I COUNTY I VOL V ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 195 NQ n BAXTER WINS f THREE VOTES Judge Leigh Yesterday Re ported his Findings to Counsel ' on Both Sides Judge Leigh tiled his report as ireferee in the Currituck election cae today. Judge Leigh finds Baxter the successful candidate by a major ity of three votes. This result was not given out until yesterday afternoon just before six o'cock. and the contest is' so elos that a change of two votes now would turn, the tide. Bray's counsel will continue their fight for their client . The decision was given out too late for this paper to go into minute examination of the referee's findings. In view of the wide attention Gthnr this case has attracted and'.. of the interest taken in it in Cur rituck county a brief review of the lajcts and of the causes that v ved up to it may be interesting ' i.triiirritnrlr mntv elections last ;year were a scrub race, mere wan no primary duriug the summer and as there is only one party ia the county it was agreed that the county's offices should be op en to all. It was further pro vided that the names of all the county candidates should I"' printed on one ticket and that tVe voters should scratch the v,names of any caiilidate for whom they did not' wish to vote. The first report that nunc from the local polling places in Cur ritik county on election nigh showed Bray elected by a small majority, for as the vole was counted by the local election judg es he received iiPl to Baxter's .1(17. Tflw.ii tli.. ... Ik v.i ...'! 1 w K'Jt'.l till. I UVll ' 1 II. t.-.(-i IIJ """ill '. Wbwever, thev threw out the re turns from Jarvisburg precinct . 1 "Where the vote was 47 for Bray OQ f.T lMi vllf mi "till rr,inil (-1 j 'that one of the judges of the elev tion was not properly sworn in. This gave the ollice 1o TSaxter byiby Ihe board of electors refused . kt Al... ' . . .1 i Al. 1 r a small majorin . maj hi iio serve ami ntai uie ciiairiimn was not vil'-ng to acecpt the. and s( retary of the board ap Idecisionof the county canvassing j jwiinted his sm-cessor.) It devel 'board but on the advice of his 0,.(j flint at (5 randy four votes attorneys withdrew from the of east for P.ray were thrown out 'flee and turned the keys over because the voter left too many o Baiter until the court could ttrnimissioners names on his tick nans on the case. The contest, came on for trial at tlie January of Currituck court but Judge -V.-'- Mice had an important engage W elsewhere and did not stay Damn and W C Walker had no tMg court but one day. He right to vote at Orandy because appointed Mr W D fruden of FA' when the Poplar Branch precinct enton referee in the matter and a,, divided the new boundaries February 17th was set as the day j,;i( ,10t include the Baum prop (or the hearing. Mr. Pruden not being able to be present. Judge . IJeigh was appointed m nt bcrause they were torn in his place and Wednesday anl-fwo jjray claimed two more Thursday of last week were tflk-. thfln were connteid for him in that en up w,ith hearing evidence at precinc and 'Ji xfer claime! one Currituck courthouse. This week more than was counted for him. a few additional witnesses who; a . . . I Before the evidence was all in were not able to reach Currituck . ... one side or the other made claims on account of the weather were, uu . , , , x. . of or establishel the fact of die examined here and the argument, ., t T. I gal voting in nearly every pre of each s de was presented to tlie,, . 1 V . ,'cinct in the county; and with so tfT3ree on Monday afternoon and (p . , many conflicting claims to he .'sdaymorn n. ; passed uppu it wo impossible ,to It has developed since, yie icar fogt the referee's decision. r NEW STORE OPENS NEXT WEEK C A Cooke who has just, re turned from New York and oth er northern cities where he has been to purchase goods, is instal ling his fixtures in his store on i'oindexter street and making ren dv for his stock which has al ready begun to arrrive. Inter viewed by an Advance reporter since getting home from the nor thern markets Mr Cooke said that he exacted to be open for busi ness the latter part of next week. The opening of Mr Cook's new and up to date stock in this store will add distinctly to the appear n; ce of this block on Poindexter street. 151(1 LEAHCER IX CAM I MIX. Tiyl Sullivan of Chicago, one ime big league ball )layer in northern leagues and manager of the New York (Hants and Whiie Sox on their world tour, has made arrangements to purchase a farm i - t l .i . . in lamnien coumy aim expect in about i wo weeks to Is- down here with a view to making that count v his home. PUBLIC INVITED - There will be a meeting of tht Wonians Christian Temperance Union in Hlackwell Memorial Church Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Presiding! Elder Adams will make an address and secial inn sic will lie a feature of the cr vice. It is hoped that n large number will be present. in'.: that there was a good deal of illegal voting mi both sides in the election ;inl the contes: hinged on which of the two can dii!at-s had received the larger number of legal otes. Main irregularities w e r brought to liiihl . I'.axter's conn sel wanted the whole Oraudv vote thrown out on the ground that llin iniviuliii nnl lrilPIKr (ill -.j--,..- --, pointed . (It was shown thai the registrar regularly appointed Pf . w,ile one for Baxter was thrown out localise it was rolled un in another ticket. Baxter's r counsel also contended that Dr erfy At Narrow Shore precinct a number of votes were thrown I Mr Alft k I . ( .. I 1 - 1 - ' ' - KtbKtl 111 otb HIM IxAVc HHUSG00D ! Wilmington, X. C. Feb. lit Mr. T'hos. P. Nash, formerly a member ,if the faculty of the Wil mington High Syhool and lor the past tar or more connected with the sales staff of the J. 0 Wright & Son Heal Estate Agency, lias resigned his position and return ed to his home at Elizabeth City, where, it is understood, he plans to go into business for himself. Mr. Nash is a clever and uip able vounir business man, and has made a host of friends during the several years he has made Wil mington his home. All of them will regret to see him leave Wil mington, but will wish for him au lunboundejd success in his new field of endeavor. H1NGERTY-BAUM Wancbese, X. C, Feb., LMth There was a ipiiet but beautiful home wedding Wednesday eve ning, Februray 17th at the home of the brirles parents, when Miss "Minnie Damn was given in mar riage to Mr Itobcrt Iliugerty of 'Elizabeth City. The marriage ceremony took place in the parlor of the home friends and relative. The cere mony was performed by Rev M W liefitet1, pastor of Wanchese "Methodist chilrrln The bride Is ft young woman whose attractiveness nttd charm has won for her many friends ill ttiis section. Mrs U M Sykes left for Eliza belli City Saturday evening, Feb -Dili, t.i isit friends and relatives .Mr (ins Montague returned home from St. Vincent Hospital on Saturday. February UDth where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mr K Y Elheridge returned from Norfolk on February liOth where he 8'iil the latter part of last week with his son who is sc. rioiisly ill in Sarah I-igli Hospi tal. Mr The, Wescott it'turned home Tuesday eM'iiing, February 'J.'lrd fntm (Jeorgia where he has spent the last eight months in St. Simons Light House. Misses Hezzie O'Neal and Ora ci,. Tillet left for Elizabeth City Tuesday evening, February 23rd to visit relatives and friends. RQPEfi BRIEFS lr. B. F. Halsey made a brief trip to Raleigh the first of the week . Mr. J. F. Tarkenton from near Pkinnersville was in Roper Monday shaking hands with many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood of of Belhaven are stopping at the home of Rev. Perry. Mr. Black wood is employed by the Roper Lumber Company as machinist. Mr C I) (iallop has returned from Norfolk where he has been on busineis this week. 1 'Free Instructions' ' how to make pictures with your 'Kodak' will be Riven you by, ZOEtLEB the ,' photographer. t " (advt) Mr S M Singer of the Singer Tailoring Company of Baltimore was a visitor in the City Tuesday inspecting his store, that of the (Quality Tailors on the corner of ihe llinton Building Main ami Martin streets. In an interview given to a re porter fop this paper regarding ilie business conditions through out the country Mt Singer staled that he has just returned from the west where he operates several stores and that the business out Hook for spring was excellent, the railroads are replacing men au l conditions in general are becom ing normal again. 1 Mr linger was also through the south and he said that under the present conditions he could not exj)ect a better business as all of his stores are holding up splen didly. Mr Singer likes Elizabeth City so well that he anticipates spend ing a week here and a week at our summer resort, Xags Head, this summer His store here is doing nicely and he is quite sure thai busini will be far above last spring by the time 'warflv weather sets in. Mr. Singer ivas the guest of Arthur Burgess ; gr his manager, while here. ,"fit;4 ii:.; PARAMOUNT PICTURES NEXT WEEK I Mr. Allen Kramer on Tuesday and Wednesday nights of next week is oll'rring to Elizabeth City moving pi; iure fans some excep tionally line lilms at 'regular pric es of adini.ssioii . Mr Kramer e.vrlaiux that hi reason lor iloing llr- is In e(. ,. Eliabcili i ii j i '. i . 1 i 1 1 ; j 1 1 i 1 1 1 (f lliese lillns. I lie are ei eXiei! si'c and a'- cgaided Mr Krani er sas as the linesi mi ihe world. lit1 w ill put I hem in here if in creased patronage will makt worth while. il Weeksville Briefs Wccksvillc. X. C. F.-b. L'tlh Mr. T. E. Palmer, Sr.. is quite ill with pneuinou'a . Miss Truebloii of liurants Xeck who is visiting relatives here will return home Sunday. There will be a masquerade party at Mr Charlie 'Cartwrights Saturday night, ami the young folks are exacting a great time on this occasion . A box supper will be gjven at Tfewbegun school house on Fri day night, February 26th. Thej public is cordially invited. The dance at Mr Charlie Snow- dens on last Friday night was thor oughly enjoyed by all the guests. There will be a social at Mr W J Saunders Wednesday night. Rook will he the entertaining fea ture of the evening. Mr and Mrs W D Saunders were guests of II C Meales of Rituons Creek last Sunday. Mr Caleb Raper of this seel ion is still in the Elizabeth City hrs pital. He is reported to be con valescing. Mr Jim Simpson of this sec tion went t Elizabeth tlry Mou day for a shipment of meat. HAS 1VE0 BARBER SHOP Mr. liaynop rntchard. on., of r . .... the city's most popular young bar hers has changed the location of his shop, moving into the obi ipiar t''is of the Mercantile Bank which ! Il; inst been i-emmer...! i,l painted. With handsome new elerii-ic light fixtures Mr. prii chard's shop now presents a most up to date appearance. If has l row ii to be the largest shop in town and in iis new quarters is making a bid for mor' patronage. WEIL KNOWN FIRM CIS PRIZES Chicago, Feb., i'lrd-Two priz es out of four were tifkeii by liar vard men in a national essav com petition endowed by Messrs Hart Schatl'ner and Marx of this city. First prize of one thousand dol lars went to Donahl Earl Dunbar fop a paper entitled: 'A Couipar ative Study of the Welsh and American Tinplate Industries.' The other n.-ivard winner receiv ed (lire hundred dollars. He was Richard S Meriam. His topic was ' The Webbs' Theory of Wag es." Professor .1. Laurence Laughlin of Chicago University was chair- nraan of the Committee of college professors making the awards. Al bert H Leake of Ontario, Caua da, captured the second prize tf five hundred dollars, writing on "'Agricultural Education." The fourth nwaiT, two hundred ! hi lars, went to Nile Carpenter, a student of Xorfhweslcrn Univer sity College. His paper discus sed "A Comparison of the Finan cial Operations of the Cenenil Electric Company and the West inghonse Elect pj,- ami Manul'ac li.iiiiL' ('oinitaiiv diirim' ibe Panic of l!iil7 and Period Preceding." This was (lie tenth annual con lesi held. Essays were reeeived iiji to .lime 1st. I. and the com ninlee used the inti evening time i i make careful select'on . WATERLILLY NEWS Walerlilly, N C Fib 'nd Mr i f iiainpion uas own very in for the past week. A number of friends met at his home Sunday ev.-iiM g and held a prayer meet ing with him singing at bis re quest, ihe old hymns that his mother : l to sing. Mr liichard White, who has been ili for several weeks, i. u.t:h letter. Captain J L Doxey, who has been working for the Bennett Line, will move his family to Nor folk where he will work for the Bennett Brothers. Miss Annie Newbem, who teach es at Walerlilly, will spend Sat urday and Sunday with her pa rents at Powells Point. Miss Julia Ross, who teaches at Barco, will be at. home Sat unlay with her parents. MAKES FULL RETRACTION This week's issue of the Inde pendent carries full retraction anl apology by W 0 Saunders for his attacks upon three promi nent citizens of the citv last week. ' ' GREAT VICTORY EOR GEEIUS Repulse of Tenth Russian Army in East Prussia Greatest Triumph of War Addilonal news about the Gel" man victory in East Prusia, men tion of which was made in the war review published in the last issue of this newspaper, empha sizes its importance and cause one to wonder whether this RuS sian defeat will not lead to the OC cupation of Warsaw by the Oer mans. Since the brilliant capture of Lodz by on llindenburg that general's army has been breaking itself in futile dashes against the Russian front before Warsaw, En co u raged by the failuiv of the Hermans to break down the Rus sian defense, (ieneral Seivers. commanding the Tenth Division of the Uiissian army, attempted aa offensive movement, with Konfgi) berg and Insterberg. as U goals. If successful this movement would have enveloped Von Hiudenburga left flank. , . But the Russian advance gav the Herman FMd Marshall (Inj Very opportunity that he deslr6&f Iisguising his plans by sending? reinforcements to Hie Carpathians on' his right, his sudden lunge in to East Prussia was Unlooked' fop and completely successful really the first big and sudden surpris neinent of the war. Latest newspaper reports put the Russian losses al iliirly thousand killed or wounded and sixty thou sand captured This fight wilt probably g.i down in history afl ilie Baltic o ihe Maziiriau Lakes. It is Von II indeiibiirg's second greai triumph and puts him head and shoulders above any leader upon whom the spotlight of this war has yet fallen . There is little other news of im porlame this week except the des jtruction of another Americau ship by a mine in the North Sea. This time it was the Carib, loaded with a lairgo of cotton from Savannah and ImiiiimI fop Bremen. Wheth er these were English or (iprman mines is as yet unknown and the country at large, after the first gasp at the (destruction of the Evelyn, is taken the situation calmly. AIIMimr I'M TO-DAV The Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary held its first meeting Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ike Fearing on Main Street. Eighty memliers were enrolled in the society and an enthusiastic meetiug was held. A call meeting will 1m1 held at the home of Mrs. Fearing thiB afternoon. This society has been organized to aid tho Eliz abeth City hospital. Each mem lcp pays monthly dues and the funds secured are donated t. thfl hospital. 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